Tuesday, April 29, 2025
PHILADANCO! marked its 55th anniversary with world premieres by Tommie-Waheed Evans and Ray Mercer, plus works from the early aughts that are relevant today, including a tribute to Alvin Ail…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:27AMTuesday, April 8, 2025
The 7 Fingers offers a thrilling acrobatic take on a classic tragedy. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:02PMWednesday, April 2, 2025
Dance Up Close ‘25, a midweek dance series presented by Philadelphia Dance Projects, springs to life with Jumper Cables. Melissa Strong previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:44PMTuesday, April 1, 2025
Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers reflected on the moon in Luna (月): Dance, Myth, and Nature, with vibrant repertory works and striking world premieres by Weiwei Ma, Evalina Carbonell, and Kun-Yang Lin…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:50AMTuesday, March 18, 2025
Rennie Harris Puremovement celebrates street dance in the world premiere of American Street Dancer. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 08:54AMFriday, February 14, 2025
As Philly celebrates the Eagles, BalletX flexes its own muscles with two world premieres in a dramatic Winter Series. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:55PMMonday, January 27, 2025
Montreal’s Agora de la danse, a venue and incubator for contemporary dance, brought its virtual-reality experience, Koros, to Philly for the first time with a weekend of showings at the An…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:21PMFriday, November 15, 2024
BalletX kicks off its 19th season with more dancers, a new venue, and works by Marguerite Donlon, Matthew Neenan, and Takehiro Ueyama. The works showcase the quality and range of the company…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:12PMThursday, November 14, 2024
Brian Sanders’ JUNK presents a limited-run showcase of Urban Scuba featuring a new musical score. Melissa Strong previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:35AMTuesday, October 22, 2024
To kick off the “B-Side” series of its current Queer Revolutions season, EgoPo welcomes longtime collaborators Abrahamse & Meyer Productions with The Knightly Quest, a relatively lit…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:20PMSaturday, September 14, 2024
Laurel Johnson’s Grief Astronomer, part of the Cannonball Festival in the 2024 Philly Fringe, journeys through childhood trauma, disability, and the cosmos. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:36PMThursday, September 12, 2024
Tyshaun & Shekinah’s Forbidden Fruit, a circus-dance work about Black experiences, is part of Cannonball’s inaugural Black Circus Week. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:20PMMonday, September 9, 2024
For this year’s cabaret-style Fringe entry, REV Theatre Company takes over a basement nightclub with MY BIG FANG VAMPIRE WEDDING, boasting great music and committed performers. Melissa Str…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 05:22PMSaturday, August 31, 2024
Choreographer Caili Quan sits down with contributor Melissa Strong to discuss her journey from Guam to Philly and from dancer to choreographer.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:11PMTuesday, July 30, 2024
New York Circus Project’s Hamlet put an inventive circus spin on Shakespeare’s well-known tragedy with performances at Philly’s FringeArts in late July. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:22PMWednesday, July 24, 2024
Freelancer Alyssandra Docherty talks about her work as a lighting designer, how the light bulb got turned on for her, and how she manages to keep learning and growing. Melissa Strong preview…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 06:55AMTuesday, July 16, 2024
The
fallout from the June closure of UArts continues for students, staff, faculty,
and alumni, including artists who are central to Philly’s dance scene. Melissa
Strong talks to Keila Pér…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 11:36AMTuesday, July 2, 2024
A split bill from Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Company and Yu.S.Artistry titled Two Worlds offered strikingly different styles of contemporary dance, from folklore and fantasy to urgent re…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:16AMTuesday, June 18, 2024
A new opera about the visionary but little-known painter Hilma af Klint perpetuates longstanding dismissals of women artists and may be a keen disappointment to fans of her work. Melissa Str…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:09PMMonday, May 20, 2024
Meredith Rainey’s BUILDING takes a metatheatrical approach to his work as the Performance Garage’s DanceVisions 2023-2024 Resident Artist. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:31PMTuesday, April 30, 2024
The world premiere of Koresh’s Hollow Apple tackles a timely subject in its 2024 Spring Home Season performance. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:27PMMonday, April 22, 2024
Kun-Yang Lin Dancers shine in the world premiere of Breath into Air alongside Mandala Project and works by Weiwei Ma and Evalina Carbonell. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:49PMTuesday, April 9, 2024
Philadelphia dancer and choreographer Gary W. Jeter II presents Filaments, a work exploring connections between humans and the structure of the universe. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:13PMTuesday, April 2, 2024
Blurb (a two- or three-sentence summary): Roger Lee Dance Company presents Galaxy, a timely new family-friendly performance inspired by the Milky Way. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:40PMTuesday, February 20, 2024
Two artists with ties to Koresh Dance Company, Melissa Rector
and Jim Bunting, continue their choreography journeys with a collaborative performance
exploring healing, truth, and self-awaren…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 01:33PMWednesday, February 7, 2024
Choreographer Sarah Carlson and composer Vernon J. Mobley explore trauma in The Body Keeps the Score: Dancing with Trauma and Recovery, an original work inspired by Bessel van der Kolk’s w…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:00AMTuesday, January 23, 2024
LA-based dance troupe BODYTRAFFIC takes an inclusive perspective on contemporary dance, featuring a world premiere by Matthew Neenan and a repertory work by Trey McIntyre. Melissa Strong rev…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 12:12PMWednesday, December 20, 2023
Flair Dance Company’s Cracked Nuts celebrates the holidays with a modern, comic twist on The Nutcracker. Melissa Strong previews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 04:37PMTuesday, December 12, 2023
Melissa Strong used to leave the lights on after watching The X-Files, and hated doing anything risky or scary. But when she pushed herself to begin watching horror movies, she experienced a…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 02:44PMPHILADANCO! honors late resident choreographer Gene Hill Sagan in a program also including two company premieres and two world premieres featuring returning and new choreographers. Melissa S…
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 10:59AMMonday, October 23, 2023
In its 2023 Fall Series, BalletX presents Eros & Psyche by Jamar Roberts, Exalt by Jennifer Archibald, and the world premiere of Siete by Matthew Neenan. Melissa Strong reviews.
SOURCE: Broad Street Review at 03:26PM 
