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Photo: LBrowningphotography/Lindsay Browning

Small Award, Big Heart

Anna Drozdowski

What happens when Martha Graham and Yvonne Rainer walk into a bar/barre? Answers to be found at the Rocky Awards.

Photo: Kevin Monko

Body Politics Meet Mirth, Mayhem, and Mashups in Bang

Megan Bridge

Clowning at its finest, and terrifically funny... Bang’s “meaning” was ultimately drowned out by mirth, mayhem, and mashups.

Photo: Randl Bye

Double Vision: Dancefusion at the Philly Fringe

Lynn Matluck Brooks

The clarity of the movement’s attack and its clear lines and arcs in gestures, body shapes, and pathways reminded me of the power of classic modern dance in its search for expression of the universal...

Photo: Lori Hochlerin, yourdailycheesesteak.com

RUB(bing me the wrong way)

Carolyn Merritt

One song in the evening’s soundtrack plugged “the more you drink, the better we look,” but honestly, these girls didn’t need any help here...

Get to Go Together

Kirsten Kaschock
Photo: Susan Rethorst

Choreographic Thinking: Practical Philosophy for Dance

Megan Bridge

In her new book, Susan Rethorst asks dance-makers to enter the philosophical realm.

Photo Credit: Robert Eticheverry

Everyone’s Dancing in “Le Grand Continental”

Jonathan Stein

The post-moderns not only asked “what is dance?” but also “who can or should the dancer be?”. The latter question will soon receive the resounding answer--“Everyone!"

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Fall Dance in the Words of the Dancers

Our crowd-sourced preview of fall dance.