Pennsylvania Ballet, one of the premier ballet companies in the country, brings two compelling programs to the Academy of Music this March. Program II features Choreographer in Residence Matthew Neenan’s acclaimed Carmina Burana, March 4-13. Program III, March 13-14, is a collection of works set to the music of Frédéric Chopin, celebrating the 200th anniversary [...]

The Kosoko Performance Group will present the second installment of their 2009-2010 live performance series KPG Presents.  Featured are some of NYC’s, NJ’s, and Philadelphia’s finest acts in music, dance, and performance art.  The event hosted by Jaamil Kosoko and Karama Butler under the aliases of Winston Margo Deboreau Hemm will take place on Saturday, [...]

Artistic Director Charles Tyson Jr. started his dance company “Underground DanceWorks (UDW)” as a student in Temple University’s dance department in 1999. He realized that he had been using the same group of talented dancers consistently for two years and decided there must be something to that! Here it is, 2009 and the company is [...]

by Mara Miller, Live Arts & Fringe Festival Blog
When Amy Harding, artistic director and choreographer for Alchemy Dance Company, was twelve she started taking ballet classes. But it was a short-lived stint; her parents pulled her out because they didn’t think she practiced enough. Amy wasn’t about to throw in the towel, though. “I taught [...]

Otros Aires, Argentina’s premiere electronic tango band, will bring their signature blend of tango and electronica to the Philadelphia Ethical Society on July 8, 2009.
The 8:30pm concert will be preceded by a 7pm beginner tango lesson. There will be ample space for dancing (and chairs for listening) and a performance by Andrés Amarilla and Meredith [...]

Genetically Mutating Computers Invade Old City
Acclaimed dancer Jodi Melnick and other artists present a living installation for Joel Mellin’s “Compositions for Computer”
Can language be evolved from randomness? Can fire listen and respond to melody? Do you need a surf band to make surf music? Avant-garde composer Joel Mellin explores questions like these.
“Think of a sound [...]

Artistic Director Roy Kaiser announces a bold and compelling 2009-2010 Season featuring fifteen visionary ballets on six dynamic programs, including Company Premieres by Jerome Robbins and William Forsythe, and a World Premiere by Choreographer in Residence Matthew Neenan.
The season includes four innovative repertory programs, one classic full-length work and the critically acclaimed production of George [...]

Koresh Dance Company traveled to Roni Koresh’s homeland of Israel to perform for the very first time in the International Spring Festival, Rishon LeZion
Raised in Israel, Ronen Koresh, artistic director of Koresh Dance Company, began his dance education as a youth, training and dancing with his mother, a folk dancer in the Yemenite tradition, and [...]

The Xhale Dance Company returns to the Painted Bride for a third season with The Seven Deadly Sins. This contemporary jazz company utilizes tap, ballet, musical theater and live musicians to bring the sins of man to life.  The performance will feature new works by guest choreographers Mark Caserta and Mindy Ann Kendi. Also featured [...]

The timeless rag-to-riches tale of Cinderella returns to the Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets, as Pennsylvania Ballet presents Ben Stevenson’s Cinderella, March 13 – 21.  Set to Sergei Prokofiev’s lush score, audiences immediately enter a world of fantasy through the production’s brilliant choreography, elaborate costumes and stunning sets – among them a majestic [...]