Reviews

Image: Philly Cam

Modern Dance, Zionism, and a Free Palestine

Lu Donovan

If Israel is so supportive of American dance institutions, more so than even our own government, why would it be questioned?

Photo: Rachel Keane

Edges of Koma Otake

Emilee Lord

I have nothing here.

Photo: Christopher Duggan

A Sugar Rum Cherry of a Treat

Melissa Strong

The Nutcracker Suite from Dorrance Dance updates a holiday favorite with percussive tap and jazzy music.

Photo: Bill H

A Sweet Holiday Adventure at Tapcracker

Courtney Colón

The Lady Hoofers’ adventure set in Paris is a sweet and satisfying treat.

Photo: Maarten Vanden Abeele

Calm Awaits the Chaos in “The Rite of Spring / common ground[s]”

The dancers expand and contract through the chaos, searching for a calm that will not come.

Photo: Alberto Morales

Queering the Archive of lo Mexicano

Amy Schofield

Cuellar approaches archival material with extensive embodied knowledge of the form.

Photo: Charly Santagado

Breaking Down Breakdance

Charly Santagado

A cypher to celebrate Hip Hop’s 50th Birthday.

Photo: Brian Mengini

Shall We Dance Beyond Identity? – Xiang Xu’s World Premiere XY

Ziying Cui

Xiang says, “I don’t like to categorize my identity within a box.”

Photo: Constance Mensh

In “I Invited Myself,” Eiko Otake asks us to linger

Ellen Miller

In our hurried world, Otake invites you to linger, to watch, and return to watch again.

Drawing: Aaron Krolikowski

We Carry The Load – Curt Haworth’s Cyborg Dreams

Rhonda Moore

“Haworth’s dancers breathe life and credibility to the cyborg universe with multitude of movement variations that create onst