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Top 20 Articles of Year 2024

Kalila Kingsford Smith

Our top reviews and thINK pieces from the past year

Aram Aghazarian leans forward onto the support of Alex Torra and five other members of the Sincerity Project cast. Aram’s eyes gaze into the distance. The cast wears everyday clothes and stands in front of the bare tiled wall of FringeArts.
Photo: Johanna Austin
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A Living Archive of Time: Sincerity Project #5

Miryam Coppersmith

A web of expansive relationships, built through loyalty, shared artistic work, and time.

Marguerite Hemmings is surrounded by green trees and grass, pictured mid-air, as if descending to the ground head-first. One arm is outstretched to break the fall while the other arm is bent around their head, and their feet have kicked up the sand behind them.
Dante Napoli
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What is justice without love?

Caitlin Green

Uninhibited, Hemmings generates an electrifying presence, channeling vitality and rupture.

The image shows José Limón’s Scherzoa featuring four men in white pants, three of whom move in arched poses to the side with outstretched arms. The dancers are barefoot, showcasing fluidity and strength in their positions. At the center front, one performer sits on the floor playing a wooden drum, adding a dynamic element of live rhythm to the composition. The backdrop is a dark, neutral stage, drawing attention to the performers' motions and forms.
Photo by: Christopher Jones
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Less is More – An Evening with Limón Dance Company

Ziying Cui

The enduring artistry of mid-20th-century modern dance.

he image features a group of dancers from Matthew Neenan’s Mapping Out A Sky, wearing striking black-and-white costumes with bold vertical stripes. The ensemble forms a dynamic composition with varied poses, showcasing their individual artistry while maintaining a collective harmony. Set against a deep blue background, the dancers exhibit fluid movements and elegant lines, creating a visually compelling and unified performance.
Photo: Christopher Duggan
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BalletX’s Fall Series 2024 – A Celebration of Innovation, Tradition, and Cultural Fusion

Ziying Cui

Three choreographers render a dazzling show to celebrate BalletX’s new journey.

The bright cover of Artists on Creative Administration: A Workbook from the National Center for Choreography asserts itself boldly on a red-orange background. The title makes a right-angle inside an offset rectangle of white and black lines that don’t quite meet at the corners. “Artists on Creative Administration” sits along the top and right of the rectangle with the rest of the title occupying the left and bottom. The text “Tonya Lockyer, Editor” appears just beneath the catawampus rectangle.
Cover Image courtesy of NCC Akron
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Stories From The Middle

Jennifer Passios

Humor, joy, hope, tough truths, and pragmatism give this book its staying power.

A group of dancers all dressed in white are clumped together in front of a blue backdrop that has 2 pillars running down them. The dancer in the front is kneeling with her arms lifted to the side with bent elbows and her hands in fists. Behind her are two couples leaning away from center and each has one arm raised with a bent elbow and hand in a fist. All of the dancers look either down or out, with a serious and contemplative expression.
Photo: PC Nir Arieli
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Still/Here: 30 Years Later

Kristen Shahverdian

Care, strength, and presence permeates the remount of Still/Here.

Yuki Ishiguro holds two glowing sticks in either hand. Wearing a loose-flowing silk top, he stands in power, pointing one stick to the ground, the other held above his head.
Photo: Yuma Hayashi
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Different Speeds of (Moon)Light

Megan Mizanty

Bucks County’s dance scene glows.

A woman is standing profile, mid-step, in a black shirt and white pants. Her arms are outstretched, palms face up. In the background audience members are seated on chairs and on the ground.
Photo: Jano Cohen
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An International Assortment

Ella-Gabriel Mason

The TRILATERAL Dance Exchange offers up a sampling of artistic research from home and abroad.

The image features a powerful duet from Complexions Contemporary Ballet. A male dancer, dressed in shimmering green pants, supports a female dancer in a gold costume as she elegantly balances on his shoulders, demonstrating strength, balance, and grace in their contemporary ballet movement.
Photo: Courtesy of Complexions
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Echoes of Tradition

Ziying Cui

Complexions reimagines the contemporary ballet landscape.