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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Koresh Dance Company takes the stage at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre for its 2010 spring season featuring the world premiere of Sense of Human, by Ronen (Roni) Koresh and the company premiere of Passomezzo by Ohad Naharin, artistic director of the Batsheva Dance Company.
Passomezzo, set to the Baroque melodies of Greensleeves and The Beggar’s Opera, [...]

MANNA  (Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance) celebrates the 18th annual performance of Shut Up & Dance, a one-night-only benefit presented by dancers of Pennsylvania Ballet and sponsored by Toppers Spa Salon, featuring original works choreographed and performed by the dancers. Hosted by WXPN Morning Host Michaela Majoun, the performance will be held at The Forrest [...]

Penn Humanities Forum presents…

Vaslav Nijinksy and the Mad Genius Forumula
with Joan Acocella, Staff Writer, The New Yorker
Since ancient times, people have believed in the connection [...]

Philadelphia Dance – A Photo Year In Review 2009
by Bill Hebert
A collection of images and highlights from some truly notable performances in 2009.
Click Here to begin viewing album. Then click on large displayed image to view all the photos in sequence and in correct proportions.
Special thanks from the Dance Journal to Bill for capturing these [...]