What happens when the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program brings together the Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia Parking Authority, and photographer JJ Tiziou?

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Pennsylvania Ballet, one of the premier ballet companies in the country, brings two compelling programs to the Academy of Music this March. Program II features Choreographer in Residence Matthew Neenan’s acclaimed Carmina Burana, March 4-13. Program III, March 13-14, is a collection of works set to the music of Frédéric Chopin, celebrating the 200th anniversary [...]

Metropolitan Ballet Company (MBC) and students from the Jenkintown Branch of the Settlement Music School will present their annual collaborative performance on Saturday, February 6th, at 3:00 pm, in the Josephine Muller Auditorium at Abington Friends School, 575 Washington Lane, Jenkintown, PA. Now in its ninth year, the annual collaborative concert will present works performed [...]

Group Motion will present new works by local choreographers at Spiel Uhr on Valentine’s Day weekend, February 13 & 14, 2010. Spiel Uhr, meaning “play clock” in German, features local choreographers and performers as they perform original dance works for the first time. The program starts at 8 p.m. at the Community Education Center Meetinghouse [...]

What happens when two people who have never met find out they¹ve been living parallel lives for more than 30 years? The answer ­ more than a year in the making ­ will premiere at the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia on January 29 and 30. How Am I Not Myself? with Indian classical [...]

Pennsylvania’s FY2010 state budget is only three months old. However, on the normal budget calendar, this is considered to be halfway through the year. According to Governor Rendell, revenues are far less than projected. In December, he announced the budget would be “frozen”, or trimmed by $162 million.  Last week, the details of the cuts [...]

ETC Performance Series, Philly’s favorite hi-drama, lo-key performance series, announces its February Festival line-up. Talent to present include: Melange Contemporary Dance Company,  Contempra Dance Theater, Chisena Danza, Rachel Feldman, Pamela Hetherington(feat. soloist Robert F. Burden, Jr.), Music and Motion Dance, JT Lotus Dance Company, Underground DanceWorks (UDW)…and more!!! ETC is an opportunity for performance artists [...]

Penn Humanities Forum presents… Vaslav Nijinksy and the Mad Genius Forumula with Joan Acocella, Staff Writer, The New Yorker Since ancient times, people have believed in the connection between artistic genius and eccentricity, irrationality, and even insanity. The “mad genius” formula has been especially prevalent in discussions of dance. New Yorker critic Joan Acocella examines [...]

By Bill Hebert for the Dance Journal On Saturday, February 6th at 7:30 Winged Woman Dance will perform their piece titled Residue as part of the Annenberg’s “By Local” series. Winged Woman Dance is a Philadelphia based ensemble founded by Tina Heuges Bracciale, that is dedicated to in-depth collaborations between visual artists, musicians and dancers. [...]

Daredevil Hollywood stunts, slam-dancing  and the heart-pumping thrills of a demolition derby are landmarks of STREB’s full-length Brave which makes its Philadelphia premiere February 4-6, 2010 on the Dance Celebration Series, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. Under the direction of Elizabeth Streb (MacArthur “Genius Award” winner, Founder/Choreographer and Action [...]