Reviews

Drawing: Emilie Stark-Menneg

What is Necessary to Replace Any Substance

Kirsten Kaschock

Chisena and Brown kept close quarters, as do those who journey far in the confines of boat or plane or space- or relationship...

Photo: Dasha Miller

Hopping in a Scripted Improvisation

Whitney Weinstein

There is no correct execution, rather it invites trust in the unscripted and free will and spontaneity in a controlled environment.

Photo: Said Johnson

Ballet in Socks

Lynn Matluck Brooks

It was good to see Pennsylvania Ballet dancers gliding, falling, pulling, writhing, and otherwise off their verticals in What I Learned About Outer Space.

Photo: Lindsay Browning

Two Truths, One Lie

Becca Weber

At the Philly Fringe, RealLivePeople dance into lies.

Photo: Bicking Photography

City of Dance

Patricia Graham

The Come Together Festival celebrates the abundance of well-crafted local dance in a range of genres including hip-hop, jazz, modern and ballet.

Photo: Jakub Wittchen

Falling Apart, Collectively

Megan Bridge

"...a poetry of associations that oscillate around islands of topics: femininity, monstrosity, the unknown..."

Photo: Lynn Matluck Brooks

Dancing ’round the Globe

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Immersing body and soul in a warm and roiling bath of dance, dance, dance at the World Dance Alliance Global Summit it Angers, France.

Photo: Alexander Iziliaev

BalletX in Flight

Lisa Kraus

Collaborators Neenan and Langabeer fashion a dreamlike adventure tale full of magical effects, spirited dancing and varied, wonderfully-played music.

Photo: @DanceNYC

Report from the Dance/USA Conference, Minneapolis

Ellen Chenoweth

I approached the conference the same way you might anticipate seeing a charming but volatile ex.

Photo: Robert J. Randall

How Do You Frame a Well-Made Dance?

Annie Wilson

Barr's piece could very well be about the laundry pile that never diminishes...the breath that insists on being taken every couple seconds without fail.