Articles by Jane Fries

by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal Can a conversation be a dance? I don’t know the answer to that, but it’s one of the lingering questions I have after experiencing Jody Oberfelder Projects’ Life […]

by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal The Christ Church Burial Ground in Philadelphia’s Old City was the setting for Shayla-Vie Jenkins’ meditative, site-specific work, On Buried Ground. The performance took place Saturday evening, September […]

by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal The pandemic has forced dance companies to adapt to new performance realities. Some have made dance films shot in a wide variety of locations, while others have live-streamed […]

by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal | photo credit: Tara Keating On Wednesday evening, almost one year to the day since the W.H.O. declared the coronavirus pandemic, BalletX premiered three new dance films – […]

by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal “It was the most liberating thing to dance in a mud pit,” said dancer Blake Krapels, describing his adventures shooting the dance film Heal. “I recommend it to […]

by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal BalletX, persevering through the pandemic restrictions that have closed stages across the world, released three captivating dance films on Wednesday night. Above all, the films are a vehicle […]

by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, dancers performed on stages in front of live audiences. Now, seemingly eons later, they beam into our homes […]

by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal “We need to keep creating,” urged Christine Cox, Director of BalletX, in a Zoom panel discussion interspersed with the virtual premieres of four short dance films by the […]

by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal The Performance Garage, a Philadelphia hub for dance performances, rehearsals, and classes, is marking its 20th anniversary this year. Due to the COVID-19 shutdown, the organization was forced […]

by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal | photo by Jano Cohen Philadelphia Dance Projects presented local dance artists Megan Mazarick and Marion Ramirez in conjunction with its Dance Up Close series on Wednesday and […]