By Merilyn Jackson For The Inquirer No matter how great the choreography, without the right dancers to breathe life into it, a dance can go flat as a souffle when the oven door is opened too soon. No worries at the Wilma Theater Wednesday night when BalletX opened its summer run. All 10 of the [...]

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, [...]

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Conversation With Co-Artistic Director Christine Cox about her world premiere of ‘X’ or ‘Y’ and her return as a dancer in BalletX Spring Series 2010, April 14-18 at The Wilma Theater. Interviewed by BalletX publicist Inna Heasley for The Dance Journal Q: Christine, we are all thrilled that you are coming back to dance following [...]

A Free Lecture-Demonstration For All Ages BalletX presents a free public interactive lecture-demonstration Inside the Mind of A Dancer exploring the process of movement creation and memorization for all ages, with co-artistic directors Christine Cox and Matthew Neenan,  Sunday, April 18, 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM at The Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]