by Kat Richter for The Dance Journal September 15, 2012 Bidisha Dasgupta’s Einstein/Tagore: Seashore of Endless Worlds was a work both about and comprised of conversations.  Some spoken, some danced, these conversations were inspired by the exchanges between Albert Einstein and Rabindranath Tagore, one of the greatest modern Indian poets and the first Asian to [...]

by Kat Richter for The Dance Journal September 9, 2012 The title alone (modern dance explained) was enough to get me into the Meeting House Theater this past weekend.  The concept (failed 27-year-old barista adopts an English accent and moves to the big city to become Philadelphia’s “next big choreographer”) was enough to put a [...]

Collaboration is the name of the game in Go Together. Ellie Goudie-Averill and Pamela Vail combine forces not only with each other, but also with a variety of other artists to produce a concert of wide-ranging and compelling premiers.   Powerful bodies, sound, text and film map the peculiar, the particular, the personal and the [...]

Project Moshen will premiere it’s second annual Fringe festival production S.O.A.R: Stages of Alternate Reality.  The production will feature works choreographed by Kelli Moshen, Tara Madsen Robbins and Samuel Reyes. S.O.A.R will run on Saturday, September 8th at 8pm and Sunday September 9th at 7pm at the Koresh Dance Studios located at 2020 Chestnut Street [...]

Tumbling, climbing, singing, running, flying. In Ampersand, Tangle works with acrobatic dance and aerial theatrics to tell the story of several ordinary lives in Philadelphia. Combining traditional circus arts like trapeze, aerial rope, and partner acrobatics with powerful narratives of memory and belonging, Tangle will bridge performance disciplines and bring urban life to a grand [...]

The mosaic corridors of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, Isaiah Zagar’s non-traditional visionary art environment, will come to life through a series of exquisite, evocative vignettes on September 8 and 9 at 6:00PM and 8:00PM. In Poetic Passageways, choreographer/dancer Olive Prince (Olive Prince Dance and Drexel University), composer/musician Christopher Farrell (Rit Mo Collective and Temple University), and [...]

ONE CITY UNDER A GROOVE Pink Hair Affair Brings Peace, Love, and Soul to Fringe Travel back in time with PINK HAIR AFFAIR to ONE CITY UNDER A GROOVE, a celebration of retro music and modern dance. Disco, funk, psychedelic rock… can you dig it?  Hustle on down to the pink side of the moon [...]

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 [...]

Posted At : July 6, 2010 7:19 PM | Posted By : Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe Recently I was introduced to the sensational moves of the Nicholas Brothers, a world famous tap-dancing duo from a time when it was difficult for African-American artists to cross over, who got their start in Philadelphia. Last [...]

Posted By : Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe In the Rift Valley community of Ibisil, Kenya, a water well is under construction at a secondary girls school with the help of Kristin Scott, a 31-year-old ballet dancer from Bristol, Pennsylvania. Through her organization Come Unity, which brings together dancers, largely from the American Repertory [...]