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Photo: Ryan Collerd

Starting the Commotion

Amelia Longo

Free, original, site-specific performances, including Shiloh Dance Days with subcircle and Team Sunshine Performance Corporation.

Meet the Writers: Carolyn Merritt

Carolyn Merritt
Photo: Emanuela Pace

From the Studio: Trisha Brown’s ‘Line Up’ in Italy

Lisa Kraus

Reconstructing Trisha Brown's 'Line Up' for the Venice Biennale--an experience traced through emails.

Down and Dirty, Like Accidents and Relationships

Christina Gesualdi

This year's theme for Philadelphia’s SoLow Festival is "Down and Dirty." This no-frills performance festival could not have found a better city to inhabit.

Photo: © Jacques-Jean Tiziou / www.jjtiziou.net

Sung and Unsung: Courtyard DANCERS at the Bride

Kirsten Kaschock

Subtlety and proximity become enmeshed and enemies at the Bride.

Area Scholars at “Dance and the Social City”: SDHS Conference in Philly

Ellen Gerdes

The Society of Dance History Scholars conference offered a wealth of material, much of it from area scholars and artists.

P.S. #20: Dance Meccas

Photo: Johanna Austin

Old Ghosts at the New Barnes

Jim Rutter

Tori Lawrence's originally site-specific work imported little of its meaning or impact at the Barnes Museum.

Photo: Nathea Lee/ PhotoBravura

Breaking, Beats, and Cross-Rhythms

Beau Hancock

This making in the moment is not winging it, but two masters of movement developing a fully formed idea in front of an audience.

Photo: Andrew Simonet

Episodes and Academe: Avalanche

Lynn Matluck Brooks

How do dance profs -admittedly odd birds in academe- engage in research? Lots of ways.