Philly’s Dancefusion teamed with the visiting troupe Movement Migration to present Dance Voices, a double bill of five pieces by the two companies, an interesting mix of modern styles for …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:31PMKYL/D's performance of Where is my B-O-D-Y explores how to move through spaces in new ways in the face of adversity and changing bodies. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:00PMAsimina Chremos conducts audiences to a time when trains were running at the Rail Park in The Engine, her new Fringe piece. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:53PMBalletX opens its 2021-2022 season with a full-length ballet, Sunset, o639 Hours, at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:30AMAs new plans for a people-friendly Parkway roll out, the Philadelphia Museum of Art remains an important part of Philly’s public space—but do the people on the outside matter? Camille Ba…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:18PMChoreographer Lily Kind presents an evening of club dancing, contemporary dance, and child’s play with Wolfthicket, a real pre-Fringe find. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:44AMThe arts presenter headquartered at the Annenberg Center goes back to its roots with a new name: Penn Live Arts. Camille Bacon-Smith explores the update.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:38PMAs arts producers across town return to in-person performance, the former Pennsylvania Ballet announced a surprising rebrand. Camille Bacon-Smith asks whether it’s moving the company forwa…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:46PMThe new Robert L. McNeil Jr. Galleries, showcasing art and objects from 1650 to 1850 with a focus on Philadelphia, tell a story many of us still need to hear. Camille Bacon-Smith visits.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:35PMBalletX presents new works by company favorite R. Colby Damon and 2021 choreographic fellow Alia Kache in a live performance outdoors at the Glen Foerd Mansion. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:08PMThe Pennsylvania Ballet returns with ‘Resilience,’ a streaming program filmed at the Performance Garage and featuring choreographers Christopher Wheeldon, George Balanchine, Angel Corell…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:35PMKun-Yang Lin/Dancers explores loss, solitude, and hope in five reimagined excerpts from Lin’s longer works and a world premiere danced by the choreographer himself. Camille Bacon-Smith rev…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:28AMDancer and choreographer Hope Boykin premieres ‘Redefine US, from the INside OUT,’ a personal and emotional journey that explores identity through suffering and renewal. Camille Bacon-S…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:02PMBalletX concludes its spring season of world premieres as it began, dancing with the camera in three new short films by choreographers Maddie Hanson (‘Virtuality’), Gustavo Ramirez Sansa…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:38PMBalletX continues its season of world-premiere short dance films, with a third installment featuring choreographers Tsai Hsi Hung, Manuel Vignoulle, and Francesca Harper. Camille Bacon-Smith…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:30PMFollowing a successful citywide fight to restore some of the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, City Councilmember Isaiah Thomas helms a new task force to boost the arts sector in future. He speaks…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:58PMThe Martha Graham Dance Company offered a taste of the company’s rich and emotionally charged repertoire in a series of excerpts from Graham’s best-loved works, performed by Lloyd Knight…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:08PMBalletX dances with the camera in three very short films that explore collaborations between choreographers, dancers, filmmakers, and the urban and natural landscapes of the city and its exu…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:50PMPHILADANCO! explored love and struggle with emotional performances by Joe González and Janine Beckles, in a show that brought distanced audiences as close as possible to the theater. Camill…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:52AMAny serious Philly arts fan knows by now that local companies and venues aren’t sitting out the pandemic. But big or small, how are they making the shift to distanced performances? Camille…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:10PMBalletX opens its 15th season virtually with a quartet of world premieres in film from choreographers as near as the company’s own star, Caili Quan, and as far as New Zealand’s Loughlan …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 09:31AMChoreographer Jessica Warchal-King’s JCWK Dance Lab curates a web-based journey through the process of creating a dance that explores the idea of home at the 2020 Philly Fringe. Camille Ba…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:06PMJust as it was poised to transition to its new home at the Perelman, the Pennsylvania Ballet hit the same crisis as every other live arts producer. Camille Bacon-Smith speaks with the organi…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:01PMJust like any major city, Philly wouldn't be the same without the lights in its sky. Camille Bacon-Smith talks to the people who keep them on.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:50PMPerhaps more than many other art forms, dance relies on the physical energy between dancers and their audience. Adapting to life in a pandemic is a special challenge for these companies. Lea…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:49PMPhotographer Alexander Iziliaev put one passion aside when he became a dancer. But now that he’s off the stage, he can bring something to his art form that others behind the camera cannot.…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:08AMFor anyone who’s longing to get back to the museum, PMA curator of European art Jennifer Thompson talks to Camille Bacon-Smith about shaking up the collection.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:07AMIn ‘Foreign Tongues,’ Austrian dance company Liquid Loft mingled with the audience to explore communication through space and gesture and the spoken word. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:26AMThe Pennsylvania Ballet presents ‘La Bayadère,’ a classic tale of love and jealousy, betrayal and remorse set in a colonizers’ vision of an India that never was. Camille Bacon-Smith r…
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