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Susanna Pham

Striking a CORD – the Philadelphia Conference

Ellen Gerdes

I’m often asked in apparent disbelief: “Do people actually research dance?”

Photo by Alexander Iziliaev

What Makes Ballet Contemporary?

Annie Wilson

The opening night of BalletX's Fall Series 2011 provoked curiosity in me about what defines a ballet as contemporary.

Photo: Monica Lyons Jones

Many Feet, One Step: Kùlú Mèlé Leads a Journey

R. Eric Thomas

An evening of dance that dazzled, astounded and—above all—emphasized the enduring power of community.

Photo: Alex Escalante

Seen & Heard: The Remix

Beau Hancock

A picture of Seen & Heard that moves beyond the impressions generated by the four authors whose words are reconfigured here, to a thickly textured remembrance.

Photo: Jeff Busby

Pulling Strings: Chunky Move’s Connected

Lynn Matluck Brooks

A light-filled mobile, electronic music, patches of light, and five performers who dance, speak, act, and finish the mobile’s assemblage – all weave integrally into the work’s fabric.

photo: Jim Rutter

More Than a Master Class: Dance “as it was meant to be”

Jim Rutter

Former Isadora Duncan Dance Company member Alice Bloch led students through a 90-minute session blending history, anatomy, gender and sexual politics.

A Danse4Nia Correction

Sara Nye clarifies personnel and show order.

The Stage and Page: Thinking Dance Authors Arrive

Anna Drozdowski

A little about who we are, and the many places we're coming from, when we come into the room together to think about dance.