Reviews

Photo: Courtesy of J. Bouey Dance Projects

J. Bouey’s Chiron in Leo Reminds Us to Check on the Children

Caitlin Green

Systemic racism and cisheteropatriarchy intertwine in this story, contributing more labored stakes in this game than meet the

Photo: Jacob Bucko

Philadelphia Dance Theatre Breaks Ground With Alumni Performances and a New Venue

Lauren Putty White

It reminded me that art has life even in stillness.

Photo: LaNeshe Miller White

The Painted Bride’s Incubated Artists Take Time to Heal

Maddie Hopfield

This Painted Bride cohort blurs the lines separating community, ritual, and performance.

Photo: Melissa Wu

10,000 Dreams: Celebrating the Abundance of AAPI Vision

Dana Nichols

AAPI choreographers and dancers have the power to redefine not just ballet, but dance altogether.

Photo: Christopher Ash

Unseen Connections at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Joseph Ahmed

A reimagined Philly dance classic spins webs of connection in the PMA’s New Grit: Art & Philly Now exhibition.

Photo: Celine Asril

The Future of CI: Part Two – Potentials

Nadia Khayrallah

Despite the form’s inequities, many continue to find radical potential in Contact Improvisation

Photo: nikolai mckenzie ben rema

Never Running Out of More

nikolai mckenzie ben rema

#disposableincome…what’s debt anyway, ammiright?!

Photo: [La 18] Audovisual del MAC

The World Will Never be The Same: Merián Soto’s Spirals of Connection

Lydia Platón Lázaro

The performance spoke to the circularity of return

Photo: Sze-Wei Chan

The Future of CI: Part One – Critique and Questioning

Nadia Khayrallah

Earthdance’s conference unpacks the myth of the universal body in contact improvisation

Photo: Anthony Dean

Tyner and Timmons: Keeping the Jazz Legacy Alive

Lauren Putty White

This moment captured the meaning behind rhythm in Jazz: constance, lineage, and ongoing journey.