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Five people wearing blond wigs and dark-rimmed glasses stand around a couch, where another person lies, relaxed and singing. They’re on a brightly lit stage and wear loose, comfortable, bright clothing.
photo: Eli Eisenstein
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We need to talk (and sing)

Megan Mizanty

A breakup as richly layered as vanilla soft serve

A dancer covered in a bright array of tulle looks downward. The tulle fabric bellows around her covered lower half. Her shadow looms large behind her.
Photo: Taylor Jones
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Cracking Open and Spilling Out

Megan Mizanty

What happens when the juice dries up?

Two people look at an ipad with virtual reality images. Their backs are facing the camera and the person on the left wears a green hat, long locs, and a red shirt. The person on the right wears a black shirt and glasses.
Photo: Lori Waselchuk
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A Housewarming in a Magic Garden with Biscuits and Hibiscus

Caitlin Green

The space left room for us to take our time there, ease in, and stay awhile.

A blurred image of a body in motion and in the air. The body is wrapped in a white fabric (potentially a bathrobe) and bent in a V-shape as if falling onto the bed beneath. Tossed fabrics above them are brown, baby blue, grey, and white - possibly other clothes. The bed is made but rumpled and evokes a hotel room.
Photo: Erin Walker
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In endings, beginnings; in presence, healing

Ellen Miller

Moving through grief

Movement Research at the Judson Church. In the foreground, Jungwoong Kim kneels. They are sitting back on their heels with their palms resting on their thighs. They wear black pants and a red sleeveless top. In the background of the church, another dancer, out of focus, walks behind the kneeling dancer. They wear a purple jacket. Neither dancer’s face is turned towards the camera; they both look away in opposite directions.
Photo: Rachel Keane
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Sound takes us back: an exploration of audio memories

Ellen Miller

Sound memories connect performers and audience members.

The poster of the Full Circle features portraits of the four choreographers, from left to right, Meredith Rainey, Weiwei Ma, Dr. yaTande Whitney V. Hunter, and Dana Williams.
Photo: Performance Garage
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A Cross-Cultural Encounter: DanceVisions’ Full Circle

Ziying Cui

Four choreographers showcase the diversity and inclusivity of Philadelphia’s contemporary dance scene.

A young Black woman (Arianna Polite) holds a wooden bowl glowing with warm white light. She looks downward, sprinkling marbles of light onto the ground as darkness falls after sunset.
Photo: Daniel Madoff
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Homage to the Passed

Ellen Miller

A candle-lit performance offers a meeting and honoring of Black Philadelphians.

evan ray suzuki dancing on the floor with a horse plushie attached to his face
Photo: Elyse Mertz
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How Many Coors Lights Cans Were Harmed in the Making of this Show?

Ellen Miller
Black and white image of Telephone dancer Toby MacNutt as theysit on their heels, hands interlaced over chest/top of stomach. Toby's crutches are laid out in front of them as they look to the side in a plant filled dance studio.
Photo: still from the film Telephone
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Listening to the dance

Kristen Shahverdian

The screendance Telephone pioneers a new form of audio description for dance.

In a blank expanse, a boat, a small wooden toy piano, and several clocks of various sizes pointing to different times are illuminated. In the boat sits Terry Beck, an older white man in a velvet jacket with coiffed hair. His eyes are closed as he raises one hand to his cheek and the other to the sky.
Photo: Brian Mengini
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“My Story Begins Very Simply” | a career’s worth of dancing

Madeline Shuron

A meditative start to Temple’s 50th anniversary of the dance department