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Philly PARD’s R&D for Dance

Philly Performance Arts Research & Development (PARD) offers classes and workshops, describing itself as “a laboratory for the investigation of dance and movement-based art forms.”
November 17, 2011
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Tradition and Transcendence: An Evening with Shantala Shivalingappa

Born in India and raised in Paris, this “child of the east and west” has been hailed by critics for transcending culture...
November 16, 2011
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Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble

Classical modern dance with a bit of sass.
November 16, 2011
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The Joy of Movement with Anna Halprin and Group Motion

Picture an old woman painted white, hair matted with straw, folded into a hollowed-out spot of earth with grasses waving above. She moves glacially...
November 16, 2011
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It’s the Stringing It Together That Counts: Philadelphia Dance Projects Motion Pictures Shorts Fest 2011

Philadelphia Dance Projects presented Shorts Fest, wildly different dance films, for this year’s 10th annual Motion Pictures series.
November 16, 2011
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Denby Gets Drunk?

Veteran dance writer and Philadelphia native Mindy Aloff "put[s] right a couple of things" regarding the late great Edwin Denby.
November 11, 2011
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On working with Lucinda Childs, a choreographer whose work endures

How is it to dance Lucinda Child’s demanding minimalist work? TD writer Megan Bridge fills us in in advance of the November 11 showing of Work(s)on View
November 10, 2011
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