Philadelphia Ballet pays homage to masters of modern choreography
The Philadelphia Ballet presented a program of “Dance Masterpieces” last weekend (March 14-16, 2024) at the Academy of Music, featuring works from the 1970s and
Jane Fries lives in the Philadelphia area and has written a regular column for the Dance Journal since 2015. Her writing has also appeared in Dance Magazine, Ballet Review and the Mills College Quarterly. She is currently working on a biography of the pioneering modern dancer and educator Marian Van Tuyl, who founded the Mills College Dance Department in 1941.
The Philadelphia Ballet presented a program of “Dance Masterpieces” last weekend (March 14-16, 2024) at the Academy of Music, featuring works from the 1970s and
The contemporary dance company Ballets Jazz Montréal presented a trio of works—all choreographed by women—over the past weekend (February 9-10, 2024) at the Annenberg Center.
On a recent December afternoon at the Barnes Foundation, a trio of dancers—animal masks perched atop their heads—moved fluidly in and out of grouped arrangements,
PHILADANCO! presented one revival and three new works in a concert billed as “Intangible Influences” over the past weekend (December 8-10) at the Perelman Theater.
In her pre-performance remarks aton the opening night of BalletX’s Fall Series at the Wilma on Wednesday night, Artistic and Executive Director Christine Cox said
Rhythm Bath, a co-production of Studio Susan Marshall and the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University, is a dance performance-installation designed to engage both neurodiverse
As the audience enters the Icebox Project Space at the beginning of The Naked Stark’s Falling Up, six performers roll around on the floor with
For its 2023 Summer Season, BalletX is currently presenting the Philadelphia premiere of Sidd: A Hero’s Journey at the Wilma Theater. The evening-length ballet is
One of the first moments of Sw!ng Out finds the dancers kneeling in front of Eyal Vilner’s 10-piece big band—establishing a vital connection between the