Dance
662 results
Page 42
BodyVox’s ‘The Cutting Room’ at Annenberg
They lost it at the movies
BodyVox’s The Cutting Room is part ballet, part modern dance, part multi-media performance, but mostly hodgepodge.
Articles
2 minute read
Philadanco salutes Huggins at the Perelman
They can act, too
I just saw the most spectacular Philadanco concert I’ve ever seen— an all-Christopher L. Huggins celebration, with six of this young choreographer’s works. Each one gave me such goose bumps that I worried people could see them through my sweater.
Articles
5 minute read
Keigwin + Company at Annenberg
Straightforward and unpretentious, but is it art?
The Annenberg audience loved Larry Keigwin’s pop-oriented dance troupe. I, on the other hand, found the presentation deeply flawed. Atrocious lighting didn’t help.
Articles
2 minute read
'Flashdance The Musical' and Ballet X
Can you tell the dirty dancers from the ballerinas?
Street dancing once had the power to shock. Now there’s not much difference between the flashdancers of Flashdance The Musical and the classically trained dancers of BalletX. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.
Articles
5 minute read
Where have all the dance students gone?
Why study dance when you can party?
After teaching dance in Philadelphia for ten years, I can’t help wondering where all the dance students have gone. What competing attractions are grabbing their attention and money?
Koresh Dance Company’s season opener
Intense, highly rhythmic and strangely engrossing
I’d known of the Koresh Dance Company, but until last weekend I’d had no exposure to its work. I came away from its seasonal opening boggled and bedazzled by what I’m prepared to call a major work.
Articles
2 minute read
Nichole Canuso's 'The Garden'
An exhilarating exploration of space and self
All reviews are subjective, of course. But never have I experienced a dance performance that is so individualized that objectivity is absolutely impossible.
Articles
3 minute read
Sign up for our newsletter
All of the week's new articles, all in one place. Sign up for the free weekly BSR newsletters, and don't miss a conversation.
Paul Taylor Dance Company at Annenberg
Still growing at 83
For 60 years Paul Taylor has created choreography that often deals with controversial themes and ideas. But he’s still evolving, as last weekend’s retrospective program demonstrated.
Articles
3 minute read
Lucinda Childs: Origins of post-modern dance
Lucinda Childs, body and soul
Some of the best of Philadelphia’s modern dancers recreated the challenging work of Lucinda Childs, a pioneer of post-modern dance in America.
Articles
5 minute read
Our debt to "So You Think You Can Dance'
Where popularity trumps talent (which isn't necessarily bad)
Dance purists find “So You Think You Can Dance” superficial, commercial and degrading. Not me. In an age when dance desperately needs to expand its audience, this popular reality show shows us how to succeed— assuming we can stand success.