by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Everyone was ready for the ‘Showgirls’ theme after those provocative posters peppered the city and on Saturday night the annual Shut Up & Dance benefit for MANNA (Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance) was in motion onstage at the Forrest Theater with What a feeling (dancing for my life) [...]

BalletX, Philadelphia’s Premier Contemporary Ballet, continues its 2012-2013 Season with a showcase of three exciting World Premieres on April 17 – 21, 2013 at The Wilma Theater, where BalletX has enjoyed its honored status as the Resident Dance Company for over five years. Spring Series 2013 will feature a diverse array of artistic talent with [...]

This review was written by a student as part of a new initiative by the Philadelphia Dance Journal to introduce aspiring writers to arts criticism. By Sloane Horton for The Dance Journal From the eyes of a 14-year old dancer: “BalletX is an extraordinary company. The extremely unique choreography had me on the edge of my [...]

Photo credit: Iziliaev Here is what I love about BalletX: when you arrive at the Wilma Theater, they’re just wrapping up a Q&A with the choreographers and welcoming the Andrew Jackson Public School Band into the lobby.  The evening’s program features one choreographer from Rome and two from our own backyard, plus an assortment of [...]

So a few weeks back I brought you images from rehearsal of a piece that Kate Watson-Wallace was setting on BalletX. This week/weekend BalletX premieres that piece “I Was at a Party and My Mind Wandered Off” at the Wilma along with the east coast premiere of Matthew Neenan’s “Switch Phase” and a world premiere [...]

by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Photos by Alexander Iziliaev Not surprising that Tara Keating, one of the original members of BalletX, is dancing in all three works on their fall program this week, which will be her final performances with the company. Indeed, for 16 years, Keating has proved to be one of [...]

Well now that October’s here things are really going to be picking up in terms of not only performances but the frequency of releases of my photo column.  This week we have rehearsal moments courtesy of BalletX, Choreographer Kate Watson-Wallace and of course me as photographer.  I would love to talk more but I REALLY [...]

by Kat Richter for The Dance Journal photograph by Bill Hebert If you haven’t scored your tickets to BalletX’s summer series, which runs until July 15th at the Wilma Theater and features the work of choreographers Tobin Del Cuore, Adam Houghland and Darrell Grand Moultrie, do it.  Now. As a dance critic, teacher and practitioner, [...]

This week BalletX returned to the Wilma with works by Adam Hougland, Darrell Grand Moultrie and Tobin Del Cuore. I started shooting BalletX I believe in their first year with a fringe performance at the Arts Bank around 4 or 5 years ago. It’s been interesting to see how i’ve grown as a photographer as [...]

There is nothing like seeing dance outdoors. Don’t get me wrong I love seeing it indoors but once in a while it’s awesome to see it out of the theater and more importantly so accessible to the people. Yesterday City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy presented both BalletX and choreographer [...]