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Martha Graham Dance Co. at Annenberg
Martha Graham’s company, now in its 80th year, is rising from its own ashes. Its recent program was erratically danced (in some cases by students). But what matters is that it’s preserving an innovative dance legacy, not merely embalming an iconic choreographer.
Martha Graham Dance Company. Presented Nov. 8-10, 2007 by Dance Celebration at Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. (215) 898 3900 or www.pennpresents.org.
Martha Graham Dance Company. Presented Nov. 8-10, 2007 by Dance Celebration at Annenberg Center, 3680 Walnut St. (215) 898 3900 or www.pennpresents.org.
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Ballet dancers as role models
Take it from an Olympic weightlifter: A great athlete need not be graceful. A great novelist or painter can go years without producing a work. Only ballet dancers must achieve physical, aesthetic and ethical greatness at every moment of their careers.
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Ballet X at the Wilma
Ballet X marked its territory onstage at its new home with three premieres and, most important, its new permanent roster of eight dancers. Its co-artistic directors, Matthew Neenan and Christine Cox, didn’t miss this opportunity to display their company’s expansive artistic and technical mettle.
Ballet X: Risk of Flight, Once Again, M.O.M. My Own Memory. November 1-4, 2007, at Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St. (215) 546-7824 or
Ballet X: Risk of Flight, Once Again, M.O.M. My Own Memory. November 1-4, 2007, at Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St. (215) 546-7824 or
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Pennsylvania Ballet's "Dracula'
In this production of Dracula, the anemic Transylvanian count isn’t the only character who needs a transfusion. But whatever the deficiencies in Ben Stevenson’s choreography, they were lost on the audience, which lapped up this performance like vampires in a blood bank.
Dracula. Ballet choreographed by Ben Stevenson. Pennsylvania Ballet production through November 3, 2007 at Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Sts. (215) 551.7000 or
Dracula. Ballet choreographed by Ben Stevenson. Pennsylvania Ballet production through November 3, 2007 at Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Sts. (215) 551.7000 or
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Pennsylvania Ballet's "Company B'
This is a transitional time for Pennsylvania Ballet, but artistic director Roy Kaiser isn’t hedging any bets in challenging his new dancers or making roster changes in his seasoned corps. Matt Neenan’s still unpredictable As It’s Going will eventually emerge as one of his strongest works.
“Company B.” Pennsylvania Ballet production October 10-14, 2007 at Merriam Theater, Broad St. above Spruce. (215) 551-7000 or
“Company B.” Pennsylvania Ballet production October 10-14, 2007 at Merriam Theater, Broad St. above Spruce. (215) 551-7000 or
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"Wandering Alice' at Fringe Festival.
This fantasy trip with dance and music, based on Alice in Wonderland, received a single tryout performance at the 2007 Fringe Festival. It’s imaginative, superbly executed and blissfully illogical.
Wandering Alice. Choreographer and director: Nichole Canuso. Writer/Co-Director: Suli Holum. Sound Design/Music Composition: James Sugg and Mike Kiley. Nichole Canuso Dance Company production, Septem
Wandering Alice. Choreographer and director: Nichole Canuso. Writer/Co-Director: Suli Holum. Sound Design/Music Composition: James Sugg and Mike Kiley. Nichole Canuso Dance Company production, Septem
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Merián Soto/Performance Practice at Christ Church
Even with its many engrossing passages, this movement meditation—first tried out a year ago— still looked sketchy rather than contemplative.
“States of Gravity and Light #2” and “Balancing Acts.” Merián Soto/Performance Practice. August 31, 2007 at Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St. www.pepatian.org/programsMSDP.html.
“States of Gravity and Light #2” and “Balancing Acts.” Merián Soto/Performance Practice. August 31, 2007 at Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American St. www.pepatian.org/programsMSDP.html.
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Venice Contemporary Dance Festival
The Japanese and Austrian companies I observed at the Venice festival— and, for that matter, everyone else in the beautifully printed but intellectually dense festival book— ran amok in their quest to elucidate and titillate. We in the U.S. have already been there/done that.
Shoku, performed by Batik; Art of Seduction: Posing Project, Part B, performed by Liquid Loft. International Festival of Contemporary Dance. June 14-30, 2007 at
Shoku, performed by Batik; Art of Seduction: Posing Project, Part B, performed by Liquid Loft. International Festival of Contemporary Dance. June 14-30, 2007 at
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Royal Ballet's "Swan Lake'
Anthony Dowell‘s production of Swan Lake proved the more cohesive of this month’s two Royal Ballet productions. Dowell orchestrates four brilliantly structured acts, lavishly full of iconic images, displaying the Royal Ballet’s mastery of narrative balletic storytelling.
Swan Lake. Royal Ballet production July 12, 2007 at The Mann Center, Fairmount Park. (215) 893-1999 or www.manncenter.org
Swan Lake. Royal Ballet production July 12, 2007 at The Mann Center, Fairmount Park. (215) 893-1999 or www.manncenter.org
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Royal Ballet's "Romeo and Juliet'
The Royal Ballet’s production of Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet travels so well that even handling last-minute flight delays and a heat wave on the final stop of its tour couldn’t dent the glorious classicism onstage.
Romeo and Juliet. Royal Ballet production July 10, 2007 at The Mann Center, Fairmount Park. 893-1999 or www.manncenter.org.
Romeo and Juliet. Royal Ballet production July 10, 2007 at The Mann Center, Fairmount Park. 893-1999 or www.manncenter.org.
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