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William Forsythe Questions The Rules Of Ballet
Artists of Pennsylvania Ballet. | Photo: Alexander Iziliaev by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal Philadelphia dance audiences will have the welcome opportunity to see “The second detail,” choreographed...
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Writing Dance Down: The Art of Notation at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
“Coreografie.” Encyclopedie ou dictionnaire raisonne des sciences des arts et des metierspar une Societe de gens de lettres; mis en ordre et publie par M. Diderot. Paris, Briasson, 1751-1780. by Jane...
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Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion: Blurring the Border Between Music and Dance
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 composer, it is interesting to note that there...
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Craft and Character – FringeArts Review of The Megan Flynn Dance Company in...
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 in process, where solos and duets flowed one...
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A Framework For Fun – A Review of Vervet Dance in Boing!
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 goal with Boing! – a performance piece for...
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Art Exhibit Celebrates Trisha Brown’s Creative Milieu
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 College Library focusing on the...
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Dance and Cinema Will Converge in Philly’s Inaugural Screendance Festival
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 the moving image to create a new kind of art that pushes...
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Rhythms Of Time – A Conversation With Choreographer Nora Gibson About Her New...
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 a retired dancer from Russia, who had very traditional training, who...
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Review of Maneries at FringeArts: Solo dancer Florencia Vecino delivers a...
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 Vecino which was conceived and directed by Luis...
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Review: Darcy Lyons and Collaborators in Patchworks at The Iron Factory
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 evening of solo performances created by Darcy...
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From Paris to Philadelphia: Trisha Brown’s Foray Into Ballet
Photo © Julieta Cervantes 2009 by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal When Trisha Brown started out choreographing dances in the 1960s, the revolutionary spirit of the times led her, along with a group of...
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Even Unplugged, Stephen Petronio Company Rocks Out
photo credit: Grant Friedman by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal After 32 years of making dances, acclaimed New York choreographer Stephen Petronio says it’s his dancers who inspire him to continue...
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Immediate Art: Review of Graffito Works at Grounds For Sculpture
by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal Amidst roving peacocks and curious members of the audience, dancers from the improvisational group, Graffito Works used their bodies to form shapes suggested by the...
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Philly’s Got Talent – For Real: Review of Gala at the Fringe Festival
photo credit: Josefina Tommasi by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal A cleverly structured celebration of the love of dance by performers and audiences alike, Gala, conceived by self-proclaimed...
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Review: DanceSpora Dazzles at Fringe Festival
by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal The Trenton-based dance company DanceSpora premiered two works at the Conwell Theater on Friday night. Pennsylvania Ballet alumnus Heidi Cruz-Austin’s Near Dark, set...
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Feeling Are Facts – New film is tribute to groundbreaking artist Yvonne Rainer
by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal Yvonne Rainer was a founding member of the Judson Dance Theater, a collective enterprise of young artists living in New York City in the 1960s, who together forged a...
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Review: Jean & Terry: Your Guides Through Dark, Light, and Nebulous at...
by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal There is a mystery at the heart of Jean & Terry: Your Guides Through Dark, Light, and Nebulous: what exactly is the relationship between Jean and Terry? Jean...
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Review: Ballet 180 Generates Warmth With A Charlie Brown Christmas
by Jane Fries for The Dance Journal Paoli-based Ballet 180 presented its charming original rendition of A Charlie Brown Christmas this past weekend at Rosemont College’s Rotwitt Theater. Set to Vince...
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