by Brian Mengini for The Dance Journal Spirit of the Fallen is a project I started back in November of 2009 and was initially inspired by a memorial installation at the Police Administration Building by Commissioner Ramsey in tandem with Comcast, paying tribute to the fallen officers. I had wanted a new philanthropic project to [...]

Ashley Fargnoli and Shawn Convey and spent four months in Kolkata, India filming Kolkata Sanved, a trailblazing human rights organization using a form of rehabilitation known as Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) in a daring manner. Working with marginalized children and adults, street children, mental health patients, victims of violent crimes and human trafficking in Kolkata, [...]

The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program  announced, How Philly Moves, will place an extraordinary and vibrant new work of community-based public art on the parking decks facing Interstate 95 at the Philadelphia International Airport. The nearly 50,000 square foot mural, incorporating the photographic work of and designed by artist Jacques-Jean “JJ” Tiziou, will be [...]

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 [...]

Photo: la danse 7 (c) laurent_philippe La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet, Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary that follows the Paris Opera Ballet through the production of seven different ballets, will begin regular showings at Bryn Mawr Film Institute starting this Friday, December 11. Capturing the ephemeral beauty of the dancers, documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s new critically-acclaimed [...]

Dance with Camera is an exhibition and a screening program that explores a crossover between artists and dancers who make choreography for the camera. The exhibition features art works in film, video, and still photography that exemplify the ways dance has compelled visual artists to record bodies moving in time and space. Screenings elaborate the [...]

Photos & Montage by JJ Tiziou

by Nicholas Gilewicz, Live Arts & Fringe Festival Blog Photos by Bill Hebert Two Fridays ago I had the luck of attending a special preview of Merián Soto’s Postcards from the Woods, premiering at the Live Arts Festival next month. After the jump, some thoughts and pics from the preview event. Merián encouraged the audience [...]

BalletX SUMMER SERIES 2009 at The Wilma Theater, July 22-26 Photos generously provided by: William Hebert / BH Photos 267-240-5331 or whebert228@aol.com http://bhphotos.net and http://www.myspace.com/billhebert_bhphotos

Photos generously provided by: William Hebert / BH Photos 267-240-5331 or whebert228@aol.com http://bhphotos.net http://www.myspace.com/billhebert_bhphotos nEW Festival: DanceHouse Sunday, June 7, 2009 with Shows at 3pm & 7pm UArts Dance Theater at the Drake, 1512 Spruce Street, Phila Upcoming nEW Artists: Sarah Gladwin Camp, Jen McGinn, Dina-Verley Sabb-Mills, Nora Gibson, Guillermo Ortega Tanus,  and Abigail Zbikowski.  [...]