Tuesday, July 30, 2024
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…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:11PMMonday, July 15, 2024
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 Hal…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:04PMMonday, July 1, 2024
Lily Kind brought her puckish humor to the Philadelphia Dance Projects with a new hour-long show, I’ve got a tape I wanna play, which builds on the star quality and choreographic elements …
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:40AMTuesday, May 28, 2024
Longtime PHILADANCO! company member Joe González recently returned to his hometown in Boston, but he visited Philly in late May with a thrilling performance from his own company, Jo-Mé Dan…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:12PMTuesday, May 14, 2024
Philadelphia will celebrate hometown artist Mary Cassatt this summer, kicking off with a major new exhibition that was years in the making at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Camille Bacon-Sm…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:08PMMonday, May 13, 2024
The Philadelphia Ballet closed its season with Frederick Ashton’s crowd-pleasing Dream and George Balanchine’s strange and wonderful Prodigal Son, with revelatory dancing by Zecheng Lian…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:29PMMonday, April 29, 2024
BalletX’s spring 2024 performance combined otherworldliness with riveting historical narrative, all alongside captivating live music at the Mann. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:49PMWednesday, April 24, 2024
The new performance by "Phillyboy" Bernard H. Gaddis comes to the Fringe Bar. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:36PMMonday, April 15, 2024
With its spring program, Roots and Reflections, PHILADANCO! drew on popular works from past decades to prove that the vivid history of Black choreography still speaks to us today. Camille Ba…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:43PMTuesday, March 19, 2024
The Philadelphia Ballet offered a trio of grand finales for its March program: favorites by Alvin Ailey, William Forsythe, and Twyla Tharpe brought heart, speed, skill, and whimsy. Camille B…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:25PMWednesday, February 28, 2024
This production of Giselle gives a unique perspective for a classic story. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:14PMTuesday, January 9, 2024
For its second collaboration with BalletX, PCMS welcomed choreography by Matthew Neenan and Jamar Roberts alongside pianist Michelle Cann. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:48PMTuesday, December 19, 2023
In December, the Philly dance calendar seems to become nothing but Nutcrackers. Dance writer Camille Bacon-Smith heads to three different productions, to see how this enduring ballet looks i…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:06PMWednesday, December 6, 2023
PHILADANCO! opens the stage with a program featuring the works of new and familiar choreographers, touching on intimate stories and reflections. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:01PMWednesday, November 8, 2023
Koresh Dance Company reflects on choreographer Ronen Koresh’s emotional journey as an Israeli immigrant and an artist in Aftershock. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:19PMTuesday, October 17, 2023
Ballet dancers cannot just step into the iconic shoes. They must master a difficult technique and make a lifelong quest for the perfect pointe, but these Philly ballerinas tell Camille Bacon…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:15PMMonday, October 9, 2023
Opera fans know the story, but in this world-premiere original long-form ballet by Philadelphia Ballet director Angel Corella, Carmen gets a sexy edge. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:45PMTuesday, September 19, 2023
A transgressively absurdist exploration of the culture of Black music from blues to funk as the soundtrack of revolution, and its survival and commodification in the present. Camille Bacon-S…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:33PMMonday, September 11, 2023
Gunnar Montana’s immersive Black Wood is a dark and bloody exploration of women’s power through sorcery and sexuality. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:30PMTuesday, July 4, 2023
Headlines about mobs of disruptive teens are dominating
Philly this year. Why won’t we invest in spaces that welcome youngsters
and keep them safe? Camille Bacon-Smith considers, in a conv…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:32PMSunday, June 25, 2023
AMM & DCO has successfully carved a creative niche on Philly’s dance scene among the city’s larger institutions. Its latest presentation mixes new and recent work reflecting on the p…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:17PMWednesday, June 7, 2023
Camille Bacon-Smith catches up with Caleb Teicher to talk about the upcoming Swing Out show, Lindy Hop, and more.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:22PMTuesday, June 6, 2023
The Chocolate Ballerina Company, a contemporary community-based dance organization for artists of color in the Philly region, offered an impressive new take on Swan Lake with an all-ages ens…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:08PMTuesday, May 16, 2023
The all-women dance troupe taps into the old and familiar and blend it with new and refreshing in this year’s edition of On Tap. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:00PMTuesday, April 25, 2023
Moving… Beyond Forward, an evening of four exciting works at the Kimmel’s Perelman Theater, highlighted longtime PHILADANCO! creators with a mix of premieres and reimagined older work. C…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:28PMTuesday, March 21, 2023
Philly loves bringing international artists to our cultural scene. But whether they come from Brazil or China, England or Nigeria, they face a gauntlet of challenges from US immigration law.…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:17PMWednesday, March 15, 2023
Camille Bacon-Smith previews the upcoming triple bill from Philadelphia Ballet, featuring three ballets from the late choreographer George Balanchine.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:54AMWednesday, March 1, 2023
Artistic director and dancer Angel Corella tries a less-is-more approach in this adaptation of the fairy tale. Camille Bacon-Smith previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:13PMTuesday, February 28, 2023
Alvin Ailey visited the Academy of Music for four performances, including work by Twyla Tharp and Ailey’s own piece celebrating Winnie and Nelson Mandela, and the beloved Revelations. Cami…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:51AMWednesday, December 14, 2022
Camille Bacon-Smith sits with faculty member and children’s ballet stager Jaime Santoro on staging The Nutcracker and teaching children how to perform.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:39PMMonday, November 14, 2022
SHARP Dance Company’s 2022 fall series featured both a revival and a highly anticipated premiere from founder and artistic Diane Sharp-Nachsin, plus intriguing gender subversions from gues…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:30PM 
