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  • News, Reviews

Refreshing, Ridiculous, Riveting: A Recap

Becca Weber

Becca Weber reports on Pew's project designed to foster creative risk-taking.

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Critics’ Conversation: Lionel Popkin’s “Ruth Doesn’t Live Here Anymore”

Jonathan Stein

Popkin questions St. Denis' cultural appropriations with wit and bite. Jonathan Stein and Lisa Kraus discuss.

  • Public Square

P.S. #30: Art, Love and Family

Photo: Candice DeTore
  • Reviews

Let’s Just SHUT UP & DANCE Already!

Kalila Kingsford Smith

Shut Up & Dance has seen twenty-one years gone by, generations passing through its midst.

  • News

How to Write Like A N.Y. Times Critic, or Notes on a Workshop with Claudia La Rocco

Kristen Gillette

Notes from thINKing DANCE's day with New York Times contributing dance writer and poet Claudia La Rocco.

Photo: Wayne Takenaka
  • Reviews

Pua, Politics, and Tap

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Lynn Matluck Brooks reports on intersections of performance and social change at the Asian Arts Initiative.

Photo: Bill Hebert
  • Reviews

ETC.’s March Mayhem Celebrates Philly’s Diverse Dance Community

Whitney Weinstein

In events like ETC.’s March Mayhem, Philly’s dance artists inspire, encourage, and contribute to each others’ accomplishments.

Photo: Alexander Iziliaev
  • Reviews

Everything is Beautiful at the Ballet

Kristen Gillette

While the comedic elements are what make the show really enjoyable, the ballet has some gasp-worthy moments.

Photo: Kate Raines
  • Reviews

Questioning Conventions, and Questioning the Questioning at Scratch Night

Becca Weber
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  • Reviews

A Different Kind of Viewing: Susan Rethorst’s “Day of Dance”

Carolyn Merritt

I think of all the places I have lived...Do I ever fully take stock, record to memory, carry their traces and leave mine behind?