Cardell showcases how dance can confront social issues viscerally, triggering responses that tap something as deep as migration is to our very existence.
June was a good month for adventurous performances in Philadelphia with artists using the traditional off-season to try new things.
Lynn Matluck Brooks and Christopher Brooks reflect on programs 1 and 2 of Facing Front, featuring Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion.
Diaghilev's command, “Astonish me!,” fit the opening night of Pennsylvania Ballet’s last program of 2014-15.
Gustavo and Giselle Anne Naveira's participation in the 5th Philadelphia International Tango Festival, from teaching to dancing.
William Forsythe in conversation on neo-classicism with Dr. Linda Caruso Haviland.
An elegant sign language of mudras, like flutterings of rare birds. Bodies subtle, making the slightest weight shifts compelling.
Pilobolus Dance Theater defies categorization, standing at the intersection of dance, gymnastics, technology and theatre arts.
Presence isn’t about acting, or charisma, it’s about directed and specific consciousness.
Jean-Pierre Frohlich introduced Robbins’s work as more akin to a play than to a dance: "each character has a backstory."