Reviews

Photo: Bill Hebert

SHARPening the Focus

Kalila Kingsford Smith

I felt my focus SHARPen as I was pulled into each piece.

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.