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Performance Garage to Remain Open

Anna Drozdowski
Edgar Degas: Dancer's Backstage

Poverty Amidst Plenty for Philadelphia’s Dance Adjuncts

Carolyn Merritt

The nation's "dance capital" abounds in creative opportunity, but local performers working as adjuncts are destined to scrape by for years to come.

Season Preview? Let’s Crowdsource It!

DIY previewing comes to Philadelphia.

Meet the Writers: Carolyn Merritt

Carolyn Merritt

Area Scholars at “Dance and the Social City”: SDHS Conference in Philly

Ellen Gerdes

The Society of Dance History Scholars conference offered a wealth of material, much of it from area scholars and artists.

Editor’s Note: Changing Course

Lisa Kraus

Grab bags, "From the Studio" features, book reviews and more on the horizon from TD.

Notes from Two Days with Suzanne Carbonneau

Kirsten Kaschock

Notes that give the sense of Carbonneau's approach to think pieces. "Give yourself permission to experiment. And write something every day."

Photo credit: Jacques-Jean Tiziou

Jumpstarting new work with Live Arts Brewery

Amelia Longo

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.

Club Lyfestile and All That Glitters

Christina Gesualdi

We are people who are into shiny things. That is our commonality. We are party starters.