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Dance and sound outside time and space: Cole Bjeli, Ellie Goudie-Averill, Jungwoong Kim, and Jenna Reigel in ‘Junkspace.’ (Photo by Jano Cohen.)

The Philadelphia Dance Project presents Tori Lawrence & Co.’s ‘Junkspace’

The fallout of modernization

A site-adaptive work from Tori Lawrence & Co. engages modernist industrial architecture as found artistic spaces. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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PHILADANCO cohosts this year’s IABD festival and conference. The company performs on January 18. (Photo by Scott Robbins.)

The International Association of Blacks in Dance and PHILADANCO present THEN NOW NEXT

Celebrating the past, present, and future of Black dance

IABD teams with PHILADANCO to bring its 32nd annual conference to Philly this week. THEN NOW NEXT features everything from industry panels to world-class performances to a high-spirited midnight African dance workshop. Vena Jefferson will be there.
Vena Jefferson

Vena Jefferson

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Roscoe (left) and Thelma with friend. (Photo: Dan Rottenberg.)

How children see ‘The Nutcracker’ (ninth helping)

Growing up at the ballet

After nine years, Dan Rottenberg's grandchildren are beginning to approach The Nutcracker more like adults than children.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

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The holidays bring youthful excitement at PHILADANCO. (Photo by Deborah Boardman.)

Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance present PHILADANCO’s ‘Xmas Philes’

X marks the season

PHILADANCO’s 'Xmas Philes' at the Annenberg reminded dance lovers of the full spectrum of holiday emotions. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

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Prosperity returning: James Ali Wilkie as Ogun, with Yusuf Young and the Kulu Mele ensemble. (Photo by Jaci Downs photography.)

Annenberg Center Live presents Kulu Mele’s ‘Ogun and the People’

Kulu Mele celebrates 50 years

Philly’s own Kulu Mele celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Annenberg with the world-premiere 'Ogun and the People,' a story of the Orisha based on Afro-Cuban culture. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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Inventive and engaging, with added drama: Koresh ensemble members in an excerpt of ‘The Muse.’ (Photo by Julieanne Harris.)

Koresh Dance Company presents the 6th annual Come Together Dance Festival

Together again

Koresh’s sixth annual Come Together Dance Festival is one of the region’s top opportunities for a diversity of dance on one stage. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

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Varone’s style shines through the decades with each new ensemble. (Photo by Erin Baiano.)

Swarthmore College presents Doug Varone and Dancers in residency

The meaning of the moon

Is style just something you recognize when you see it? Doug Varone and Dancers still have it in a special residency performance at Swarthmore, despite two decades of a changing ensemble. Merilyn Jackson reviews.
Merilyn Jackson

Merilyn Jackson

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Surprise—he’s a prince! ‘Taj Express’ stopped at the Merriam this month. (Image courtesy of the Kimmel Center.)

The Kimmel Center presents ‘Taj Express: The Bollywood Musical Revue’

Where the whole world dances

'Taj Express' brings Mumbai to Philadelphia in director Shruti Merchant’s gleeful explosion of color, dance, and music from the creators of India’s Bollywood musicals. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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Flowing like water: Oksana Maslova, Sterling Baca, and Jack Thomas in Garrett Smith’s ‘Reverberance.’ (Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.)

The Pennsylvania Ballet presents ‘World Premieres’

Dance around the world in Philly

The Pennsylvania Ballet presents three diverse choreographic voices in a trio of contemporary world premieres. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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The illusion of weightlessness: Teresa Reichlen and Ask la Cour. (Photo courtesy of Stars of American Ballet.)

Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance present Stars of American Ballet

Stellar dance

A mixed program of classical and contemporary dance didn’t always cohere in a performance from Stars of American Ballet at the Annenberg, but the dancers never failed to delight. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

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