Philadanco in NYC
Katherine Knight
In the heart of New York City’s Central Park, Central Park Summer Stage premiered Philadelphia’s own Philadanco on Friday August 3rd. The show was shared with up and coming New York choreographer Camille A. Brown. It was a beautiful night in the park with the audience spread across the bleachers [...]
Hidden Treasures
Katherine Knight
On the 30th and 31st of March, Hidden Treasure debuted featuring the works of various Temple Dance department faculty members. Although the concert featured eight pieces, I will focus on the movement vocabularies of the following pieces, Marion Soto’s States of Gravity and Light #2, Keith Thompson’s Silent Echo, and Philip Grosser’s [...]
Instant Upgrade
Katherine Knight
Eight dancers hit the stage this past weekend at Temple University’s Conwell Dance Theatre for Jumatatu Poe’s graduate thesis concert. Altered Egos debuted late last year in Philly’s Fringe Festival and after more development and experimentation, Jumatatu shared the final draft. I caught up with Jumatatu after the show to talk [...]
Gotham, a festival
Katherine Knight
Living in Philadelphia, I have great access to upcoming choreographers and easy access to New York City. I followed a few dance companies to uptown Manhattan to see Dance Gotham a festival, that housed two Philadelphia based companies. Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers and Koresh Dance Company were my main attractions. Kun-Yang [...]
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