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Philadelphia Dance Projects (PDP) kicks off its 25th Anniversary year with If Walls Could Dance, a two-night only, public video art installation on October 22-23 at 8 PM (rain date October 24).  This will be a part […]

One of the nation’s premier ballet companies has announced a new name and visual identity: Pennsylvania Ballet is now Philadelphia Ballet. Rooted in a nearly sixty-year artistic legacy in the community of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Ballet’s […]

Now in its 25th year, the National Dance Project (NDP) supports the creation/development and U.S. touring of new dance works. This year, the NDP Finalist pool consists of 40 new dance projects. While the landscape for creating […]

DANCE IQUAIL!, the dance and social justice organization based in the Mantua neighborhood of Philadelphia, is pleased to announce Gwendolyn Coleman’s appointment as General Manager. Coleman becomes the first full-time leader who will work in […]

Meg Foley has been awarded a $56,500 production grant from the New England Foundation for The Arts for Blood Baby. Blood Baby is an iterative performance project exploring intersections of queer motherhood/parenthood, gestation, gender performance, queer […]

The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) announced today the names of the 2020 Doris Duke Artists, each receiving an award of $275,000 intended as an investment in and celebration of these artists’ ongoing contributions to […]

Christina Castro-Tauser has been named executive director of International Ballet Exchange (IBE), effective July 1, 2020. Ms. Castro-Tauser has served IBE as associate director since July 2019 and, during the 2019-2020 school year, IBE’s teacher […]

BalletX, led by Artistic & Executive Director Christine Cox, is pleased to welcome Independence Foundation Dance Fellow Shawn Cusseaux to the roster at an exciting time as the company prepares to celebrate its 15th Anniversary Season in […]

BalletX announced the cancellation of the company’s annual Spring and Summer Series performances at The Wilma Theater, scheduled for July 1-25, due to public health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. “It is with a heavy heart that we […]

BalletX, led by Artistic & Executive Director Christine Cox, will say a heartfelt farewell to longtime company member Caili Quan at the end of the 2019-20 Season, as she pursues her choreographic career and other […]