New Zealand’s leading contemporary dance company, Black Grace is returning to the United States by popular demand following their successful 2008 tour.
Black Grace has held a unique position on the world stage for over 14 years. Fusing Pacific and contemporary dance in an extraordinary and dynamic form, Black Grace has become internationally renowned [...]
In the African dialect of Hausa the word “*Zata*” means “Imagine”- an appropriate title for an evening of scintillating new choreography by Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective at the Painted Bride Art Center on February 19th and 20th. Imagination is what these local dance companies have in abundance!
Guest choreographer Curt Haworth premieres Human Candles, a whimsical [...]
The dance-driven artist-fueled nEW Festival sails in to its 7th year with a series of community classes and an evening of fresh dance at the The University of the Arts (UArts) School of Dance, from January 4 – 10, 2010. The nEW Festival supports choreographic research and professional development for resident artists though bi-annual residencies [...]
Dance Del Bello presents 30th Anniversary Gala Performance of the ballet “A Christmas Carol”
Dance Del Bello will honor Philadelphia native David Kloss, acclaimed choreographer and former principal dancer with Pennsylvania Ballet, on December 12, 2009, at New Freedom Theatre, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the premiere of his ballet “A Christmas Carol.”
The festivities will [...]
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announces the launch of danceworkbook, a series of web based and DVD-ROM publications produced by Dance Advance. The danceworkbook series will establish a body of reference material concerned with interrogating a variety of choreographic processe —stages of creation and development that form the ‘back story’ to the finished [...]
The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage announces the launch of danceworkbook, a series of web based and DVD-ROM publications produced by Dance Advance. The danceworkbook series will establish a body of reference material concerned with interrogating a variety of choreographic processe —stages of creation and development that form the ‘back story’ to the finished [...]
Spoken word, music, modern and jazz dance are intertwined in the graceful, yet powerful production by Naja, “Sweet Like Chocolate; Poetry in Motion II”. Part of this years Philly Fringe Festival, performances will run from September 17-19, 2009 at the CEC Meeting House Theater at 3500 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia.
Karen Moore-Williams, better known as Naja, [...]
Philadelphia Season Finale with Summer Series 2009
Contemporary ballet company BalletX celebrates dance season finale at The Wilma Theater and presents Summer Series 2009, July 22-26. The innovative program features a world premiere by Jodie Gates danced to Ravel’s Bolero, and two classic BalletX favorites: Jorma Elo’s Scenes View 2 and Matthew Neenan’s Broke Apart.
“The movement, [...]
La Sylphide in Philadelphia for the First Time in 21 Years
June 5 – 13 at the Academy of Music
La Sylphide, widely regard as the oldest ballet in the classical repertoire, returns to the Academy of Music after a 21-year absence. Pennsylvania Ballet, one of the nation’s premier ballet companies, concludes its 45th Anniversary with this [...]
Painted Bride Art Center continues its tradition of commissioning new dance works with Landscape on Hold, the result of a season-long collaboration between Tania Isaac, Marianela Boán, and Gabri Christa. All three dancers grew up in the Caribbean before resettling in the United States. Isaac and Boán are longtime pillars of the Philadelphia dance scene, [...]
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