Reviews

Photo: The Rock School
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Three Little Men and Me at the Mann

Kirsten Kaschock

Three boys and their mom review free children's programming at the Mann Center.

Photo: Nicholas Burnham
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Inside an Old Queen’s Head

Kilian Kröll

I thought I had landed at a piano lounge in Philadelphia’s historic gayborhood.

Photo: Lindsay Browning
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Fort Blossom Revisited, Again

Kilian Kröll

Sometimes a piece of art stays with you--and you are not satisfied until you articulate why it has.

Photo: Ryan Collerd
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Starting the Commotion

Amelia Longo

Free, original, site-specific performances, including Shiloh Dance Days with subcircle and Team Sunshine Performance Corporation.

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Down and Dirty, Like Accidents and Relationships

Christina Gesualdi

This year's theme for Philadelphia’s SoLow Festival is "Down and Dirty." This no-frills performance festival could not have found a better city to inhabit.

Photo: © Jacques-Jean Tiziou / www.jjtiziou.net
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Sung and Unsung: Courtyard DANCERS at the Bride

Kirsten Kaschock

Subtlety and proximity become enmeshed and enemies at the Bride.

Photo: Johanna Austin
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Old Ghosts at the New Barnes

Jim Rutter

Tori Lawrence's originally site-specific work imported little of its meaning or impact at the Barnes Museum.

Photo: Andrew Simonet
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Episodes and Academe: Avalanche

Lynn Matluck Brooks

How do dance profs -admittedly odd birds in academe- engage in research? Lots of ways.

Photo: David Mielcarek
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Tango, Day and Night, Night and Day: 2nd Philadelphia Tango Festival

Carolyn Merritt

Four days of dancing in Northern Liberties, through the eyes of a local tango dancer.

Photo courtesy of Kelly Strayhorn Theater
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anonymous bodies & fidget: discUS.

Debbie Shapiro

We’d both attended open rehearsals as well as the show, and the extended meditation on process had us thinking about elements and strategies of performance.