By Ellen Gerdes for The Dance Journal
Philadelphia’s Kun-Yang Lin has traveled across geographic and cultural boundaries as an artist.  Taiwan-born, he first toured Europe working with post-modernist choreographers before moving to the United States in pursuit of the diverse, American modern dance opportunities offered by New York City.  He later founded Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers with the [...]

Hip-hop dance phenomenon The Groovaloos, best known for the breakout winning performance on “Superstars of Dance” and appearances on “So You Think You Can Dance,” will bring the electric dance show GROOVALOO to the Merriam Theater at 250 South Broad St. in Philadelphia from Tuesday, March 9 through Sunday, March 14. Performances are Tuesday through [...]

By Ellen Dunkel | For The Inquirer
Pennsylvania Ballet brings back Matthew Neenan’s “Carmina Burana” and shows off new dancers, new energy.
Pennsylvania Ballet premiered Matthew Neenan’s Carmina Burana at the Academy of Music in March 2007 to great fanfare, then took it to New York’s City Center, then packed it away.
It hadn’t been seen since until [...]

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, through Dance Advance, announced $920,000 in grants to 16 artists, companies, and presenting organizations for the 2010–2011 performing season. Four grants out of 16 went to first-time grantees.
Projects funded by Dance Advance include local premieres of works by some of the world’s leading choreographers, [...]

By Merilyn Jackson | For The Inquirer
This year’s installment of Philadelphia Dance Projects Presents opened Friday night with part one of the Local Dance History Project/Next Up series, tracking the city’s dance past into the future – what was, who was, what will be, and who will be dancing it.
In a preshow [...]

SRUTI, The India Music and Dance Society is presenting an Indian classical dance performance in the Odissi style by the Nrityagram Ensemble from India in collaboration with Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA.
The event will take place on Saturday March 27, 2010 at 8:00 pm at the Montgomery County Community College Science Center [...]

New Zealand’s leading contemporary dance company,  Black Grace  is returning to the United States by popular demand following their successful 2008 tour.
Black Grace  has held a unique position on the world stage for over 14 years. Fusing Pacific and contemporary dance in an extraordinary and dynamic form, Black Grace has become internationally renowned [...]

Emerging Choreographers Angela Sigley, Jessica C. Warchal-King, and Laura Zimmerman question the role (and lack) of morality and ethics in our society in a joint modern dance concert. Each performance will include all three dance works.
Angela Sigley presents The Rented World, an exploration of fear and morbid curiosity.  The movement is chilling and unsettling, but [...]

By Ellen Dunkel For The Inquirer
Sometimes it’s not just what happens on stage that makes a performance, but the surrounding details as well.
When Brooklyn’s Urban Bush Women, with Germaine Acogny and Kaolack (Pape Ibrahima Ndiaya), danced a single performance at Goodhart Hall at Bryn Mawr College’s Saturday night, it was a meeting [...]

On Saturday, March 20th, Tap Team Two will be presenting their new work, “Reflections – Emotions in Motion, Rhythms in Rhymes, Spirits in Bodies Dancing in Time” at the Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Avenue.
This evening of riotous rhythms will  incorporate tap dance, original spoken word poetry and the stunning artwork by visual artist Bob [...]