Now in its 11th year, MOTION PICTURES has become mini-festival exploring the intersection of dance and video. This year’s festival is co-curated by PhillyCAM Executive Director Gretjen Clausing and Philadelphia Dance Projects Executive Director Terry Fox. Motion Pictures has been a PDP presentation that explores how film and video serve as natural collaborative medium for [...]
By Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal At the Conwell Theater on the Temple University campus, Philadelphia Dance Projects is presenting sections from Wolf-In-Skins, a dance-opera by New York-based choreographer Christopher Williams and composer Gregory Spears. The libretto by Williams, is based on ancient Welsh myths, set in a medieval courtly drama and an untamed [...]
When most folks think of March Madness even if not a sports fan you think of college basketball and the NCAA tournament right? Well in my almost 10 years of shooting dance i’ve never seen such a crazy busy month chock full of awesome dance. I mean with so much going on it’s hard to [...]
Philadelphia Dance Projects honors a landmark year for a movement pioneer with Leah Stein Dance Company’s 10th Anniversary, an expansive program that reflects on the company’s past and contemplates the road ahead through duet and small group works. During each performance, to be held March 8–11 at the Performance Garage (1515 Brandywine St., Philadelphia), Philadelphia [...]
2011 marks the 10th annual Motion Pictures, a PDP presentation that explores how film and video serve as natural collaborative medium for dance, highlighting the power of image and motion in both. Over the years Motion Pictures has featured experimental and innovative shorts, documentaries, “moc”umentaries and animations. There have been documentaries about Pina Bausch, Maya [...]
In 2003 Gretjen Clausing, Program Director, Scribe Video Center and Terry Fox, Director, Philadelphia Dance Projects, teamed up to co-curate “Motion Pictures.” Now in its 7th year, it has become a unique mini-festival that explores how film and video serve as natural collaborative medium for dance, highlighting the power of image and motion in both. [...]
By Merilyn Jackson For The Inquirer In the monthlong series Philadelphia Dance Projects Presents ’09 curated by Terry Fox, local dance was mixed with the programs of companies from Minneapolis, San Francisco, Seattle, and New York. High points were Headlong Dance Theater’s perspicuous body language and Zane Booker’s and Mathew Janczewski’s multivalenced choreography. Keely Garfield’s [...]
