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A group of dancers hold up another dancer in a dim space with deep purple lighting

Philly Fringe 2024: Cannonball Festival presents Tyshaun & Shekinah’s Forbidden Fruit

Fruit growing on the vine
Tyshaun & Shekinah’s Forbidden Fruit, a circus-dance work about Black experiences, is part of Cannonball’s inaugural Black Circus Week. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Reviews 3 minute read
A woman dancer in a green shirt and loose striped pants poses in the doorway of the meeting house, a brick wall behind her.

Philly Fringe 2024: Nichole Canuso Dance Company presents The Garden: River’s Edge

A much-needed moment of peace
Nichole Canuso Dance Company joins the 2024 Curated Philly Fringe with The Garden: River’s Edge, an immersive, interactive performance at the historic Arch Street Meeting House. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

Reviews 3 minute read
In a 17th-century graveyard, a Black woman with a blond buzz-cut caresses a younger Black woman sitting in a chair.

Philly Fringe 2024: Christ Church Preservation Trust presents On Buried Ground

Uncovering and imagining Philly’s Black colonial-era histories
A meditation on Black lives in colonial Philadelphia comes to life in a Fringe Festival event featuring archival research, site-specific dance, theater, visual art, and historic documents. Kimberly Haas reviews.

Kimberly Haas

Reviews 3 minute read
In a dramatic misty blue spotlight, a man rises animalistically, bent over with elbows angled up out of a well of viscous goo

Philly Fringe 2024: Gunnar Montana Productions presents BLACK WOOD: WINTERBORN

Gothic horror returns to the Latvian Society
Gunnar Montana returns for this year’s Fringe with a standalone sequel to last year’s BLACK WOOD. The bloody, sexy sorcery continues with WINTERBORN, running through Wednesday, October 30, at the Latvian Society. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

Reviews 3 minute read
Two Black trapeze artists in mid swing from rope, heads tilted back, arms out, legs in motion, both wearing leather bondage

The new Black Circus Week leaps into Cannonball

A first for the BIPOC circus community in Philly
A full week of shows, workshops, family-friendly cabarets and more arrive with Black Circus Week at Cannonball. An Nichols previews.
An Nichols

An Nichols

Previews 2 minute read

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Caili Quan in mid movement as she is captured midair, outdoors in a grassy area with many trees.

Choreographing a dancing journey with Caili Quan

Gratitude and growth in step
Choreographer Caili Quan sits down with contributor Melissa Strong to discuss her journey from Guam to Philly and from dancer to choreographer.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Profiles 4 minute read
A female dancer calmly sits alone on a dark stage, the warm light on her forming a floor reflection of her body.

The lighting designers for Philly dance companies are artists who paint with light

Shining a light on dance
Dance critic Camille Bacon-Smith has spent years admiring Philly’s dancers illuminated by lighting designers who rarely get the spotlight themselves. Now they share the mysteries of their artistry.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

Features 6 minute read
4 actors stand on the ground, 3 of them gesturing to another who perches on high top of two people vertically stacked.

New York Circus Project presents Hamlet at FringeArts

A high-flying Hamlet takes risks
New York Circus Project’s Hamlet put an inventive circus spin on Shakespeare’s well-known tragedy with performances at Philly’s FringeArts in late July. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Reviews 4 minute read
Pérez-Vega, a Puerto Rican woman dancing solo in a purple leotard, poses gracefully mid-stride with her arms lifted.

UArts alums Keila Pérez-Vega and Meredith Rainey explain what the school’s closure means for Philly’s dance scene

“A loss for Philadelphia”
The fallout from the June closure of UArts continues for students, staff, faculty, and alumni, including artists who are central to Philly’s dance scene. Melissa Strong talks to Keila Pérez-Vega and Meredith Rainey about what our city has lost.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

Features 4 minute read
Barbosa, left, and Alford leap joyfully in matching poses, left arms extended and right curving over their head.

BalletX presents its 2024 Summer Series

Three world premieres mark BalletX’s last show at the Wilma
BalletX says goodbye to the Wilma stage with its 2024 Summer Series, featuring eclectic world-premiere choreography by Stina Quagebeur, Loughlan Prior, and choreographer-in-residence Amy Hall Garner. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

Reviews 5 minute read