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Photo: Paul Masck

Espying Balletic Heights

Lynn Matluck Brooks

On watching American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet in two widely varied programs.

Photo: Jen Kertis-Veit

“color FULL” Premieres at Mascher

Jonathan Stein

Loren Groenendaal, a playful interrogator of ideas and sensations, suggests that a colorful palette should be at the ready in the studio and in performance.

Photo: Stan Sadowski

Anne-Marie Mulgrew & Dancers Company at 28

Lynn Matluck Brooks

It’s no minor feat to keep a company going for 28 years... Onward!

Photo: Alexander Iziliaev

Two Steps Forward…

Carolyn Merritt

Pennsylvania Ballet shines in the contemporary-influenced works of 'Director's Choice.'

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Asimina Chremos Shares a Thorny Issue with thINKingDANCE

Lisa Bardarson

Asimina Chremos is no stranger to the Philadelphia dance scene, and last week she shared her experiences as dance writer and explicator at our thINKingDANCE monthly meeting.

Photo: Michelle Tantoco

Steering In Interesting Water — An Interview with Asimina Chremos

Patricia Graham

Why is more courageous work sometimes less comprehensible? How to make improvisation a Practice? What about ballet now?

Photo: Kathryn Raines

Beginning from a New Place

Ellen Chenoweth

The Remix Festival had choreographers start with someone else’s dance, and an audience remarkable for its collective concentration.

P.S. 38: Copyright and Choreography

Photo: Andrew Eccles

Valda Setterfield on Dancing, Acting, and Living


Kalila Kingsford Smith

"Being involved in acting has made me ask a lot more questions in dance..."

‘Danco Power Dance

Lynn Matluck Brooks

The dancers’ precision and elegance—placement of each limb, clarity of focus, intricately exact partnering, and silent landings from soaring leaps.