Dance Affiliates presents Complexions Contemporary Ballet

Bodies, battements . . . breathe!

I left the theater thrilled at having the chance to share a night of dance with dancers who slaughtered every step given to them with a ferocity that at times forced me to pull back in my seat. I also experienced disappointment that the show provided few surprises in its use of well-worn vocabulary.

Gregory King

Oct 18, 2015 · Articles · 2 minute read

Fringe 2015: 'Available Light' by Childs, Adams, Gehry

Let there be more light

Lucinda Childs’s hauntingly formalist 1983 dance piece Available Light is revived as part of the 2015 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.

Thomas Patteson

Sep 29, 2015 · Articles · 3 minute read

Fringe 2015: Megan Flynn Dance Company, 'Dances with Socks'

Socks optional

Socks or no socks, Megan Flynn flexed her choreographic muscle as she introduced her company to the Philadelphia dance scene.

Gregory King

Sep 15, 2015 · Articles · 2 minute read

Fringe 2015: 'Still Standing You' (second review)

Gollum and the Gypsy

Still Standing You will grab you by the balls. Literally.

Lauren Findlay

Sep 15, 2015 · Articles · 3 minute read

Fringe 2015: 'Still Standing You'

The body as canvas

In Still Standing You, Pieter Ampe and Guilherme Garrido delivered a complex interpretation of friendship and male bonding that was comedic, sensitive, and aggressive.

Gregory King

Sep 11, 2015 · Articles · 2 minute read

Fringe 2015: Jeanine McCain's 'Under Her Skin'

Everyone has a secret

At Under Her Skin, I see the thought and I see ambition. And, I must reluctantly admit, I see a show that bit off a little more than it could chew.

Lauren Findlay

Sep 08, 2015 · Articles · 4 minute read

BalletX Summer Series 2015

Entering the talented tenth (year)

The risk of turning its summer performance over to a single choreographer — frequent collaborator Adam Hougland — definitely paid off for BalletX.

Lisa Traiger

Jul 19, 2015 · Articles · 3 minute read

Silvana Cardell's 'Supper, People on the Move'

Empathy for émigrés and exiles

Supper, People on the Move is a thoughtful, important work for not only its serious exploration of the immigrant experience, but also as a powerful example of dance as a mode for social history and political advocacy. With effortless shifts between moods and movement styles, Supper reflects the desperation, precariousness, and turmoil of immigrant life.

Samantha Maldonado

Jul 07, 2015 · Articles · 4 minute read

'Mash Up Body' at FringeArts

Order Interrupted

A wildly provocative examination of the female body and a journey toward exploring the feminist persona, Mash Up Body is campy, honest, stimulating, and bizarre.

Gregory King

Jun 12, 2015 · Articles · 2 minute read

Lightning Rod Special's 'Let the Dog See the Rabbit'

Choreographed gestures at the Rotunda

Part museum exhibition and part performance art, Let the Dog See the Rabbit served up a plate of sumptuous delicacies with a side of comedy.

Gregory King

May 23, 2015 · Articles · 2 minute read