Articles

SHARPening the Focus

I felt my focus SHARPen as I was pulled into each piece.
November 29, 2012
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An Offering? I Want More!

Perhaps the program’s title, "An Offering," suggests that this is just a small quantity of what Phil Grosser has in store.
November 29, 2012
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I think not, I think not, I think not

Three distinct versions of the same Deborah Hay solo were performed by three Philadelphia artists.
November 28, 2012
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Lynching and Love

The audience’s first responses: “Celebration. Bearing witness. Transparency. Shadows. Remembering. Nooses dropping. Acceptance. Pain. Repetition. Awesome.”
November 21, 2012
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Bumping Up Against BalletX

In one night I witnessed the work of six aesthetically different artists and groups, some of whom had almost nothing to do with the others.
November 17, 2012
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May I Have This Dance, By Chance?

I chance upon pieces dancing around the Bride: Cage’s neat scores, Duchamp’s nudes descending shattered large glasses, Cunningham’s reeling dances.
November 17, 2012
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The Royal Drummers and Dancers of Burundi: A Lesson On and Off the Stage

Representing difference, they give us new information about Africa and its many traditions.
November 15, 2012
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Step It Up

Grace, attitude and ferocity in technique was balanced by big presence and a real joy in performing that I’d almost forgotten was possible.
November 14, 2012
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