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Like a tower of Babel: the ‘Foreign Tongues’ ensemble in the Kimmel’s Commonwealth Plaza. (Photo by Camille Bacon-Smith.)

Liquid Loft presents ‘Foreign Tongues’ at the Kimmel Center

We are each other

In ‘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.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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Heart-lifting innocence and sensuality: Oksana Maslova and Zecheng Liang in ‘La Bayadère.’ (Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.)

The Pennsylvania Ballet presents ‘La Bayadère’

Here for the dancing

The 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 reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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Skillfully performed, but perhaps too impressionistic: Jessica C. Warchall-King performs her ‘Shed.’ (Photo by Mike Hurwitz.)

JCWK Dance Lab presents ‘HOMEbody’

At home in her body

JCWK Dance Lab’s ‘HOMEbody’ explores the physical embodiment of home in an ambitious and inspiring new dance. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

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A clear crowd-pleaser: choreographer Ephrat Asherie performs with the ensemble of her company in ‘Odeon.’ (Photo by Matthew Murphy.)

The Annenberg Center and NextMove dance present Ephrat Asherie’s ‘Odeon’

A Saturday night in the city

Ephrat Asherie’s exuberant choreography in the Philly premiere of ‘Odeon’ brought the normally staid Annenberg audience to its feet. Gary Day reviews.
Gary L. Day

Gary L. Day

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Military occupation as a backdrop for romance: the Paul Taylor ensemble in ‘Sunset.’ (Photo by Paul B. Goode.)

The Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance present Paul Taylor Dance Company

A dancemaker’s legacy

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.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

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Dance and sound outside time and space: Cole Bjeli, Ellie Goudie-Averill, Jungwoong Kim, and Jenna Reigel in ‘Junkspace.’ (Photo by Jano Cohen.)

The Philadelphia Dance Project presents Tori Lawrence & Co.’s ‘Junkspace’

The fallout of modernization

A site-adaptive work from Tori Lawrence & Co. engages modernist industrial architecture as found artistic spaces. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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PHILADANCO cohosts this year’s IABD festival and conference. The company performs on January 18. (Photo by Scott Robbins.)

The International Association of Blacks in Dance and PHILADANCO present THEN NOW NEXT

Celebrating the past, present, and future of Black dance

IABD teams with PHILADANCO to bring its 32nd annual conference to Philly this week. THEN NOW NEXT features everything from industry panels to world-class performances to a high-spirited midnight African dance workshop. Vena Jefferson will be there.
Vena Jefferson

Vena Jefferson

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Roscoe (left) and Thelma with friend. (Photo: Dan Rottenberg.)

How children see ‘The Nutcracker’ (ninth helping)

Growing up at the ballet

After nine years, Dan Rottenberg's grandchildren are beginning to approach The Nutcracker more like adults than children.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

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The holidays bring youthful excitement at PHILADANCO. (Photo by Deborah Boardman.)

Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance present PHILADANCO’s ‘Xmas Philes’

X marks the season

PHILADANCO’s 'Xmas Philes' at the Annenberg reminded dance lovers of the full spectrum of holiday emotions. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

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Prosperity returning: James Ali Wilkie as Ogun, with Yusuf Young and the Kulu Mele ensemble. (Photo by Jaci Downs photography.)

Annenberg Center Live presents Kulu Mele’s ‘Ogun and the People’

Kulu Mele celebrates 50 years

Philly’s own Kulu Mele celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Annenberg with the world-premiere 'Ogun and the People,' a story of the Orisha based on Afro-Cuban culture. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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