Posts Tagged ‘ Melissa Diane ’

Melissa Diane premieres an evening length performance of City Calm Down

Jul 11th, 2012 | By | Category: Dance Updates

Melissa Diane, the performance duo of Jacelyn Biondo and Kristen Shahverdian, will be presenting their newest evening length performance, City Calm Down, a dance performance inspired by Bonnie Whitfield’s book, A Den Brooklyn Nights. In City Calm Down two women enter into a timeless era with a confession: I am your lover, I am your [...]



The third and final edition of Bodies of Text

Aug 10th, 2011 | By | Category: Dance Stories

Photo by Bill Hebert Bodies of Text is a series of collaborative dance performances and art exhibitions tied to the book and its interdisciplinary interpretations.   Premiering in April as a part of the 2011 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, continuing with shows at multiple venues in May and now part of Philly Fringe this [...]



Kosoko back in Philadelphia, offers up The Gemini Show: A Cabaret of Daring Dirty Duets

May 31st, 2011 | By | Category: Archived Articles

Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Executive Director of the Philadiction Movement and 2011 Fellow at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in DC, is curating a new set of works here in Philadelphia – The Gemini Show: A Cabaret of Daring Dirty Duets. Celebrating all the characteristics of a Gemini, Kosoko has organized a [...]