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Drawing: Emilie Stark-Menneg

What is Necessary to Replace Any Substance

Kirsten Kaschock

Chisena and Brown kept close quarters, as do those who journey far in the confines of boat or plane or space- or relationship...

Photo: Dasha Miller

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.

Photo: Said Johnson

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.

Photo: Lindsay Browning

Two Truths, One Lie

Becca Weber

At the Philly Fringe, RealLivePeople dance into lies.

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.

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Image: niemanlab.org

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.

Photo: Bicking Photography

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.

Meet the Writers: Nicole Bindler

Nicole Bindler
Photo: Kenn Duncan

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.