Following sold out shows in Lancaster County, Rev9 Dance and Performance Company brings FACTORY to Philadelphia audiences during the Philly Fringe Festival this September.  A visually compelling glimpse into the world of Andy Warhol, FACTORY boasts twenty performers who synthesize dance, acrobatics, aerial work, and multimedia to create an awe-inspiring production. FACTORY makes its Philadelphia [...]

Contemporary dance company BalletX marks its five-year anniversary with Summer Series 2010, opening July 21-25 at The Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.  The company presents world premieres by Matthew Prescott and Co-Artistic Director Matthew Neenan, as well as Risk of Flight by Adam Hougland which premiered in 2007. Founded in June of 2005, [...]

Philly Contact Collective performs mis/match in the 2010 GLBT Festival June 12th and 13th at the Arts Bank. Starting from autobiography, mis/match investigates our identities as queer and as queer allies as well as our assumptions, beliefs, fears and comfort zones. We model, manipulate and create different realities in this improvised performance. Some of them [...]

MOMIX premieres Botanica, a visual tour-de-force, closing Dance Celebration’s Season, May 20-23, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. Due to demand for tickets, a special Sunday, May 23, 2 pm matinee has been added. Known for conjuring up worlds consisting of surrealistic images and unfathomable beauty using props, light, shadow, [...]

Contemporary dance company BalletX presents its Spring Series 2010, with original dance works by guest choreographers Thang Dao, Lauren Putty, and co-artistic director Christine Cox.  BalletX will also present a company premiere of Carry Me by Philadelphia’s own Myra Bazell and Monica Favand. Performances are scheduled for Wednesday through Sunday, April 14th-18th at The Wilma [...]

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 for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]