Reviews

Photo: Kelsey Halliday Johnson

What Stays With You?

Becca Weber

...this evening was more than a traditional performance--it was a wild night out.

Photo: Jorge Cousineau

Skipping and Slipping Through Time with Lucinda Childs

Megan Bridge

There is an incredible humanity to these works... We breathe and the audience holds its breath. We are suspended in time.

Photo: Jorge Cousineau

Infinite Possibilities

Six kick-ass Philadelphia dancers take on the challenge of Lucinda Childs’ be-in-the-moment-or-lose-your-place-forever dances.

Photo: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

Fancy Fiery Feet, All Grown Up

Lisa Kraus

Motion travels up his legs and torso, as if through a volcano, bursting into a full-bodied, space-eating dance.

Photo: Valerie Giacobbe

A-Glow at the Fringe

Lisa Bardarson

The performers in "Glow" are as lost in cyber space as was Alice in Wonderland, looking for someone to connect with.

Photo: Julieta Cervantes

We Are Moses

Kalila Kingsford Smith

Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group's Moses(es) brings to life the nature of leadership within a community.

Photo: Andy Phillipson

A Box Full of Illusions

Whitney Weinstein

He told a story while confronting physical boundaries creating optical illusion and rich entertainment.

Photo: Lindsay Browning

Throughline Collective Offers Collapse/Intersect

Jonathan Stein

Lisa Bardarson and Jonathan Stein collectively review the Throughline Collective, joint project of Colleen Hooper & Julie B. Johnson.

Photo: Zachary Handler

Rug Burns and A String Quartet

Kalila Kingsford Smith

New Street Dance Group’s ChORDED Motion bound its dancers in tangled ribbons, pearls, and strings of thought-- sometimes getting caught up by the limitations of the space.

Photo: Christian Conrad Schröder

Leaving Stable Grounds

Megan Bridge

[I]n the shadow of better-funded festivals and venues, is.m drew a group of practitioners that demonstrated an unwavering commitment to their craft.