Ballet superstar, gold medalist, and Broadway star of Billy Joel/Twyla Tharp’s Movin Out, Rasta Thomas founded the Bad Boys of Dance (BBD) in 2007 as a vehicle to push the boundaries of male dancing. BBD is a virtuoso troupe of some of the world’s best male dancers, hand-picked for their extraordinary physical talents and artistry. [...]
by Steven Weisz for The Dance Journal I will admit that I have never really been a big fan of tap dance. It has always had that cheesy connotation left over from bad dance recitals and student competitions. That is until I came to Philadelphia, where the late Nicholas Brothers, Honi Coles, and LaVaughn Robinson [...]
Broadway star and brother/partner of the legendary Gregory Hines, Maurice Hines guest stars in Thank You Gregory, A Tribute to the Legends of Tap October 6-10, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, launching Dance Celebration’s 28th season, The Magic of Movement. Thank You Gregory (TYG) features an all-star cast of [...]
Dance Celebration Presented by Dance Affiliates and Penn Presents The Magic of Movement 2009-2010 Season Dance Celebration has announced their line up for the 2009-2010 season! Thank You Gregory : A Tribute to the Legends of Tap October 6-10, 2009 Produced by Dance Affiliates, under the artistic direction of Randy Swartz, written by Tony Waag [...]
National Dance Company of Spain 2 (NDCS2), performs an all-Nacho Duato program, May 14-16, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. The company is under the artistic direction of superstar choreographer Nacho Duato, “an artist of exceptional skill merging old and new to make a dance language of his own.” (Sydney [...]
Emmy winning, Ballets Boyz will perform four Philadelphia premieres by celebrated choreographers Russell Maliphant, Liv Lorent, Rafael Bonachela and Craig Revel Horwood on March 17-18 at Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. Ballet Boyz, under the artistic direction of two former principal Royal Ballet dancers, Michael Nunn and William Trevitt, [...]
An exclusive interview for the Dance Journal, compiled with assistance of Anne-Marie Mulgrew Dance Journal: Please tell us a bit about your background and what I believe has been a 35-year career in the dance world. Randy Swartz: I started my presenting career while an undergraduate English Journalism major at the University of Pennsylvania, worked [...]
Batsheva Dance Company, heralded as “one of Israel’s most treasured cultural exports” (The Columbus Dispatch), premieres Deca Dance, a full-evening compilation of eight provocative works by artistic director Ohad Naharin, for one performance only at Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, February 3 at 7:30pm. Known to push the edges [...]
By Nancy G. Heller For The Inquirer So many men, and so much excellent dancing. Unlike most troupes, whose rosters are female-heavy, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a nationwide tour that features seven beautifully trained men and four women – who aren’t chopped liver, either. Lubovitch’s troupe began its [...]
Lauded as “visually stunning and beautiful danced,” (Dance Magazine) Lar Lubovitch Dance Company premieres two works and its “American Masterpiece,” Concerto Six Twenty-Two, January 8-10 at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA. International Emmy, Tony and Grammy Award nominee, choreographer /artistic director Lar Lubovitch is known for his lush, [...]
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