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Photo: Steven Whitsitt

It All Comes Out in the Wash

Lisa Bardarson

The Clothesline Muse is not just about family lineage and the impact that previous generations bring to bear upon its fledgling members.

Photo: Ashley Joas

Feeling Like a Kid Again: Postcard from a College Dance Festival

Eleanor Goudie-Averill

I am still a hungry undergrad ready to drink in the elixir of dance, embarrassing in our current Philly culture of extreme cool.

Photo: Luca Fiaccave

Rock Stars and Flamencos: The Two Glorious Galváns

Lisa Kraus

A sister and brother, dancing flamenco, bring a facility, inventiveness and outrageousness that tops anything I've seen in years.

Photo: Kim Anno & Kyung Lee

Diving with SCUBA in Its Four City National Tour

Jonathan Stein

Taking a dive with Philadelphia Dance Projects’ SCUBA is one of the serendipitous pleasures of the Philadelphia dance scene each year. This program went deep.

Photo: Chris Nash

Cold, Hot and In-Between

Lisa Kraus

Philadelphia Dance Projects often pairs Philly artists with out-of-towners. Here, two artists inhabit different aesthetic universes.

Photo: Mike Hurwitz

Germaine and Rosario: Percussive Languages

Lynn Matluck Brooks

These two powerful, petite women dance face to face, side by side, back to back, and, at times, as one another’s shadows.

Photo: Johanna Austin

Scratch Night Returns

Ellen Chenoweth

Three moments during Scratch Night stood out in their intensity or departure from predictable performance customs.

Photo: Eduardo Patino

It’s About the Conversation

Patricia Graham

Patricia Graham chats with Ballet Hispanico Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro.

Photo: Ann-Marie Gover

Perspectives on Dance in Public Places

Becca Weber

The energy involved in being on view at Dance in Public Places became a part of the rehearsal process.

Twenty Six Ways to Reinvigorate Your Dance Writing

Annie Wilson

Critic Brian Schaefer goads thINKingDANCE, and all dance writers, to change it up, look into pop culture and try new forms.