Out of the disarray of the Antebellum South shuffled that “venerable old darkey,” Uncle Remus – a slave caricature created by white folklorist Joel Chandler Harris in 1879 and revitalized by Walt Disney in 1946. With a G-rated grin and a song of “zip-a-dee-doo-dah,” Uncle Remus cheerily whitewashed a rich, raucous oral tradition of Southern [...]

THE BREAD & PUPPET THEATER returns to Philadelphia as The Lubberland National Dance Company in “27 Dirt-Cheap Dances,” a topical play for these trying times of economic crisis. Bread & Puppet’s itinerant Lubberlanders will enact problem-solving dances for our problems, collateral damage dances for victims, victory dances for victories, wedding dances for hostile populations and [...]

An Coimisiún le Rincí Gaelacha (The Irish Dancing Commission) announced that Philadelphia will be host to the 2009 World Irish Dancing Championships.
This is the first time these championships will be held in the USA and Philadelphia.
The Kimmel Center and The Marriott Hotel venues have been selected for the competitions. Over 5,000 competitors are expected to [...]

Vada Dance Collective returns to the Painted Bride Art Center in Olde City to kick off their 2009 season with Lost and Found, Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 3:00PM, showcasing works by directors/choreographers Rebecca Moyer and Katie Skettino.

Vada, (pronounced vah-duh, an Italian word meaning to go, to move, to work), was founded in 2005 [...]

Emmy winning, Ballets Boyz will perform four Philadelphia premieres by celebrated choreographers Russell Maliphant, Liv Lorent, Rafael Bonachela and Craig Revel Horwood on March 17-18 at Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA.
Ballet Boyz, under the artistic direction of two former principal Royal Ballet dancers, Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, are [...]

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The Koresh Artist Showcase is a community initiative to help local artists perform work with no expense cost. Participating artists receive free marketing, free rehearsal space, technical support and free venue rental.
Showcases are held bi-monthly throughout the year, on a Saturday and Sunday, with two shows each evening. [...]

The Philadelphia-based, professional dance company, Tap Team Two & Company, Inc. was founded by Robert Burden and Arthur Taylor in 1988. They use street tap, better known as hoofing, as the basis of their choreography. Robert and Arthur received BFAs from the University of the Arts, specializing in Dance, Jazz Theater and Theater Arts. They [...]

By Lindsay Warner
published in The Bulletin
Rennie Harris and his dance company, Puremovement, have done wonders for the reputation of hip-hop dance. As a choreographer, he has produced hip-hop works on some of the most prestigious stages in Philadelphia and around the world, chipping away at the stigma associated with the traditionally informal, urban-based world he [...]

The timeless rag-to-riches tale of Cinderella returns to the Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets, as Pennsylvania Ballet presents Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, March 13 – 21.  Set to Sergei Prokofiev’s lush score, audiences immediately enter a world of fantasy through the production’s brilliant choreography, elaborate costumes and stunning sets – among them a majestic [...]

Group Motion, as part of their 40th Anniversary Season, will present Shadow and Light at the Painted Bride on March 13th and 14th.
Featured on the program is LUNGTA, a new work by Artistic Director, Manfred Fischbeck,  COURAGE by Co-Founder Brigitta Herrmann,  and A SHADOW IN THE AEOLIAN PALACE by guest choreographer, Megan Bridge.
The Tibetan Buddhist [...]