Christ Church Neighborhood house

Photo: Grant Friedman

Dance as Palimpsest: Petronio Unplugged

Lauren Samblanet

Do all dances become palimpsests over time? Overlaid meanings and overlaid bodies...which we, the audience, can never see ful

Photo: Anja Hitzenberger

The Spirits in David Zambrano’s Soul Project

Jonathan Stein

Zambrano’s aim was to present the dancer as “being continuously alive.”

Photo: Stan Sadowski

Anne-Marie Mulgrew & Dancers Company at 28

Lynn Matluck Brooks

It’s no minor feat to keep a company going for 28 years... Onward!

So, Grandma Sets You Up on a Blind Date…

Becca Weber

It stands to reason that pairing grandmothers and creative types would result in a match made in heaven.

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: Kathryn Raines

Falling Through Narrative

Jonathan Stein

"Falling into Here or The Importance of Normal" is a welcome dance work among the talking heads presentations of the First Person Arts Festival.

Photo: Lindsay Browning

Catharsis: Not Just for Dead Greek Dudes

Megan Bridge

Their movement reminds me of old-fashioned computer games...Linear. Pixellated. Dot matrix era.

Photo: Lindsay Browning

Experiencing Meg Foley

Megan Bridge

Dear Meg, It was such a pleasure to see you dance just now...

Photo: Kevin Monko

Body Politics Meet Mirth, Mayhem, and Mashups in Bang

Megan Bridge

Clowning at its finest, and terrifically funny... Bang’s “meaning” was ultimately drowned out by mirth, mayhem, and mashups.

Photo courtesy of Kelly Strayhorn Theater

anonymous bodies & fidget: discUS.

Debbie Shapiro

We’d both attended open rehearsals as well as the show, and the extended meditation on process had us thinking about elements and strategies of performance.