Reviews

The Challenge of Embodying Saudade

Jonathan Stein

Sometimes titles raise expectations that are not always realized in the actual performance.

Bharata Natyam at Bryn Mawr

Amelia Longo

Equally adept at storytelling and beautiful movement, Priyadarsini Govind captivated with an evening of Bharata Natyam choreography.

Photo: Jacques-Jean Tiziou

In 1993, When We Felt Free

Kilian Kröll

Two decades and 40 dances into their career, the darlings of Philly’s theatrical dance world in the 1990s and 2000s have arrived at a point of mid-life reflection.

Photo: Bill Hebert

A Nighttime “situation: becoming”

Kariamu Welsh

"situation: becoming" is a work that requires serious contemplation. Its sounds, movements and textures orient the viewer, but in a disconcerting way.

Photo: Bill Hebert

Real life or fantasy? An afternoon at thefidget space

Carolyn Merritt

A white chamber pulsed with sound, hexagonal honeycombs of light floated on the walls, and women in white performed tasks and dances.

Photo: Jeanne Ruddy Dance

Aging Bodies, Changing Times: Jeanne Ruddy Dance Company Takes Its Final Bow

Annie Wilson

Freelancing is the wave of the future, and that is what Ruddy intends to do next year.

Photo: Brian Mengini

Time Travel With a Smile

Debbie Shapiro

The Lady Hoofers take to City Hall in a new performance series.

Photo: Kilian Kröll

The Topography of a Performance

Kilian Kröll

Merián Soto’s Branch Dances don’t just do away with traditional notions of performance, they reorganize whole landscapes.

Photo: Pete Checchia

Walking with Koresh

Beau Hancock

Even in rehearsal, these dancers move full throttle through whatever material they are given.

Photo: Bill Hebert

What Have We Done?—“Beyond the Bones Revisited (2002/12)”

Kirsten Kaschock

Branches are the dead parts of the tree....branches can also be used to build.