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Spectacle at the Center of RubberbanDance’s Latest

Jim Rutter

In his Poetics, Aristotle derided spectacle as the least important artistic aspect of a performance. RubberbanDance Group’s Gravity of Center shows that sometimes, spectacle’s all you’ve got.

photo: Stephanie Berger

Merce: Awesome!

Annie Wilson

A young choreographer considers an artist who continues to inspire wonder, fear, and reverence.

Resolution: Move More

Kirsten Kaschock

Despite the pressures of work and family, and some debilitating injuries, writer Kirsten Kaschock found plenty of accommodating and inspiring dance classes in Philadelphia.

Photo: Hiel Reinout

Something From Nothing: Eleanor Bauer at Christ Church Neighborhood House Theater

R. Eric Thomas

A carefully calibrated explosion of grandiosity, Bauer’s solo is a study of opposing forces in collaboration.

Photo: David Brick

Dancing Around Dramaturgy (an exploration)

Debbie Shapiro

...I believe that that’s what dance-makers strive to do: to tell us something about our culture, about ourselves.

Meet the Writers: Kirsten Kaschock

Kirsten Kaschock
Photo: Cylia von Tiedemann

The Empathetic Art of Teaching: Two Weeks of Community Class with Peggy Baker

Like a rescue plane hovering over my somewhat helter-skelter dancing life, Peggy Baker is a relief effort.

Photo: Bill Hebert

dance fueled. writing driven.

Kilian Kröll

The nEW Festival presented four new works by its 2012 resident choreographers. Ellen Gerdes and Kilian Kröll attended, between them, four performances. They each wrote about the pieces, then mashed their words together.

PS #8: Criticism That Stings

Meet the Writers: Lynn Matluck Brooks

Lynn Matluck Brooks