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Philadanco Packs a Punch

Julie Diana

The dancer started swinging his hips to the beat, then turned to face the audience and flashed a “Let’s do this!” smile that was to mark the vivacious tone of the evening.

Photo: Bill Hebert

Planting Seeds and Dissecting Selves

Laura Vriend

What happens when our curious drive to pick things apart and classify becomes a science of obsessive madness?

Photo: Anna Drozdowski

The Art of Articulate Economy

Annie Wilson

I think the gold of the TD project is the opportunity to understand our personal and shared ideologies about dance and performance.

PS #2: Dance Language

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“Two Hands” from Hua Hua Zhang’s Visual Expressions

Peter Price

Hua Hua Zhang's Visual Expressions blended puppet arts, dance, music and theater in "Two Hands," creating uneasy fusions.

Photo: Bill Hebert

Pain, Pleasure and Pamphlets from SHARP Dance Company

Debbie Shapiro

...integrating such hefty content as mental illness, it helps to spend time immersed in a process of artistic research...

Photo: Jason Chen

“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.

Photo: Bill Hebert

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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