For the Philly Fringe, Insectinside offers up a raw and volatile love story in a whirling fantasy insect realm. Presented by Grounded Aerial, it combines modern dance (ground) with uniquely rigged aerial elements (air) in equal parts with a cast of fifteen artists. The production incorporates silk artists, dancers, a stilt artist, actors, gymnastics, and [...]

This is where the lost take charge. Take a wall fourteen feet high and one hundred and twenty feet long and make it into a stage. This is the set for Sanctuary, a dance of intense movement, ritual, and mistaken assumptions about the past from celebrated choreographer and Festival favorite Brian Sanders. Sometime in the [...]

Flat Intersections culminates the work of four different artists (Briel Driscoll, Colleen McNally, Nikki Roberts, and Tess Stumpf) who are all working to emphasize one thing: exploration. They are exploring physical relationships of bodies, ignored questions, natural rhythms, and perceptions. Immersing themselves in such adventure undoubtedly has lead to new heights of understanding while further [...]

Rain Ross Dance and Stone Depot Dance Lab will premiere, at the Philly Fringe,  Absence/Presence, a dance performance showcasing truly physical movement. Choreographers Eleanor Goudie-Averill and Rain Ross explore political and historical subjects including social activism, identity vs. what we project to society, and technology and its affect on communication. The desire for contact and [...]

As September’s Philly Fringe creeps ever closer, experimental DC choreographer and performing artist Kelly Bond confirms the Philadelphia premiere of Elephant at FLUXspace. Hailedm as “jarring and insightful” by dance critic, dramaturg and professor, Kathleen Mattingly, on the cultural blog “Widening the I,” Bond’s contemporary performance work generates an intense physical experience for both audience [...]

This September, as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Colleen Hooper and Liz Reynolds premiere a dance theater performance, I saved this for you. The evening begins with a dance on the sidewalk and then travels into the theater.  This transition highlights the contrast between open outdoor space and protected, personal space.  Inside, Hooper and [...]

In conjunction with the showing of Dance at this year’s festival, and in partnership with the Institute of Contemporary Art and International House Philly, Live Arts has organized a film series to showcase the work of Lucinda Childs and Philip Glass. The films provide insight into their creative processes, their careers, and their lives. Taken [...]

Pennsylvania Ballet Artistic Director Roy Kaiser announced a breathtaking and innovative 2010-2011 Season: a dynamic collection of lush narrative ballets, thrilling contemporary pieces, Balanchine treasures, and brand new works. A landmark appearance at the first-ever Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts in April 2011 makes Pennsylvania Ballet’s 47th Season like no other in the Company’s [...]

Dance Celebration’s 28th Season, “Superstars of Dance, Today and Tomorrow,” features eight companies in 35 performances at Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. Season highlights include Philadelphia premieres, a Broadway dance spectacle, and a special holiday show. 20th century superstars and visionaries Paul Taylor, David Parsons, and Luis Bravo, as [...]

The 2010 Live Arts Festival brings world-class contemporary dance to Philadelphia while continuing to cultivate the work of the region’s top choreographers.  Visiting artists include the celebrated New York-based choreographer Lucinda Childs, who will present the Philadelphia premiere of her rarely performed signature work DANCE. This seminal collaboration is an exploration of human motion, musical [...]