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Astonish Us: PAB’s Closing Season Program

Diaghilev's command, “Astonish me!,” fit the opening night of Pennsylvania Ballet’s last program of 2014-15.
June 13, 2015
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Conversation With A Curious Choreographer

William Forsythe in conversation on neo-classicism with Dr. Linda Caruso Haviland.
June 8, 2015
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Kathakali Now

An elegant sign language of mudras, like flutterings of rare birds. Bodies subtle, making the slightest weight shifts compelling.
June 7, 2015
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How Many Spokes Make Up The Pilobolus Wheel?

Pilobolus Dance Theater defies categorization, standing at the intersection of dance, gymnastics, technology and theatre arts.
May 16, 2015
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A Dance of Attention

Presence isn’t about acting, or charisma, it’s about directed and specific consciousness.
May 14, 2015
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Sunbathers, Sailors, and Society Wives: Robbins at PAB

Jean-Pierre Frohlich introduced Robbins’s work as more akin to a play than to a dance: "each character has a backstory."
May 13, 2015
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Stretching the Boundaries of Dance Fusion

Hip-hop dance,the electric boogie, up-rocking, b-boying, popping overlapped with a la seconde turns, glissades and rond de jambes.
April 24, 2015
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Hamlet--To Dance or Not To Dance, A Question

The simple but powerful choreography brings to mind ballet’s court dance origins and connotations of rarified class and privilege.
April 22, 2015
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