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BalletX Summer Series (1st review)
The BalletX formula: Compose seriously, dance joyfully
BalletX's summer program demonstrated just how accomplished this spunky company has become in a short time. Whether they're creating their own work or bringing in intriguing experimenters from around the world, the BalletXers rarely produce anything that isn't totally professional and excitingly new.
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4 minute read
The genius of Raphael Xavier
One man's single unifying endeavor
Two autobiographical works by Raphael Xavier suggest a choreographer whose vision extends far beyond the necessarily narrow world of a dancer.
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4 minute read
Russian and African dancers: A common thread
Africa's ‘Soviet ballet'
Russia and the West African nation of Guinea are two countries with little in common. Yet as I learned first-hand, their mutual passion for dance, and their approach to training dancers, share remarkable similarities.
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5 minute read
Dance Affiliates' "A.W.A.R.D. Show'
Dancing for dollars
The A.W.A.R.D. Show series of competitive dance performances has returned, in yet another marketing attempt to rescue dance from the margins of American culture. In Philadelphia, the most refreshing work was Gabrielle Revlock's spoof of the competition itself.
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Dancing across barriers in the Balkans
Miracle in the Balkans: The political power of dance
Can dancers accomplish what diplomats can't— namely, erase the barriers of fear and suspicion stemming from the brutal Bosnian war of the mid-1990s? Ashley Fargnoli, a 27-year-old self-style “dance activist,” demonstrated what can be done just this year.
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4 minute read
'Through the Skin' by Koresh Dance Company
Our bodies, ourselves
Through the Skin, Koresh Dance Company's new performance, articulates with breathtaking beauty the modern relationship between body and mind and invites the audience to do likewise.
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4 minute read
Aszure Barton's "Blue Soup' and "Busk' at Annenberg
Expect the unexpected
The Baryshnikov protégé Aszure Barton uses— and subverts— our expectations about how dancers move and how meaning is communicated in dance.
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2 minute read
Jeanne Ruddy's "Montage Ó Trois'
Painting and sculpting with the body
In Montage Ó Trois, Jeanne Ruddy and her dancers used the Pennsylvania Academy and its paintings to explore questions about where art comes from and how it moves us. Few site-specific works have achieved such power.
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Miro Dance Theatre's "Punch,' and PIFA's trifecta
The Festival's Stravinsky trifecta
The “Let a thousand Parisian flowers bloom” approach to festival making opened the way to many outstanding productions and exhibitions. Consider, in particular, the synergy of three Stravinsky Pulcinellas, notably Miro Dance Theatre's raw and raucous Punch.
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BalletX and Wilma re-imagine Apollinaire (2nd review)
Where's the beef?
Apollinaire and the surrealists reveled in the absurd. But these performers aren't surrealists— they're modern-day artists performing an old piece of surrealist art. It's a treat for the senses, but there's not much here for the mind to chew on.
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4 minute read