BodyVox at Dance Celebration

How can this troupe be so much fun and not be aware when they’re tedious?

BodyVox. At Dance Celebration series, Annenberg Center, April 6-8, 2006. www.dancecelebration.org/DanceCelebration.html

Lewis Whittington

Apr 11, 2006 · Articles · 3 minute read

'Shut Up and Dance'

This annual AIDS benefit has become a joyous vehicle for classically trained ballet dancers to showcase their hidden talents as artists and people. Where else can you hear Beethoven and the rap star Busta Rhymes from the same stage?

"Shut Up & Dance 2006.” Pennsylvania Ballet dancers’ benefit for MANNA, at Forrest Theater, April 1, 2006.

Lewis Whittington

Apr 04, 2006 · Articles · 5 minute read

"Shut Up and Dance'

Copy to come.

Lewis Whittington

Apr 04, 2006 · Articles · less than a minute read

'Giselle' and 'Antigone'

With Giselle, I got caught up in this petrified warhorse of a ballet, even if the production was uneven and performance erratic. And Rebecca Davis’s undulating Antigone is not your daddy's Greek tragedy (or maybe it is).

Giselle. Russian National Ballet at Annenberg Center, March 15, 2006.
Antigone. Rebecca Davis Dance Company at Perelman Theater,
Kimmel Center, March 16, 2006.

Lewis Whittington

Mar 25, 2006 · Articles · 6 minute read

Hubbard Street Dance at Annenberg

In neo-classical and modern idioms alike, these dancers’ physicality sparkles, both as individuals and as an ensemble.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Dance Celebration Series at the Annenberg Center, February 23, 2006. www.dancecelebration.org.

Lewis Whittington

Mar 02, 2006 · Articles · 4 minute read

Return of Les Ballets Russes

A compelling new documentary film calls to life a lost ballet spectacle that sprang from the mind of Serge Diaghilev and captivated the world for two generations.

Ballets Russes. A film by Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller. Opens March 3, 2006, at Ritz at the Bourse, Fourth & Ranstead Sts., (215)440-1181 or www.ritzfilmbill.com.

Saul Davis Zlatkovsky

Feb 24, 2006 · Articles · 8 minute read

Pa. Ballet's Balanchine program

After a ragged fall start, the Pennsylvania Ballet returns to a blood-red outfit pulsing with energy.

Western Symphony with Prodigal Son and Theme and Variations. All-Balanchine program by the Pennsylvania Ballet at the Merriam Theater, Feb. 1- 5, 2006. www.paballet.org.

Lewis Whittington

Feb 13, 2006 · Articles · 5 minute read

Anytown vs. Swan Lake

Anytown, Stories of America. presented by Dance Celebration Series and Penn Presents at the Zellerbach Theatre, Oct. 5-8.
Swan Lake, performed by Pennsylvania Ballet at the Academy of Music, Sept. 30-Oct. 8.

Lesley Valdes

Jan 01, 2006 · Articles · 7 minute read