Reviews

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Hold it, control: 12 Questions and Answers

Carolyn Merritt

For her experimental response to Meg Foley and J. Louis Makary's experimental show, Carolyn Merritt answers 12 questions.

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Going Through the Motions of Emotion

Kat J. Sullivan

Instead of being separated, can’t theatrical gesture and dance movement be mixed together to create something whole?

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Breathtaking Tragedy at Noche Flamenca

Kalila Kingsford Smith

The emotion and the dynamism of the dancing transcend any language barrier.

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Luscious Sadness

Nicole Bindler

The juxtaposition of the frightening terrorist soundtrack with the dancers' robust and alluring bodies is strange and haunting.

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The Many Layers of ev.o.lu.tion

Gregory King

They resembled a well-trained army marching off to war: precise, focused, armored and ready.

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Thoughts about Steve Paxton on viewing four of his dances at Dia:Beacon

Lisa Kraus

Over time the body becomes less able in some ways but more eloquent in others.

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An Unconventional Balance

Whitney Weinstein

Delicate execution of movement by extremely muscular bodies, athletic but thoughtful choreography, the scramble of gender role expectations.

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Underwater Superstars

Becca Weber

The siren song of mermaids in the Philly Dance community: the popularity of these mavens-of-the-deep can’t be denied.

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Le Roy Lets 16 Retrospectives Bloom at PS1

Jonathan Stein

During three hours as a visitor to Retrospective I was swept into the individual retrospectives of several of the dancers.

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Xavier Le Roy’s Avant Retrospective

Jonathan Stein

When I walked into choreographer Xavier Le Roy’s Retrospective at MoMA PS1 there seemed to be nothing happening.