Reviews

Photo: Steven Gunther

Lionel Popkin and Gabrielle Revlock at the Performance Garage

Jonathan Stein

The declarative title of Lionel Popkin's "There Is An Elephant In This Dance" cued us to look for a pachyderm. But "Aida" it ain't.

Liz Goldberg

It’s the Stringing It Together That Counts: Philadelphia Dance Projects Motion Pictures Shorts Fest 2011

Christina Gesualdi

Philadelphia Dance Projects presented Shorts Fest, wildly different dance films, for this year’s 10th annual Motion Pictures series.

The Joy of Movement with Anna Halprin and Group Motion

Lisa Kraus

Picture an old woman painted white, hair matted with straw, folded into a hollowed-out spot of earth with grasses waving above. She moves glacially...

Photo: Bill Herbert

Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble

Kariamu Welsh

Classical modern dance with a bit of sass.

photo: C.T. Satyagit

Tradition and Transcendence: An Evening with Shantala Shivalingappa

Carolyn Merritt

Born in India and raised in Paris, this “child of the east and west” has been hailed by critics for transcending culture...

Photo: Lois Greenfield

Philadanco Packs a Punch

Julie Diana

The dancer started swinging his hips to the beat, then turned to face the audience and flashed a “Let’s do this!” smile that was to mark the vivacious tone of the evening.

Photo: Bill Hebert

Planting Seeds and Dissecting Selves

Laura Vriend

What happens when our curious drive to pick things apart and classify becomes a science of obsessive madness?

Photo: Bart. P. Roccoberton, Jr.

“Two Hands” from Hua Hua Zhang’s Visual Expressions

Peter Price

Hua Hua Zhang's Visual Expressions blended puppet arts, dance, music and theater in "Two Hands," creating uneasy fusions.

Photo: Bill Hebert

Pain, Pleasure and Pamphlets from SHARP Dance Company

Debbie Shapiro

...integrating such hefty content as mental illness, it helps to spend time immersed in a process of artistic research...

Photo: Jason Chen

“Last Monday” Highlights Diverse and Playful Local Work

Amelia Longo

“Last Monday” at Broad Street Ministry, interwove dance, music, and poetry...into a program of five fun and absurd...experiments.