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Pain, Pleasure and Pamphlets from SHARP Dance Company

...integrating such hefty content as mental illness, it helps to spend time immersed in a process of artistic research...
November 4, 2011
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In “Swan Songs,” Heavy Concept and Lithe Execution

...A thoughtfully curated music selection, spanning time periods and Western genres, set the choreographic bar high...
November 2, 2011
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CORD Coming to Philly

Dance research is alive and growing in Philadelphia. The Congress on Research in Dance (CORD), is an international organization that supports and encourages dance research in wide ranging areas from both scholarly and practice based perspectives.
October 29, 2011
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Seen and Heard: It’s Music to My Eyes

Promising “potential for disaster and greatness,” Blind Date: dance and music duos presented far more greatness than disaster.
October 28, 2011
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Wish You Were Here: “Fresh Juice” Serves Up Age Old Questions In A New Vessel

It was easy to imagine yourself on the stage of the Performance Garage at some point during “Fresh Juice”
October 28, 2011
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Women With Saying Power: The Requisite Movers

During the after-show Q&A, the movement artists and choreographers calling themselves The Requisite Movers sat on the stage to field questions.
October 28, 2011
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Russian Ballet Legends

Pairing acknowledged “ballet legend” George Balanchine with “legend-in-the-making” Alexei Ratmansky, Pennsylvania Ballet presented a ”Russian Suite” of classical purity, nonstop dynamism and dramatic caricature.
October 28, 2011
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