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Six young dancers stand in profile, all facing right, under bloodred stagelights. They balance on their right foot, while holding their bent left leg with their left hand behind them. Their right arms are extended in front of them, their palms flexed, as if threy are saying "stop."
Photo: Steven Pisano
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Donald Byrd’s Five Alarm Dance

Brendan McCall

Donald Byrd sounds the alarm in his latest work connecting 9/11 to the crises of our current moment.

Kayla Hamilton, a Black woman in a flowing black tunic, extends her arms directly in front of her, open hands reaching forward. She is facing stage right, with an open facial expression. Photo by Ahad Subzwari/The Shed.
Photo by Ahad Subzwari/The Shed.
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When you find it, pick it up

Rachel DeForrest Repinz

Kayla Hamilton’s How to Bend Down/How to Pick It Up ushers in an exciting new era.

Photo: Valerie Kosnevich.
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Philadelphia Youth Companies Shine at Peridance Spring Showcase

Rachel DeForrest Repinz

Youth companies demonstrate high-level artistry and technical rigor at Peridance in NYC.

Photo: Walter Wlodarczyk
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Imagination as Survival in “YO OBSOLETE”

Rachel DeForrest Repinz

Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez seamlessly weaves together audio description and imaginative narrative.