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MM2 Modern Dance collaborates with the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts’ (PAFA) for Family Programming

May 24th, 2013 | By | Category: Featured Articles

Photo by Bill Hebert On Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 2:00pm, MM2 Modern Dance Company will present a free preview of its newest work, THREE, as part of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts’ (PAFA) Family Arts Academy workshop. A collection of dances, short stories if you will, all less than three minutes as choreographed [...]



Alchemy Dance Company Reinvents and Represents with One Night Only

May 23rd, 2013 | By | Category: In The Spotlight

Photo by Bill Hebert Alchemy Dance Company will bring old and new works to the stage, while also hosting the work of other local dance companies. On Friday, June 21, 2013 at 7:30pm, Alchemy will present “One Night Only”, a performance featuring work by Alchemy Dance Company, Danse4Nia, Roger Lee Dance Company, and Melissa Chisena [...]



Swan Lake Mariinsky Live Dances On Point and into area Cinemas in 3D On June 6th

May 23rd, 2013 | By | Category: Dance On Film

Ekaterina Kondaurova (Odette) Photo Credit: Natasha Razina Classic Ballet Produced in 3D by CAMERON|PACE Group and Broadcast Live in RealD™ 3D from St. Petersburg to Select U.S. Theaters on June 6 Bringing Russia’s world renowned ballet company to U.S. movie theaters nationwide, Cameron Pace along with NCM Fathom Events and Omniverse Vision Ltd. present a [...]



Jaye Allison’s Philly Tap Challenge: On Fire!

May 22nd, 2013 | By | Category: Featured Articles

Philadelphia has always been a tap town and Jaye Allison brings back that tradition each year with her Philly Tap Challenge: On Fire!, a tap festival celebrating both the past and the present. This years program welcomes Emmy Award Winner, Jason Samuels Smith headlining the All-Star performing staff of JA’sPTC artists. Other highlights for this [...]



Tap Teaser Returns

May 22nd, 2013 | By | Category: Featured Articles

Photo by Bruce Turner.  From left to right on the bandstand at LaRose Jazz Club (June 2012):  Bruce Koetterer, Pamela Hetherington and Robert H. Henderson.  JoAnna Turner looks on. The ninth installment of Tap Teaser, an evening of tap dance and jazz music, will be presented on June 8, 2013, 8:00 pm, at LaRose Jazz [...]



Interview with Zornitsa Stoyanova on shatter ::: dawn

May 21st, 2013 | By | Category: Dance Headlines

By Kat Richter for The Dance Journal Tomorrow night marks the opening of shatter:::dawn, the latest dance/installation venture from experimental movement artist Zornitsa Stoyanova.  Taking “intimate” to the extreme, the performance will accommodate just ten audience members each night and features a cast of five dancers including Stoyanova, Christina Gesualdi, Adam Kerbel, Mason Rosenthal and [...]



Lauren Putty White receives 2013 Ellen Forman Memorial Award

May 21st, 2013 | By | Category: Artist News

Lauren Putty White has been named the winner of the 2013-2014 Ellen Forman Memorial Award. The award consists of a $2,000 cash prize and production costs for setting a work on the dance company at Drexel University during the 2013-2014 academic year. The Ellen Forman Memorial Award supports Philadelphia-area choreographers by giving them the opportunity [...]



Pennsylvania Ballet Presents Forythe & Kylián plus a World Premiere by Matthew Neenan

May 15th, 2013 | By | Category: Dance Updates

Pennsylvania Ballet Principal Dancers Julie Diana and Ian Hussey in William Forsythe’s Artifact Suite. Photo: Alexander Iziliaev Final Performances of the 2012-2013 Season Celebrate the evolution of Pennsylvania Ballet’s repertoire with Company premieres by two of today’s most influential choreographers – plus an innovative World Premiere by Matthew Neenan – with Forsythe & Kylián, June [...]



1492 Latin Fiesta

May 7th, 2013 | By | Category: What Kat Saw

By Kat Richter for The Dance Journal An ambitious smorgasbord of Latin music and dance presented by Latin Fiesta in collaboration with Concilio, 1492: Music and Dance from Spain to the Americas, gave voice to an often overlooked sector of the arts community at the Suzanne Roberts Theater during the final week of this year’s [...]



Koresh’s Come Together Dance Festival Launches

May 5th, 2013 | By | Category: Dance Headlines

by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Roni Koresh and his company got back into town last week from tour dates in Idaho and immediately began putting the final touches on Come Together, a dance festival that he, his brother Alon and the creative team at Koresh Dance have been envisioning for a long time. [...]