ALEX KETLEY, an award-winning independent dance maker and former member of San Francisco ballet, presents Silt, as part of BalletX’s FALL SERIES 2009 at the Wilma Theater, November 19-22.
Silt, an exciting dance of extreme physicality explores how personal ideas about oneself can get lost in the sweep of life. Silt is set to a music [...]

BalletX, a contemporary dance company in Philadelphia, opens its third season at The Wilma Theater November 19-22, 2009 and presents world premiere by Matthew Neenan “Last of the Year” set to the classical score by Antonio Vivaldi, Alexander Borodin and Franz Schubert. Watch an interview with Matthew Neenan and take a sneak peek at his [...]

Contemporary dance company BalletX opens its new season with Fall Series 2009, an intriguing presentation of three dance premieres by three choreographers. BalletX will perform Thursday through Sunday, November 19-22, opening its third season as the resident dance company of The Wilma Theater.
Co-Artistic Directors Matthew Neenan and Christine Cox say that they see BalletX as [...]

By Ellen Dunkel, For The Inquirer
On its own, Le Baiser Inevitable, the new ballet Jodie Gates choreographed for BalletX, is visually compelling, powerful, beautiful.
But there’s no getting around the fact that it was set to Ravel’s Bolero, an extremely well-known piece of music that is loaded with sensuality, emotion and expectations – in this case, [...]

BalletX SUMMER SERIES 2009 at The Wilma Theater, July 22-26
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By Ellen Dunkel, For The Inquirer
The sun had just set. The wind sure did bite. We went to the theater that blustery night. All we could do was to sit, sit, sit, sit. But we were rewarded with a charming little hit.
Saturday night at the Wilma Theater BalletX premiered The Striped Hat, co-artistic director Christine [...]

By LINDSAY WARNER, The Bulletin
In many ways, a company’s maturity is measured by its ability to carry off a work of great playfulness.
BalletX dove headfirst into silliness at this weekend’s Spring Series performance, debuting a new piece by Christine Cox, titled “The Striped Cat.”
Loosely based on a storyline from Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat, [...]

‘IT IS FUN TO HAVE FUN BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW’
(Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat)
Contemporary ballet company BalletX continues its tradition of redefining and expanding the vocabulary of dance with Spring Series, running April 4-11 at The Wilma Theater. BalletX presents a program of fresh choreography with Matthew Neenan’s Wonder Why, [...]

MIRO DANCE THEATRE presents Self-Portrait
a solo dance work celebrating the life and art of Frida Kahlo
Feb. 13 @ Bryn Mawr College Performing Arts Series in a program with BalletX
Miro Dance Theatre will present Self-Portrait at the Bryn Mawr College Performing Arts Series, in a shared program with BalletX. The unique program reunites the two contemporary [...]