Reviews

I think not, I think not, I think not

Becca Weber

Three distinct versions of the same Deborah Hay solo were performed by three Philadelphia artists.

Photo: La Dolce Photography

Lynching and Love

Megan Bridge

The audience’s first responses: “Celebration. Bearing witness. Transparency. Shadows. Remembering. Nooses dropping. Acceptance. Pain. Repetition. Awesome.”

Photo: James Klosty (1972)

May I Have This Dance, By Chance?

Lynn Matluck Brooks

I chance upon pieces dancing around the Bride: Cage’s neat scores, Duchamp’s nudes descending shattered large glasses, Cunningham’s reeling dances.

Photo: Alexander Iziliaev

Bumping Up Against BalletX

Debbie Shapiro

In one night I witnessed the work of six aesthetically different artists and groups, some of whom had almost nothing to do with the others.

Photo: Royal Drummers & Dancers

The Royal Drummers and Dancers of Burundi: A Lesson On and Off the Stage

Kariamu Welsh

Representing difference, they give us new information about Africa and its many traditions.

Photo: The Napoleon Complex

Step It Up

Anna Drozdowski

Grace, attitude and ferocity in technique was balanced by big presence and a real joy in performing that I’d almost forgotten was possible.

Photo: Megan Bridge

Anarchic Harmony: Cage’s Song Books

Carolyn Merritt

What if the creator’s role was to release into the world a never-ending set of possibilities, whose lives would surely outlive that of their originator?

Photo: Paula Lobo

Delicious: Lar Lubovitch Dance Company at the Annenberg

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Lubovitch exposes his strategy and follows its logic, responding closely to the music he chooses.

Photo: Bill Hebert

A Photographer Presents!

Kariamu Welsh

The BillHPhotos Choreography Showcase drew on significant talent in our community and underscored the value of showcasing excerpts and works-in-progress.

Photo: Michael Bartmann

Spirits in an Industrial Space

Jonathan Stein

The weightedness of bodies in 'Hoist,' either in motion or at rest, was the strongest metaphorical connection to an industrial past of physical labor and heavy machinery.