Reviews

Photo: Julieanne Harris

Duets Galore in a Hardware Store

Kalila Kingsford Smith

Asking the question, "How do I change when I dance and work with different people?"

Photo: Gregory Batardon

The Art of Being Human

Whitney Weinstein

Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal exceeds physical expectations. Each of the four works presented, all Philly premieres, were executed meticulously, with incredible fluidity and flexibility.

Photo: JJ Tizou

ELEANOR! Is Us

Jonathan Stein

Eleanor Bauer surveys and bonds with her audience. She also fits in a chat with Jonathan Stein.

Photo: Gerald Rugel

Nutcracker Immersion

Lynn Matluck Brooks

Three Nutcrackers are brought into the same orbit through their shared theme, Tchaikovsky’s evocative music and the sense of community tradition.

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Dear Miguel

Patricia Graham

Thank you for tackling the big stuff, for giving us an angst-filled rant loaded with conflict, for taking us into the darker sides of our psyches.

Photo: Ballez's "Firebird"

At AUX, “Subject Worthy”

Patricia Graham

Insights that emerged from a series curated by Marissa Perel where most of the work was by artists who are queer.

Photo: Paula Court

Masterful Movements

Eleanor Goudie-Averill

This is a dance that knows where it comes from. This is dance you can trust. With Bleed,Tere O'Connor may just have created a masterpiece.

They DANCE!

Carolyn Merritt

An hour and a half of “balls to the wall” dancing rooted in African American, contemporary ballet, and modern influences.

Photo: Zornitsa Stoyanova

We Were There

Lynn Matluck Brooks

PDP hosts an informed look at Susan Rethorst's new work with the dancers of Group Motion.

Photo: Kathryn Raines

Levity and Loneliness

Nicole Bindler

"Onliest," created by Curt Haworth, is a site-specific work that enmeshes itself in the Mount Vernon Dance Space.