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.
Photo of HOME rehearsal by Darcy Lyons. Performer Katie Bank pictured. White house by Alice Thompson. by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal An appealing
by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal FringeArts presented a three-night run of Maneries over the past weekend, an hour-plus solo work for dancer Florencia
by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal “I was at a party once,” recalled Nora Gibson in a recent interview, “and I was speaking with
by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal Philadelphia is set to kick off it’s first ever dance film festival, featuring a fusion of choreography and
Photo credit: Julieta Cervantes by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal Trisha Brown: (Re)Framing Collaboration, is an exhibit currently on view at the Bryn Mawr
by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal The Philadelphia Fringe Festival aims to celebrate innovation and creativity, and Vervet Dance certainly lived up to that
by Jane Fries In their intriguing debut at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, The Megan Flynn Dance Company presented a series of short sketches of people
Photo credit: Herman Sorgeloos by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal Considering the fact that Jonathan Burrows is a choreographer and Matteo Fargion is a
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