Reviews

Photo: Lindsay Browning

Experiencing Meg Foley

Megan Bridge

Dear Meg, It was such a pleasure to see you dance just now...

Photo: Bengt Jönsson

Tango Nuevo: What Is “Authentic” Tango Anyway?

Kalila Kingsford Smith

A wonderfully engaging ethnography, Tango Nuevo guides us on a journey...

photo: www.anonymousbodies.org

Down the Rabbit Hole with Kate Watson-Wallace

Julie B. Johnson

In “Mash Up Body,” Kate Watson-Wallace invited viewers to “remix” her choreography.

Photo: Gabriel Bienczycki

There is a Season: Eleone’s Carols in Color

Carolyn Merritt

Carols in Color reminds of the beauty of miracles, the comfort of faith, that prayer can take many forms.

Photo: Lois Greenfield

We Gather At The River

Patricia Graham

Philadanco, now celebrating forty-three years as a company, rolls on, preserving classic choreography and nurturing young performers and dance makers.

Photo: Tiffany Yoon

Nuts for All Tastes

Whitney Weinstein

Philadelphia offers new takes on The Nutcracker.

Photo: Bill Hebert

Home for the Holidays

Lisa Bardarson

At Group Motion’s "Spiel Uhr" there were holiday traditions of a different kind. The evening featured nine works of family, company, and friends.

Photo: ChrisKPhotography

Peek-A-Boo! Splits, Kicks, and Tassels

Kalila Kingsford Smith

These dancers carried the audience to a different world, where clothes are removed with a glint of irony that says, “You can look but you can’t touch.”

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This is not a review.

Kirsten Kaschock

December 15, 2012. This is what I saw last night. It was not catharsis, and it was not “applicable” to the horror of the day.

Photo: Lindsay Browning

MIRO’s Double Bill: Body as Medium, Performance, Art, Dance?

Christina Gesualdi

It is enough to watch Miller delicately place the record player’s needle down as if performing brain surgery on a field mouse.