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Photo: Jacques-Jean Tiziou

D for Diversity ☺ D for Dance

Gregory King

Jacques-Jean Tiziou's "How Philly Moves" mural vibrantly displays the images of 26 dancing Philadelphians on the parking garages of the airport.

Photo: Maria Baranova

Eyes, Hands, Seeds–Shedding Light On Process

Kirsten Kaschock

Chremos is in full control of the psychedelic fire-on-cave-walls impact of the interplay of hands' colored lights and disco mirrors.

Photo: Pia Zanetti

Universal Gestures

Whitney Weinstein

MUMMENSCHANZ, established in Paris in 1972, evolved from experimental explorations and includes barefoot pantomimes, storytellers, modern dancers and puppeteers.

Photo: JaNelle Weatherford

Butoh and Hip-Hop—Together in the Cypher

Jonathan Stein

Rennie Harris and Michael Sakamoto create a cypher of cross-cultural connectedness.

Photo: Bill Heber

Brisk Ballet for a Fall Season

Patricia Graham

Balletx's Fall Series delivered strong dancing and choreography from three disparate choreographers.

Photo: Aidan Un

When Dance Has a Voice

Ellen Chenoweth

TD writers and march participants Ellen Chenoweth and Gregory King respond to the Dancing For Justice event on December 13th, 2014.

Photo: Ellen Chenoweth

There Can Be an Ease

Ellen Chenoweth

How hundreds of mousetraps ended up in a dance class is related to the dialogue between performance art and performing arts currently underway.

P.S. 41: Art and Activism

With PHL dancers marching this past weekend for #blacklivesmatter and mobilized to help Dance/UP, the role of artists in working to effect change is palpable. How does activism relate to your life as an artist?

Photo: Richard Termin

Smiling on the Surface

Becca Weber

The dancers, virtuosic and athletic, execute grand leaps, surprising shifts of weight, and daring moments of partnering.

Photo: Bill Hebert

Pleasure in Plunging into the Stream

Vervet Dance’s curated evening of five works featured artists from throughout the region. After dipping my toe into the potential of these artists’ works I left wanting more.