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Philly Locales Inspire New BalletX Dance Films

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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 […]

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JCWK Dance Lab Traverses the Digital Frontier

September 15, 2020 Jane Fries Comments Off on JCWK Dance Lab Traverses the Digital Frontier

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 […]

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BalletX adapts, evolves, meets the moment head-on

June 17, 2020 Jane Fries 1

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 […]

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Jeanne Ruddy discusses challenges at the Performance Garage

May 5, 2020 Jane Fries Comments Off on Jeanne Ruddy discusses challenges at the Performance Garage

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 […]

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A Mid-Winter, Mid-Week escape with Mazarick and Ramirez

February 29, 2020 Jane Fries Comments Off on A Mid-Winter, Mid-Week escape with Mazarick and Ramirez

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 […]

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Eloquent and Exuberant: Paul Taylor Company Presses On

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by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal After more than six decades as one of America’s most preeminent modern dance troupes, the Paul Taylor Dance Company finds itself in a moment of radical transition. Its […]

Wendy Whelan and cellist Maya Beiser
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Longtime NYCB dancer Wendy Whelan tackles new ground

November 11, 2019 Jane Fries Comments Off on Longtime NYCB dancer Wendy Whelan tackles new ground

by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal Dancer Wendy Whelan and cellist Maya Beiser gave an ethereal performance last Wednesday, November 6th, of their new collaborative, total-theater piece, The Day, at the Williams Center for […]

Trisha Brown Company
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Trisha Brown Company Enlivens Fairmount Park

October 1, 2019 Jane Fries Comments Off on Trisha Brown Company Enlivens Fairmount Park

by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal The Trisha Brown Dance Company is carrying on without its founder, who retired from making new dances in 2013 and lamentably passed away in 2017. Brown was arguably […]

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De Keersmaeker’s Fase: a minimalist touchstone

September 16, 2019 Jane Fries Comments Off on De Keersmaeker’s Fase: a minimalist touchstone

by Jane Fries For The Dance Journal | photo credit Anne Van Aerschot Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s seminal Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich proved as highly charged as ever […]

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In The Studio: BalletX poised to premiere The Little Prince

July 3, 2019 Jane Fries Comments Off on In The Studio: BalletX poised to premiere The Little Prince

by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal | photo credit Vikki Sloviter Colombian-Belgian choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa first read The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry as a child, and then re-read the tale in […]

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