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BalletX: A Winter Valentine

Kalila Kingsford Smith

Perfect confection for the lover's holiday, performed with love in the mind and body--coy, seductive and intimately close.

Photo: Zornitsa Stoyanova

Quick Takes-“THEN”

Megan Bridge

TD writers are polled for quick takes on Group Motion’s performance of "THEN" by Susan Rethorst.

Photo: Kelly & Massa

Poetry, Oppression, and Opera

Lynn Matluck Brooks

The dancing of the Antonio Gades Company punctuates Opera Philadelphia's "Ainadamar" with dynamic range.

Photo: Bill Hebert

Episodes of Junk

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Luna had a way of making the showy encounters with objects approach poetry, particularly in “The Grid,” a solo with what appeared to be a discarded window frame...

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Public in Private vs. Private in Public

Eleanor Goudie-Averill

We live in a world that is both our living room and our soapbox. These two works--Allege and Singer/Songwriter--engage in the constant conversation between public and private.

So, Grandma Sets You Up on a Blind Date…

Becca Weber

It stands to reason that pairing grandmothers and creative types would result in a match made in heaven.

Photo: Julieanne Harris

Duets Galore in a Hardware Store

Kalila Kingsford Smith

Asking the question, "How do I change when I dance and work with different people?"

Photo: Lisa Kraus

APAP Diary – Gorging on Performance at Arts Presenters

Lisa Kraus

A day by day account of one presenter's performance pig out at the annual conference.

Dancing with Yoga

Lisa Bardarson

As a retired dancer it is exhilarating to cultivate a practice offering the possibility of expanding not just the body but the mind as well.

Photo: Nathea Lee

Tap Is the Means — An Interview with Germaine Ingram

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Philadelphia tap dancer, choreographer, performance artist and bearer of the city’s tap dance legacy, speaks with TD about her work and philosophy.