Articles written by Carolyn Merritt

Embracing Uncertainty

In April, I wrote of my conversations with tango dancers and friends about how

A Perfect World?

Theatre Philadelphia and thINKingDANCE continue our partnership, begun in 2018, bringing

It Takes Two

What will become of us if we can’t learn to

A Family Circus

This spring marks Roger Lee Dance Company’s seventh season in

FRIEND LOVE

Youth is wasted on the young. Or so the saying

Belonging

In a quest to reach new audiences for performing arts

Time Is Fleeting

It seems like new construction appears overnight. It wasn’t so

Other Lives

“It has been said that there is an intense similarity

Vive Carnaval

Up is down. Black is white. True is false. Myth

Every Woman

The beginning is awkward, not unlike those first moments of

Tierra

Tango is a product of immigrants—a dance, music, and poetic

Human Movement

Our story began with migration. On two feet, we sought

All We Are

In the beginning A woman seated alone on the floor

Tango Reunion

There´s something unique about the Philadelphia tango scene that is

Two Steps Forward…

In the midst of Pennsylvania Ballet’s celebratory 50th year, Artistic Director

They DANCE!

I should begin with a confession. Before last night, I

Otro Tango Show

Seductive. Sultry. Intense. Visceral. Passionate. Electrifying. Sensual. Hot. Heady. Raw.

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Carolyn_Merritt

Carolyn Merritt is an anthropologist, writer and dancer. She is the author of Tango Nuevo (University Press of Florida, 2012), part memoir and part ethnographic study of contemporary Argentine tango. Carolyn teaches courses in anthropology and performance studies at Bryn Mawr College. She is a former staff writer and editor with thINKIngDANCE.

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