Reviews

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Action is Primary is Not a Ballet

Jenna Horton

Action is Primary is not a ballet. Action is Primary is a score. Action is Primary is a dance about what dance is.

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The Ballad of Trayvon Martin: Diary of a Black Man

Gregory King

On stage they were admired, but on the streets their attire would make them the targets of discrimination.

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The Madonna Resilient

Kat J. Sullivan

She is naked again, having carried, cast off, born and been reborn.

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Opaque to Transparent: Revealing the Process in Works by Wilson, Linyekula, and Jones

Lisa Kraus

Finding the right balance in sharing behind-the-scenes work and thinking.

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They Play, They Dance, They Improv!

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Mascher Space’s H-O-T Series—a reminder that responsive, lively, daring dance and music can coexist.

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BalletX: A Ten-Year Retrospective of Technique and Theatrics

Gregory King

BalletX’s ten-year celebration was a thank-you note to Philadelphia.

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Poem for a Tree

Ellen Chenoweth

Kinetic tree, you mystify me.

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Diavolo’s Architecture in Motion: Dance With Some Extras!

Gregory King

I will keep Diavolo on my list of must-see entertainment.

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Seán Curran Company: A Well-Delivered Package of Post-Modernism

Gregory King

Representing nine religions the group performed Tai-Chi in an homage to integration.

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An Astronauts’ Rapacious Night

Patricia Graham

Should one talk in couplets or algorithms about Claudio Monteverdi’s opera, L’Orfeo, choreographed and directed by Trisha Bro