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Pennsylvania Ballet's "Sleeping Beauty'

Sleeping Beauty remains one of Pennsylvania Ballet’s most consistent and satisfying repertory classics. Even during this transitional year— with many new personnel and several dancers departing— artistic director Roy Kaiser remained solidly behind his dancers in this demanding ballet..

The Sleeping Beauty. Choreography by Marius Petipa, to Tchaikovsky’s music. Pennsylvania Ballet production through June 9, 2007 at Academy of Music, Bro

Lewis Whittington

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Momix at Annenberg Center

Momix closed out the Dance Celebration season with its rowdy 25th anniversary 13-piece sampler. It was emblematic of a terrifically diverse 06-07 series at Annenberg.

“The Best of Momix.” May 17-19, 2007 at Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. 215.898.3900 or www.pennpresents.org.

Lewis Whittington

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Pennsylvania Ballet's "Modern Masters'

Traditional ballet fans who stayed away missed a chance to see thrilling dance from three contemporary choreographers who, although lumped under the meaningless “modern” tag, are aesthetic worlds apart.

Modern Masters: Kevin O’Day, Val Caniparoli, Twyla Tharp. Pennsylvania Ballet, April 25-29, 2007, at Merriam Theatre, Broad St. above Spruce St. (215) 551-7000 or www.paballet.org.

Lewis Whittington

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Jeanne Ruddy's "Earth Moves'

In its seventh season, Jeanne Ruddy Dance Company is still establishing its aesthetic as a chamber modern dance company, and this program had the feel of a recital.

“Earth Moves: Dance Gone Green.” Jeanne Ruddy Dance Co. April 12, 2007 at The Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine St. 215-569-4060 or www.ruddydance.org.

Lewis Whittington

Articles 3 minute read

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Sydney Dance Company at Annenberg

Sydney Dance Company choreographer Graeme Murphy thinks big, uses plenty of dancers onstage, and power-loads his canvas with flash narrative and comic invention.

Sydney Dance Company. March 29, 2007 at Annenberg Center, 3860 Walnut St. 215.898.6701 or www.pennpresents.org.

Lewis Whittington

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Pennsylvania Ballet's 'Carmina Burana'

Matthew Neenan has scrapped all of the famous John Butler choreography that allegorically tapped into the social, sexual and civil unrest of the ‘60s and interpreted the medieval poems into a spacey journey for a menagerie of exotic dance creatures. But several chunks of the piece, particularly the transitional narrative content, have the feel of a middle draft.

Carmina Burana. Choreography by Matthew Neenan. Pennsylvania Ballet production through March 17, 2007 at A

Lewis Whittington

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Rubberbandance Group

Don’t be turned off by its gimmicky name. Rubberband’s dancers, some of them classically trained, are upping the ante in terms of what people expect from hip-hop.

Rubberbandance Group. February 27, 2007 at
Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut St. (215) 898-3900 or www.pennpresents.org

Lewis Whittington

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Pennsylvania Ballet's 'Giselle'

Classical ballet fans who attended the opening night of Pennsylvania Ballet’s Giselle will be able to say that they were there the night a ballet star— the electrifying Gabriella Yudenich— was born. Another new soloist, Sergio Torrado, stalked the stage like a panther.

Giselle. Pennsylvania Ballet production through February 10, 2007 at Merriam Theater, 250 S. Broad St. (at Spruce). 215 339 2000 or

Lewis Whittington

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DanceBrazil at Annenberg

Desafio, Jelon Viera’s study of human conflict and bonds, features some really pissed-off-looking dancers circling each other and stepping into the dance arena, with furious movement results.

DanceBrazil. February 1, 2007, at Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. (215) 898-3900 or www.pennpresents.org.

Lewis Whittington

Articles 1 minute read

Richard Alston Dance Company

This is no pretty dance display; it’s diamond-hard post-Balanchine modernism. And many in the audience found it exhausting.

Richard Alston Dance Company. Presented January 18, 2007, by Dance Celebration, at Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. (215) 636-9000 or www.dancecelebration.org.

Lewis Whittington

Articles 2 minute read