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The Joy of Movement with Anna Halprin and Group Motion

Picture an old woman painted white, hair matted with straw, folded into a hollowed-out spot of earth with grasses waving above. She moves glacially...
November 16, 2011
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It’s the Stringing It Together That Counts: Philadelphia Dance Projects Motion Pictures Shorts Fest 2011

Philadelphia Dance Projects presented Shorts Fest, wildly different dance films, for this year’s 10th annual Motion Pictures series.
November 16, 2011
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Planting Seeds and Dissecting Selves

What happens when our curious drive to pick things apart and classify becomes a science of obsessive madness?
November 9, 2011
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Philadanco Packs a Punch

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.
November 9, 2011
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"Two Hands" from Hua Hua Zhang’s Visual Expressions

Hua Hua Zhang's Visual Expressions blended puppet arts, dance, music and theater in "Two Hands," creating uneasy fusions.
November 5, 2011
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“Last Monday” Highlights Diverse and Playful Local Work

“Last Monday” at Broad Street Ministry, interwove dance, music, and poetry...into a program of five fun and absurd...experiments.
November 4, 2011
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Pain, Pleasure and Pamphlets from SHARP Dance Company

...integrating such hefty content as mental illness, it helps to spend time immersed in a process of artistic research...
November 4, 2011
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In “Swan Songs,” Heavy Concept and Lithe Execution

...A thoughtfully curated music selection, spanning time periods and Western genres, set the choreographic bar high...
November 2, 2011
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