August 2017 | The Dance Journal

Making Art in 2017: Leah Stein on Interior

August 31, 2017 hugh Comments Off

Name: Leah Stein Company: Leah Stein Dance Company Show in 2017 Festival: Interior Role: Choreographer, Performer Past Festival shows: Portal (2016), Bellows Falls (2015), Splice (2014), Adjacent Spaces (2013), Hoist (2012), Rock Reed Tatami Stream (2011), Japan House Philadelphia (2010). FringeArts: Tell us about your show. Leah Stein: I/we are tackling the balance between personal and global shifts, great loss and the possibility…

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2017 Reflection-Response Commission presents Lela Aisha Jones | FlyGround

August 31, 2017 Press Release Comments Off

The Temple University Department of Dance, Institute of Dance Scholarship, is delighted to present the sixth Reflection:Response Choreographic Commission, Plight Release and the Diasporic Body by Lela Aisha Jones | FlyGround. Performances will take place […]

Making Art in 2017: Courtney Hunter on Splintered Glass

August 28, 2017 hugh Comments Off

Name: Courtney Hunter Show in 2017 Festival: Splintered Glass Role: Choreographer, Performer Past Festival shows: This is my first time self-producing and choreographing for the Fringe Festival. For my guest artists, The Blind Faith Dance Company, it will be their third time showcasing in the Fringe Festival. FringeArts: Tell us about your show. Courtney Hunter: Our show explores the concept of…

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Come Together Dance Festival dances on

August 24, 2017 Lewis J. Whittington Comments Off

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit Julianne Harris The Come Together Dance Festival, hosted by the Koresh Dance Company, attracted enthusiastic and two near sell-out crowds last weekend at Suzanne Roberts […]

BalletX Announces 2017-18 Season

August 22, 2017 Press Release Comments Off

BalletX, Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet company, has announced its 2017/18 Season. The company, in its 12th year of creating world premiere dance, has presented over 60 original works by choreographers from around the globe. This […]

Diversity highlights the Koresh Come Together Dance Festival

August 20, 2017 Lewis J. Whittington Comments Off

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | Photo credit: Julianne Harris Koresh Dance Company’s artistic director, Roni Koresh launched The Come Together Dance Festival four years ago as an extension of the dance showcases […]

Making Art in 2017: Annie-B Parson on 17c

August 20, 2017 hugh Comments Off

Name: Annie-B Parson Company: Big Dance Theater Show in 2017 Festival: 17c Role in Show: Co-Creator, Co-Director, Choreographer Past Festival shows: Plan B (2004) FringeArts: Tell us a bit about your show. Where did the concept develop from? What are some questions you are tackling? Annie-B Parson: This piece is primarily an interrogation and a rendering of…

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MUJERES tackles the power in the feminine, Sept 22-24

August 20, 2017 Press Release Comments Off

MUJERES will take place at the Chi Movement Arts Center in South Philadelphia, on September 22, 23 at 8PM & Sept 24 at 3pm and 7pm as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival 2017. MUJERES […]

Duende Begins Its Fourth Season At Philly Fringe Festival, Sept 7-8

August 20, 2017 Press Release Comments Off

Entering its fourth season, Duende is excited to present “break my echo” as part of the 2017 Neighborhood Fringe Festival. A new music and contemporary dance collective, Duende focuses on the interaction between performers and […]

allendance experiments with sound in Then The Tail, Sept 8-10

August 20, 2017 Press Release Comments Off

As part of the Philadelphia Fringe Arts Festival, Philadelphia-based dance company allendance premieres its evening length work, Then The Tail, in Kensington’s community and performance space, The Iron Factory. This site-specific work challenges how we […]