contemporary dance

A white woman with dark brown hair, wearing a blue outfit, sparkly shoes, and a bright red lip that matches her red hoop earrings, lies back on a small gray table. Her mouth is wide open as if singing, one arm reaching emphatically above her head while the other grips the table tightly for balance. Her legs float in the air, parallel to one another at a slightly awkward angle. She is a rockstar in an empty room.
Photo: Jen Kertis
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This is a white piece, and that’s okay

ankita

Bucking nice, white conventions in favor of complexity

(Left to Right): Burr Johnson, Savannah Gaillard. A bald man with a beard sits on the floor, he wears what looks like a loose skirt or dress, and gazes at his right arm which is gently extended horizontally from his side. Nearby, a woman with dark hair wearing shorts stands in profile in front of a wall made out of tatami, a small doorway in front of her.
Photo: Maria Baranova
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Trisha Brown: The Joy of Looking Back

Brendan McCall

Reconstructions and a world-premiere continue Trisha Brown´s legacy

three dancers with large white blankets of tulle fabric pull them across each other, the camera catches them in a blurry flurry of motion. each dancer looks toward a different direction, arms to the sky. the photograph is a wash of the transparent tulle.
Photo: Rob Li Photography
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the wave of ending and beginning

desire amaiya

with the world so uncertain and art requiring more cherishing than ever, Lin cherishes the dancers and the giving act of perf

Two people dressed in blue sit on top of an overturned recycling bin, with their arms extended overhead as if riding a rollercoaster. They have nervous looking facial expressions, and are in front of a curtain backdrop which is painted like a bedroom. There is a hand coming from behind the backdrop, grasping it, as if preparing to enter the stage.
Photo: Dylan Smythe
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Has Sadness Ever Taken You Down to the Dump?

Caitlin Green

“THIS IS THE WORST DAY EVER!”

In groups of three, dancers are positioned stage left, stage right and centerstage. The left and right groups perform a lift with two dancers at the base and the aerial dancer reaching outward. Through reaching in similar form to the aerial dancers, the centerstage trio remains grounded. Dancers stand against a white backdrop with pink and blue lights. They wear uniform spandex pants and crop tops.
Photo: Sasha Onyshchenko
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Montreal Company, RUBBERBAND, Brings Reckless Underdog to Philly

Caitlin Green

Bringing street dance to the theater underscores the intersection of performance and social dance.

Yuki Ishiguro holds two glowing sticks in either hand. Wearing a loose-flowing silk top, he stands in power, pointing one stick to the ground, the other held above his head.
Photo: Yuma Hayashi
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Different Speeds of (Moon)Light

Megan Mizanty

Bucks County’s dance scene glows.

"entangled" - With the ocean in the background, we only see the back of a man wearing a dirty blue shirt, James Barrett. He is reaching his hands behind him to touch another man, Miguel Alejandro Castillo, who wears red shorts and his lying on his back.
Photo courtesy of Faye Driscoll
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The Mutability of Outdoor Performance: Driscoll’s Oceanic Feeling

Brendan McCall

Site-specific performance along the liminal edge

Photo: Morgan Gregory
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Whimsy and Childlike Nostalgia in “Indigo in October”

Rachel DeForrest Repinz

Sumayyah Smith invites us into her vibrant world.

Photo: Terry Fox
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Dancing, Speaking, Crying, Screaming: A Write Back Atcha

Charly Santagado

Two interdisciplinary works where lineages unravel, burdens are unloaded, and emotions let loose.

Photo: Maria Baranova
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4 | 2 | 3: An Unsolved Riddle

Charly Santagado

Three generations of dancers touch the void