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Amelia Longo

Starting the Commotion

Free, original, site-specific performances, including Shiloh Dance Days with subcircle and Team Sunshine Performance Corporation.
July 18, 2012
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Jumpstarting new work with Live Arts Brewery

I recently had the opportunity to tour the future home of the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe. While they don’t anticipate moving until fall 2013, they’re jumpstarting this year-round approach with, well, Jumpstart, a mini-festival of finished work by local performers.
May 23, 2012
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Bharata Natyam at Bryn Mawr

Equally adept at storytelling and beautiful movement, Priyadarsini Govind captivated with an evening of Bharata Natyam choreography.
May 9, 2012
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Inaugurating JUXT[a]POSE!

The start of the JUXT[a]POSE! series was an impressive line-up of dances by choreographers on the scene for 8-10 years.
April 26, 2012
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Philadelphia’s Thriving Showcase Series Scene

Showcase series provide a platform for bold new performances that might otherwise go unseen, as well as interesting ways to engage audiences.
April 12, 2012
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Heaven, Earth, and Everything Between

Handel’s Messiah is big and divine. In trying to match its lofty heights, Weiss instead showed his own humanity.
March 15, 2012
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A Bicycle Built for Everyone

Green Chair Dance Group's constant interaction with the audience served to include us in what otherwise could have been a very insular topic: the dancers’ relationships with one another.
February 21, 2012
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