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A Nighttime "situation: becoming"

"situation: becoming" is a work that requires serious contemplation. Its sounds, movements and textures orient the viewer, but in a disconcerting way.
May 4, 2012
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Aging Bodies, Changing Times: Jeanne Ruddy Dance Company Takes Its Final Bow

Freelancing is the wave of the future, and that is what Ruddy intends to do next year.
May 3, 2012
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Time Travel With a Smile

The Lady Hoofers take to City Hall in a new performance series.
April 30, 2012
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The Topography of a Performance

Merián Soto’s Branch Dances don’t just do away with traditional notions of performance, they reorganize whole landscapes.
April 24, 2012
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Philly Hafla Throws a Bellydance Party

Philadelphia’s vibrant dance community includes a lively, if under-appreciated bellydance scene.
April 24, 2012
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Walking with Koresh

Even in rehearsal, these dancers move full throttle through whatever material they are given.
April 19, 2012
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It’s About Time: Fela! at the Academy

We are not in an American theater in 2012, but inside the Shrine, Fela’s nightclub in Lagos, for a final hoorah before his entourage flees Nigeria and all of its strife forever.
April 4, 2012
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Re-imagining Flamenco: Rosario Toledo and Pasión y Arte at the First Philadelphia Flamenco Festival

This two-week celebration of flamenco featured films, master classes, a symposium, and performances of work by Rosario Toledo.
April 4, 2012
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