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“Last Monday” Highlights Diverse and Playful Local Work

Amelia Longo

“Last Monday” at Broad Street Ministry, interwove dance, music, and poetry...into a program of five fun and absurd...experiments.

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In “Swan Songs,” Heavy Concept and Lithe Execution

Kilian Kröll

...A thoughtfully curated music selection, spanning time periods and Western genres, set the choreographic bar high...

CORD Coming to Philly

Laura Vriend

Dance research is alive and growing in Philadelphia. The Congress on Research in Dance (CORD), is an international organization that supports and encourages dance research in wide ranging areas from both scholarly and practice based perspectives.

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Elizabeth Zimmer Works With Philadelphia Writers: Shock and Awe!

Kariamu Welsh

Elizabeth Zimmer, the venerable New York dance critic ran one of her infamous Kamikaze workshops with the newly formed thINKi

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Russian Ballet Legends

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Pennsylvania Ballet presented a ”Russian Suite” of classical purity, nonstop dynamism and dramatic caricature.

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Women With Saying Power: The Requisite Movers

Kirsten Kaschock

The movement artists and choreographers calling themselves The Requisite Movers sat on the stage to field questions.

PS #1: Spotlight on Philadelphia

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Wish You Were Here: “Fresh Juice” Serves Up Age Old Questions In A New Vessel

R. Eric Thomas

It was easy to imagine yourself on the stage of the Performance Garage at some point during “Fresh Juice”

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Seen and Heard: It’s Music to My Eyes

Ellen Gerdes

Promising “potential for disaster and greatness,” Blind Date: dance and music duos presented far more greatness than disaster.