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Not to dismantle but to reinvent. (Photo of Norbert De La Cruz III by Kristin Barr.)

BalletX: The process

BalletX is preparing a world-premiere work by Norbert De La Cruz III for its winter show.
Gregory King

Gregory King

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Thelma spotted some of the Snowflakes (above) doubling as Dewdrop Flowers. (Photo: Alexander Iziliaev.)

How kids see ‘The Nutcracker' (5th helping)

What’s a duck’s favorite ballet?

Five Decembers have passed since I embarked on a bizarre once-a-year quest to observe how children — specifically, my own grandkids, at The Nutcracker — develop an appreciation for great art. And by golly, I do believe a pattern is emerging.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

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Urgency, agony, and confusion: Chloe Felesina and Richard Villaverde in Olivier Wevers's “Instantly Bound” (Photo by Bill Hebert)

BalletX's Fall Series

The effort of creating beauty

The dances by Ballet X are not products so much as they are evidence of direct engagement with the process of creative discovery. The pieces are rough around the edges, daring, spirited, and so much fun.

Samantha Maldonado

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Recalling a primal past. (Photo by Bill Hebert)

Koresh Dance Company's 'evolution'

An exercise in world-building

Ev.o.lu.tion explores how to communicate frustration, desire, agony, ecstasy, longing, and identity through visceral expression. The performance is emotionally charged, so moody in its aesthetics that it begs to be absorbed and, if not interpreted, then felt.

Samantha Maldonado

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A kick-ass troupe. (Photo by Panayiotis Sinnos)

BalletBoyz at the Annenberg

Dancing beyond homophobia

London’s BalletBoyz is a brilliant example of how all-male modern dance has taken its place in the evolving world of contemporary choreography.
Gary L. Day

Gary L. Day

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A less garish "Jeu de Cartes." (Photo by Alexander Iziliaev)

Press Play by the Pennsylvania Ballet

Ángel Corella takes over the Pennsylvania Ballet

With only two months to inspire new breath into the company, Ángel Corella has revived it admirably.
Merilyn Jackson

Merilyn Jackson

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Leah Stein in “Splice” (photo by Lora Allen)

Fringe Festival: Leah Stein’s ‘Splice’

Site-specific dance: transformative for all ages

The Leah Stein Dance Company’s recent FringeArts work, Splice, was a satisfying and inspired convergence of a contemporary dance performance within an art institution.
Jonathan M. Stein

Jonathan M. Stein

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Gina Hoch-Stall and Adrian Plascencia of RealLivePeople. (photo credit: Lindsay Browning)

Fringe Festival: RealLivePeople's 'Would I Lie to You?'

The lies we tell

Combining choreographed and improvised dance, movements, and spoken words, RealLivePeople present us with the lies we tell ourselves and others in Would I Lie to You?

Samantha Maldonado

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A knockout show. (Photo by Alexa Quinn Johnson)

Fringe Festival: Brian Sanders’ JUNK, ‘Suspended’

The very model of a Fringe show

Suspended is a show that epitomizes everything that a Fringe show should be: audacious, outside the mainstream, but oozing talent.
Gary L. Day

Gary L. Day

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The spellbinding Melissa Chisena (photo by Bill Hebert)

Come Together Dance Festival

Come Together really did, finally

The opening night of the Come Together Dance Festival featured strong, innovative works danced with such verve and professionalism that they looked new again.
Merilyn Jackson

Merilyn Jackson

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