Reviews

Photo: Alan DiBerio

Bridging Choreographers with ZIPLINE

Debbie Shapiro

Rosner's "barrish," a shameless, feminist homoerotic anxiety dream performance, also a poetic dance.

Photo: Bill Hebert

Aesthetic Immersion at shatter ::: dawn

Becca Weber

An immersive experimental work, not a sit-quietly-in-a-dark-theatre performance.

Photo: Lindsay Browning

Catharsis: Not Just for Dead Greek Dudes

Megan Bridge

Their movement reminds me of old-fashioned computer games...Linear. Pixellated. Dot matrix era.

Photo: Lindsay Browning

(A) Moving Work

Carolyn Merritt

What do you do for a living? RealLivePeople(in)Motion's "The Jobs Project" is complex; an ambitious undertaking for a relatively young company.

Collisions in Time: Reflections on PIFA

Kalila Kingsford Smith

Is PIFA’s goal to support local artists, or is it to increase audience attraction to Philadelphia?

Photo: Erin Keough

Come Together

Lisa Bardarson

Local ringers bookended the evening’s newbies giving a chance to glimpse both better known and up and coming companies.

Photo: Mike Hurwitz

1096: An Artistic Journey

Patricia Graham

An investigation of women’s stories and the meeting of flamenco and postmodern dance, 1096 integrated two competing images of women – soft, compliant and supportive vs. strong, unyielding and leading.

Photo: Johanna Austin

Group Motion Meets Olive Prince Dance at a Juncture

Becca Weber

Dancers were listening to each other in movement--a simple bond that made the entire piece compelling to watch.

Photo: Alexander Izilaev

BalletX Under the Microscope

Kristen Gillette

Kristen wonders if the pre-show talk colored her opinions too much but she's wowed by BalletX's impressive physical abilities.

Photo: Nathea Lee

A Collage of Moanin’ and Groanin’: Reflections of the African American Church Movement

Whitney Weinstein

The program traveled through time to an era of slavery, specifically the 1700s.