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My Profound Experience at Illadelph

Annie Wilson

After a mere five classes at the 2012 Illadelph Festival produced by Rennie Harris Puremovement (RHPM), I am in love with hip-hop. I am not entirely surprised.

Meet the Writers: Jonathan Stein

Jonathan Stein

Performance Garage to Remain Open

Anna Drozdowski

P.S. #22: Tips for Newcomers

What are the best places for those new-to-Philly to find out about what's happening?

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Three Little Men and Me at the Mann

Kirsten Kaschock

Three boys and their mom review free children's programming at the Mann Center.

Edgar Degas: Dancer's Backstage

Poverty Amidst Plenty for Philadelphia’s Dance Adjuncts

Carolyn Merritt

The nation's "dance capital" abounds in creative opportunity, but local performers working as adjuncts are destined to scrape by for years to come.

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Inside an Old Queen’s Head

Kilian Kröll

I thought I had landed at a piano lounge in Philadelphia’s historic gayborhood.

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Dancing in the Field: #dusaconf 2012

Debbie Shapiro

Reflections on four days at Dance/USA in San Francisco - fear, technology, friendship and all.

Photo: Fanny Elssler in "La Cachucha"

Critical Moments: Four Centuries of Dance Journalism

Lynn Matluck Brooks

A bird’s-eye view of commentaries from the eighteenth century to the present.