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  • Reviews

Hopping in a Scripted Improvisation

Whitney Weinstein

There is no correct execution, rather it invites trust in the unscripted and free will and spontaneity in a controlled environment.

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  • Reviews

Ballet in Socks

Lynn Matluck Brooks

It was good to see Pennsylvania Ballet dancers gliding, falling, pulling, writhing, and otherwise off their verticals in What I Learned About Outer Space.

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  • Reviews

Two Truths, One Lie

Becca Weber

At the Philly Fringe, RealLivePeople dance into lies.

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Project Positive: Breaking the Norm

Ellen Chenoweth

"Ladies, gentlemen give it up for Philadelphia's finest," the MC/dancer said to the police officer approaching to break up the show.

  • Public Square

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Ugly Numbers Part I: Just the Facts

Nicole Bindler

Part I of a three-part series on gender inequity in contemporary American dance investigates the data on gender discrimination in Philadelphia dance presenting.

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  • Reviews

City of Dance

Patricia Graham

The Come Together Festival celebrates the abundance of well-crafted local dance in a range of genres including hip-hop, jazz, modern and ballet.

  • Interviews

Meet the Writers: Nicole Bindler

Nicole Bindler
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  • Interviews

Mary Anthony: A Great Teacher Will Never Die

Kalila Kingsford Smith

I first met Mary Anthony when I was sixteen years old...at the age of 89, she was teaching a vibrantly physical class that left me winded.

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  • News

Called to Washington to Honor the Honorees

Lisa Bardarson

Our reporter covers the White House ceremony honoring National Medal of Arts awardees.