Pennsylvania Ballet Principal Dancers Julie Diana and Ian Hussey in William Forsythe’s Artifact Suite. Photo: Alexander Iziliaev Final Performances of the 2012-2013 Season Celebrate the evolution of Pennsylvania Ballet’s repertoire with Company premieres by two of today’s most influential choreographers – plus an innovative World Premiere by Matthew Neenan – with Forsythe & Kylián, June [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Photo credit: Iziliaev by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Interesting programming for Pennsylvania Ballet season closer with a dance sampler representing three era – Jerome Robbins New York Export: Opus Jazz (1958), Peter Matins’ Barber Violin Concerto (1988) and the premiere of choreographer in residence Matt Neenan’s Beside them, they Dwell- covering broad aesthetic [...]

By Kat Richter for The Dance Journal Aside from their abilities to construct abstract narratives that push the boundaries of classical ballet, choreographers Jerome Robbins, Peter Martins and Matthew Neenan have little in common. This might explain why Pennsylvania Ballet’s final program of the season, N. Y. Export: Opus Jazz, never quite sizzled but the [...]

Principal Dancer Riolama Lorenzo and former Company Member Maximilien Baud in Peter Martins’ Barber Violin Concerto. Photo: Alexander Iziliaev. Pennsylvania Ballet presents the grand finale of the 2011-2012 Season, the Company premiere of Jerome Robbins’s N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz, with Peter Martins’s Barber Violin Concerto and the World Premiere of Matthew Neenan’s Beside them, they [...]

by Cory Stieg for The Dance Journal photo credit: Alexander Iziliaev A Midsummer Night’s Dream has special meaning for Lauren Fadeley, a Pennsylvania Ballet soloist starring in Dance Theatre of Pennsylvania’s production of the two-act ballet on Sunday, April 22 at Central Bucks High School South in Warrington. She was 11 years old when she saw [...]

BalletX offers the second installment in its 2011-2012 Season, an array of three intriguing works by nationally and internationally recognized choreographers, Jodie Gates, Edwaard Liang, and Matthew Neenan. In Spring Series 2012, BalletX will explore a diverse repertoire of music and dance with choreography set to the music of J.S. Bach and American indie-rock band [...]