Reviews

Photo: Bill Hebert

Human Movement

Carolyn Merritt

Cardell showcases how dance can confront social issues viscerally, triggering responses that tap something as deep as migration is to our very existence.

Photo: Donna Winter

A Slew of Site-celebratory Performances

Ellen Chenoweth

June was a good month for adventurous performances in Philadelphia with artists using the traditional off-season to try new things.

Photo: Herman Sorgeloos

Facing Facing Front

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Lynn Matluck Brooks and Christopher Brooks reflect on programs 1 and 2 of Facing Front, featuring Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion.

Photo: Alexander Iziliaev

Astonish Us: PAB’s Closing Season Program

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Diaghilev's command, “Astonish me!,” fit the opening night of Pennsylvania Ballet’s last program of 2014-15.

Photo: Helio Ha

Philadelphia’s Tango Moment

Carolyn Merritt

Gustavo and Giselle Anne Naveira's participation in the 5th Philadelphia International Tango Festival, from teaching to dancing.

Photo: Stephan Floss

Conversation With A Curious Choreographer

Gregory King

William Forsythe in conversation on neo-classicism with Dr. Linda Caruso Haviland.

Photo: Mark Garvin

Kathakali Now

Lisa Kraus

An elegant sign language of mudras, like flutterings of rare birds. Bodies subtle, making the slightest weight shifts compelling.

Photo: Grant Halverson

How Many Spokes Make Up The Pilobolus Wheel?

Gregory King

Pilobolus Dance Theater defies categorization, standing at the intersection of dance, gymnastics, technology and theatre arts.

A Dance of Attention

Megan Bridge

Presence isn’t about acting, or charisma, it’s about directed and specific consciousness.

Photo: A. Iziliaev

Sunbathers, Sailors, and Society Wives: Robbins at PAB

Jean-Pierre Frohlich introduced Robbins’s work as more akin to a play than to a dance: "each character has a backstory."