by Nicholas Gilewicz Megan Mazarick missed the surprise Lucinda Childs performance at the last Susan Hess Modern Dance event in its old space this spring. She was cleaning up from her own dance. “Ben [Asriel] and I did this piece in dirt. We got stuck in the stairwell, spitting dirt into a bucket of water.” [...]

The 2010 Live Arts Festival brings world-class contemporary dance to Philadelphia while continuing to cultivate the work of the region’s top choreographers.  Visiting artists include the celebrated New York-based choreographer Lucinda Childs, who will present the Philadelphia premiere of her rarely performed signature work DANCE. This seminal collaboration is an exploration of human motion, musical [...]

The dance-driven artist-fueled nEW Festival celebrates its 7th year with a series of community classes and an evening of fresh dance at the The University of the Arts (UArts) School of Dance, from June 1 – 18, 2010.  The nEW Festival supports choreographic research and professional development for resident artists though bi-annual residencies including daily [...]

By Ellen Dunkel for the Inquirer Avatar has been a smash, breaking new technological ground (as well as box office records). Avatard, on the other hand, is more retro, revisiting a time of clunky video games. A modern dance created last year by Philadelphia-based dancer-choreographer Megan Mazarick and performed Friday night at Temple’s Conwell Dance [...]

On Saturday, January 16 and Sunday, January 17 at 7:30 pm, Susan Hess Modern Dance (SHMD) will present “In Performance: 2009-10 Choreographers Project” . For this first “In Performance” showing of the season, SHMD will present innovative works in dance from new resident Megan Mazarick, as well as dynamic works from returning residents Meg Foley [...]

The dance-driven artist-fueled nEW Festival sails in to its 7th year with a series of community classes and an evening of fresh dance at the The University of the Arts (UArts) School of Dance, from January 4 – 10, 2010.  The nEW Festival supports choreographic research and professional development for resident artists though bi-annual residencies [...]

West Chester University Dance Company, in cooperation with The College of Visual and Performing Arts, is proud to present E Pluribus Unum. The concert includes faculty works by Gretchen Studlien-Webb, Liz Staruch, Jerzy Golek and guest artists’ works by Philadelphia’s own Megan Mazarick and Reactionaries, and WCU alum Donald C. Shorter, Jr. Four select student [...]

The Joyce Theater Foundation (New York), in association with the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago and On the Boards (Seattle),announce the 12 choreographers in each of the four cities who will be participating in The A.W.A.R.D Show! 2009. The 48 participants were selected from a total of 218 applicants [...]

Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre presents the 2009 Winter nEW Festival comprised of community classes, workshops, and an informal showing; DanceHouse: Meet the Artists/See the Work from January 5th through 11th, 2009 at the University of the Arts School of Dance Terra Building, 211 S. Broad Street, 4th floor. Community classes will be held Monday – [...]