Monday, November 16, 2020
Sex, gender, and dance collide in ‘Aviva,’ a film about love and identity written and directed by Boaz Yakin, with choreography by Bobbi Jene Smith, formerly of Batsheva Dance Company. M…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:13PMMonday, October 19, 2020
Pam Tanowitz Dance’s Philadelphia premiere combines elegance with immediacy in a virtual performance. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:14PMMonday, October 5, 2020
A performance made for pandemic, ‘The Way Out’ took audiences on a drive-in journey through music, movement, theater, and glassblowing at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:14PMMonday, September 28, 2020
Two performances explore dance during pandemic for the 2020 Fringe Festival. Artist House/Asya Zlatina + Dancers and stb x at offer different experiences combining movement, technology, and …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:40PMTuesday, September 15, 2020
Apartment 20 adapts Enid Dame’s collection of poems ‘Lilith and Her Demons’ into a song cycle for the 2020 Fringe Festival, exploring how and where we see the Lilith of Jewish folklore…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:55PMTuesday, July 21, 2020
What might Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for beloved community look like in pandemic-era Philadelphia? Melissa Strong considers.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:42AMTuesday, June 30, 2020
Best-known as a musical composition, 'Appalachian Spring' originated as a ballet of the same name. A 1944 recording of this Martha Graham Dance Company performance is now streaming for free,…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:35PMMonday, June 8, 2020
‘Storm,’ a performance of the Works & Process Artists Virtual Commission Series, packs emotional punch into a short solo dance now streaming free on YouTube. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 07:41PMSaturday, April 11, 2020
National Theatre Live delivers a fresh production of Jane Eyre as bold as the heroine of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, streaming free on YouTube through April 16, 2020. Melissa Strong…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:38PMMonday, March 23, 2020
Does a dance critic need to be a dancer? Dance writer Melissa Strong has spent years answering that question for herself.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:46PMMonday, February 24, 2020
JCWK Dance Lab’s ‘HOMEbody’ explores the physical embodiment of home in an ambitious and inspiring new dance. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:56PMMonday, January 27, 2020
A visit from Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Annenberg showcased the late choreographer’s unique vision and range in a program that didn’t always cohere. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:47PMMonday, December 16, 2019
PHILADANCO’s 'Xmas Philes' at the Annenberg reminded dance lovers of the full spectrum of holiday emotions. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:55PMMonday, November 25, 2019
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.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:15PMTuesday, June 25, 2019
Ujima Dance Theatre’s An Afternoon of Dance, part of SoLow Fest 2019, contained five inspiring, globally minded works. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:48PMTuesday, April 30, 2019
LA-based BODYTRAFFIC brought contemporary dance in a wide range of styles in a program presented by Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:48AMMonday, April 8, 2019
Orchestra met stirring acrobatics when JUNK tackled Prokofiev alongside Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:05PMMonday, March 18, 2019
A program of two very different pieces brought Dance Heginbotham’s mission of moving us through dance to Philly, with mixed results. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:06PMMonday, March 4, 2019
For Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Academy of Music, the Philly premiere of Rennie Harris’s ‘Lazarus’ paired beautifully with a remount of Alvin Ailey’s ‘Revelations.’…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:47PMTuesday, September 18, 2018
Irene Molloy's musical revue 'The F Word' takes an inspiring tour through U.S. feminist history right up to our present moment. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:32PMSunday, September 16, 2018
Philly's Dancefusion and New York's Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble join forces with a slate of premieres and old friends. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:29PMThursday, June 21, 2018
Company Aiello's SoLow Fest entry 'Unconscious Theater Machines' puts audiences in the action for wonderful community-building, one-on-one performances. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:38AMFriday, March 23, 2018
Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers perform 'Faith Project/The Door,' an exploration of divine connections. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:11PMSaturday, March 10, 2018
BalletX's 'Spring Series' features work by Matthew Neenan plus world premieres by Darrell Grand Moultrie and Trey McIntyre. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:57PM 
