Silvana Cardell's 'Supper, People on the Move'

Empathy for émigrés and exiles

Supper, People on the Move is a thoughtful, important work for not only its serious exploration of the immigrant experience, but also as a powerful example of dance as a mode for social history and political advocacy. With effortless shifts between moods and movement styles, Supper reflects the desperation, precariousness, and turmoil of immigrant life.

Samantha Maldonado

Jul 07, 2015 · Articles · 4 minute read

'Mash Up Body' at FringeArts

Order Interrupted

A wildly provocative examination of the female body and a journey toward exploring the feminist persona, Mash Up Body is campy, honest, stimulating, and bizarre.

Gregory King

Jun 12, 2015 · Articles · 2 minute read

Lightning Rod Special's 'Let the Dog See the Rabbit'

Choreographed gestures at the Rotunda

Part museum exhibition and part performance art, Let the Dog See the Rabbit served up a plate of sumptuous delicacies with a side of comedy.

Gregory King

May 23, 2015 · Articles · 2 minute read

Pilobolus at the Annenberg Center

Defying boundaries

Dancing by the long-running Pilobolus troupe is about fighting the limitations of not only the body, but also the environment and the imagination.

Ilene Raymond Rush

May 12, 2015 · Articles · 2 minute read

The Pennsylvania Ballet's Tribute to Jerome Robbins

A storyteller's legacy

The Tribute to Jerome Robbins was a triumph as the dancers from the Pennsylvania Ballet soared in their interpretation of Robbins’s works.

Gregory King

May 09, 2015 · Articles · 3 minute read

RUBBERBANDance at the Annenberg

Hip-hop grows up

RUBBERBANDance Group's artistic director and choreographer Victor Quijada takes hip-hop dance language, with all the athletic expressiveness of urban youth culture, and injects it into a formal modern dance structure.

Gary L. Day

Apr 19, 2015 · Articles · 2 minute read

Copeland and Mack in the Washington Ballet's 'Swan Lake'

Black and white swans

Misty Copeland and Brooklyn Mack starred in Washington Ballet’s production of Swan Lake. This is the first time an American production of the ballet has cast black dancers as the leading couple.

Chrysta Brown

Apr 14, 2015 · Articles · 2 minute read

Jessica Lang Dance at the Annenberg

Coming home

Like performing at the Super Bowl in front of your home crowd, Doylestown native Jessica Lang introduced her New York-based company to old friends, family, and art enthusiasts at the Annenberg Center.

Gregory King

Mar 24, 2015 · Articles · 2 minute read

Two productions of 'Swan Lake'

The price of a swan

Contrary to what the “experts” say, ballet is neither dead nor dying. It is merely under the sort of spell that can only be broken by love for it.

Chrysta Brown

Mar 03, 2015 · Articles · 3 minute read

Black Grace at the Annenberg Center

Calisthenics as dance

The choreography in Black Grace's program at the Annenberg was a mixed bag, full of exuberance and young promise, yet lacking the heft of a mature artist.

Gary L. Day

Feb 17, 2015 · Articles · 2 minute read