Montgomery County Community College is accepting registration now for its new Associate in Arts degree program in Dance. Beginning in the fall, this 63-credit program provides both a liberal arts background and dance courses comparable to classes offered during the first two years at a four-year institution. Classes include modern dance, ballet, jazz, hip hop, [...]

This report describes the demographic characteristics of U.S. adults that participated in the arts (such as concerts, plays, and dance performances) via electronic media (e.g., TV, radio, computers and portable media devices) in 2008, based on the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA). Separately, the report examines broad categories of arts participation via [...]

Illadelph remains the longest continually run Hip Hop festival dedicated to the evolution of Hip Hop music and dance, featuring the most electrifying innovators and pioneers of Hip Hop movement. Celebrating over 11 consecutive years, the 2010 Illadelph Legends Festival (Illadelph) returns to Philadelphia from July 26 through August 1 in the state-of-the-art facilities at [...]

“I’m more interested in performing than choreographing,” says Bethany Formica, who will be dancing in Marianela Boán’s new piece for the Live Arts Festival, Decadere. “I ended up choreographing because otherwise you have no ownership over y…

There’s a new collective in town. They go by the name of Hybridge Arts. This Monday the 28th they’re kicking off with their first Last Mondays event at 7pm at Broad Street Ministry.

Hybridge Arts was recently formed by all-star alumni of th…

For choreographer Eun Jung Choi, whose work will be featured in 8 (eight choreographers / eight new works) in the 2010 Live Arts Festival, visiting the in-laws means travelling to Mexico–her husband, dancer/choreographer Guillermo Ortega Ta…

In conjunction with the showing of Dance at this year’s festival, and in partnership with the Institute of Contemporary Art and International House Philly, Live Arts has organized a film series to showcase the work of Lucinda Childs and Philip Glass. The films provide insight into their creative processes, their careers, and their lives. Taken [...]

by Steven Weisz for The Dance Journal Normally, I would reserve writing an obit for just Philadelphia based dancers or for my annual In Memory column at years end, but Jonathan Wolken was a major influence for myself as well as so many others in this region. Jonathan Wolken, one of the co-founders, artistic directors [...]

Pennsylvania Ballet Artistic Director Roy Kaiser announced a breathtaking and innovative 2010-2011 Season: a dynamic collection of lush narrative ballets, thrilling contemporary pieces, Balanchine treasures, and brand new works. A landmark appearance at the first-ever Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts in April 2011 makes Pennsylvania Ballet’s 47th Season like no other in the Company’s [...]

“To be satisfied with everything I do.”
“To feel, look like, and have a million bucks.”
“To have sex with 50 Cent.”

These are just some of the responses scrawled on the notecards that Olive Prince hands out to friends, family, and even peop…