Reviews

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."

Photo: Michael Slobodian

Stretching the Boundaries of Dance Fusion

Gregory King

Hip-hop dance,the electric boogie, up-rocking, b-boying, popping overlapped with a la seconde turns, glissades and rond de jambes.

Photo: Bicking Photography

Unveiled: Authorial Intent

Kirsten Kaschock

In the halves of Unveiled, the ethos of each of two choreographers was prominent and compelling.

Photo: Ditta Baron Hoeber

DANCE WITH CAMERA: A Sequence in Fifteen Stanzas

Dancer Asimina Chremos and photographer/poet Ditta Baron Hoeber share improvisational space.

Photo: Alexander Iziliaev

Hamlet–To Dance or Not To Dance, A Question

Jonathan Stein

The simple but powerful choreography brings to mind ballet’s court dance origins and connotations of rarified class and privilege.