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May 24th, 2013 |
By Steven Weisz |
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 [...]
Tags: Family Arts Academy workshops, MM2 Modern Dance Company, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, THREE
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May 23rd, 2013 |
By Steven Weisz |
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 [...]
Tags: Alchemy Dance Company, Amy Harding, Danse4Nia, Jonathan Bowles, Melissa Chisena, One Night Only, Roger Lee Dance Company
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May 23rd, 2013 |
By Steven Weisz |
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 [...]
Tags: Ekaterina Kondaurova, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Swan Lake, Swan Lake Mariinsky Live, Tchaikovsky, Valery Gergiev
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May 22nd, 2013 |
By Steven Weisz |
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 [...]
Tags: Anna Rubio, Clyde Evans, Corinne Karon, David Pershica, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Gail & Jenn Oldfield, Hillary-Marie Michael, Jason Samuels Smith, Jaye Allison, Jeff Foote, Joseph Webb, Justin Ballasy, Karen Callaway Williams, Kat Richter, Lee Howard, Libby Spencer Dancers, Marcus Carl Franklin, Maurice Chestnut, Peggy Lieby, Philly TAP Challenge, Raedient Movement, Reggie ‘Tapman’ Meyers, Robert F. Burden, Rochelle Haynes, Sarah Reich, Tim Yue
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May 22nd, 2013 |
By Steven Weisz |
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 [...]
Tags: Allison Stadd, Corinne Karon, Jaye Allison, JoAnna Turner and Audrey Bookspan, Katie Delhagen, Khalil Munir, Micah Geyer, Michele Dunleavy, Nimrod Speaks, Pamela Hetherington, Paul Pelusi, Robert H. Henderson, Rochelle Haynes, Tap Teaser, the Libby Spencer Dancers, Theresa DiSipio
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May 21st, 2013 |
By Steven Weisz |
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 [...]
Tags: Adam Kerbel, Anne Wilson, Christina Gesualdi, Mason Rosenthal, shatter:::dawn, Zornitsa Stoyanova
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May 21st, 2013 |
By Steven Weisz |
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 [...]
Tags: Drexel Dance Program, Lauren Putty White, The Ellen Forman Memorial Fund
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May 15th, 2013 |
By Steven Weisz |
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 [...]
Tags: Forsythe & Kylián, Matthew Neenan, Pennsylvania Ballet
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May 7th, 2013 |
By Steven Weisz |
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 [...]
Tags: 1492: Music and Dance from Spain to the Americas, Antonio Romero, Concilio, Kinan Idnawi, Latin Fiesta, Liliana Ruiz, PIFA
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May 5th, 2013 |
By Steven Weisz |
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. [...]
Tags: Alon Koresh, Come Together Dance Festival, Lewis Whittington, Melissa Rector, Peter Jakubowski, Roni Koresh, Suzanne Roberts Theatre
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