Unique to the Philadelphia landscape, the Performance Garage was originally a horse stable and automobile garage. Renovated in December 2002, it was transformed into a versatile dance space that includes both rehearsal studios and theater for all forms of dance. The Performance Garage continues to be an incubator for classes, rehearsals, workshops and productions.   To [...]

The Beatles knew something about spring (listen to “Good Day Sunshine” and “Here Comes the Sun”).  But when I think of spring, I want to dance.  Luckily, in 2013, spring will once again bring us the World Dance Day celebration in Philadelphia.  The 954 Dance Movement Collective partners with other movement artists and organizations in the community to bring Philadelphia’s [...]

A limited-edition art book tells a bit of ballet history – and a love story – for the first time. By Ellen Ziegler for The Dance Journal I’m an artist from Seattle with a focus on artist’s books. My latest project is about a young ballerina – my mother – who falls in love with [...]

Following are two audience members’ accounts of “SoMos,” a large-scale site-specific work choreographed by Merián Soto.  “SoMos” was performed in the North Philadelphia barrio as part of Taller Puertorriqueño’s free performance series, Café Under the Stars: Spotlighting the Arts in El Barrio. photos by Lindsay Browning Reflection 1 by Robert Bingham, a Doctoral Fellow in [...]

Metropolitan Ballet Company Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse , photo by E.A.Kennedy,III Metropolitan Ballet Company (MBC) will open its season with two extraordinary storybook productions and a company premiere. Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, with sparkling choreography by Jennifer Sommers, is based on the book by award-winning children’s author Kevin Henkes. The fairytale classic Peter Pan is [...]

Youth America Grand Prix has invited YAGP Medal winner and Metropolitan Ballet Academy student, Kamryn Baldwin, age 14, to participate in the International Young Medal Winners Ballet Performances at the XVII Annual International Ballet Festival of Miami, on September 6th and 7th. The festival features some of the most important worldwide ballet companies represented by [...]

The Center for World Music will present Saṃsāra – The Cycle of Life, an Odissi dance production by Shibani Patnaik, on May 20th at 5:30pm at the Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine Street in Philadelphia Shibani is touring 15 cities across the US with a music ensemble from India.  This is the very first time a US-based [...]

Philadelphia Dance Projects honors a landmark year for a movement pioneer with Leah Stein Dance Company’s 10th Anniversary, an expansive program that reflects on the company’s past and contemplates the road ahead through duet and small group works. During each performance, to be held March 8–11 at the Performance Garage (1515 Brandywine St., Philadelphia), Philadelphia [...]

By Jessica C. Warchal-King for The Dance Journal Listening. Awareness. Humility. These words triangulate my experience on tour in Indonesia with Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers and provide depth to my own research as a performer. The Company participated in the Jogja International Performing Arts Festival (JIPA) in Jogjakarta, the cultural capital of Indonesia.  Our trip was made [...]

by Vijay Palaparty for The Dance Journal A young artist, Aarthi Muthukumaran, who has been in rehabilitation since she suffered a massive stroke in December 2005, has chosen to return to her passion—classical South Indian Bharatanatyam dance—to help her in her extensive recovery process. After several years of dedicated and intensive dance training with noted [...]