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A dancer wears a feathered head piece and bright red garment with yellow, orange, black, and white strips of fabrics that dangle as they dance in front of a black backdrop.
Photo: Native Nations Dance Theater
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Dancing Afroindigeneity

Caitlin Green
  • From Africa to Turtle Island and the Caribbean…
On a dark smokey stage littered with fruit loops and rocks, two dancers whip their hair forward from a wide second position plie (legs wide, turned out, and bent), their hands smacking their thighs. The dancers are dressed like it’s the 70s and they’re going to the club: one in an orange halter jumpsuit with sparkly fringe, the other wearing tall silver heeled boots, purple booty shorts, and a fluorescent green shirt with flared sleeves.
Photo: Maria Baranova
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Friday night rat catchers suck the titties dry

Xander Cobb

Lisa & Lena’s dance theater extravaganza is disgusting and impeccable.

Five dancers rest their cheeks on one another's shoulders in a long, diagonal line. They cup one another's elbows and stare directly into the camera.
Photo by Daniel Sohn
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Birdsong and Being

Megan Mizanty

It’s okay to stop and watch the world turn.

Edu Dìaz dressed in an ornate gown with a big white lacy collar stands speaking to the right. Behind them is a bluye projection of what appears to be someone screaming. The projection is framed by a red velvet curtain.
Photo by Ruby Goldner
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The Theatre Begs for Exploitation

Nadia Ureña

Her majesty desperately wants us to consume the beast.

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Photo: An evening with Simone Forti, K.J. Holmes and Daniel Lepkoff And a conversation with the artists moderated by Wendy Perron. "Sundays on Broadway" Cathy Weis Projects Performers: performance photographed: Sunday, June 4, 2017; 6:00 PM at WeisAcres in SoHo, 537 Broadway, #3 (between Prince and Spring Streets) NYC; Photograph: © 2017 Richard Termine PHOTO CREDIT - Richard Termine
Photo: Cathy Weis
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Simone Forti—A Remembrance

Eric Schoefer
  • "Notice what you notice"
A maroon graphic says “Philadelphia Butoh Collective” in white bold font. Below the words there’s a black emblem with an image of a person sitting on the ground with one foot and their arms raised in the air. Red lettering overlays the image and also reads “Philadelphia Butoh Collective. To the right, lining the border, there are duplicate images of two people in motion. One is bent over from the waist with arms hanging to the ground, and the other stands with bent knees, hinging slightly backward with one arm outstretched and the other folded over their torso. To the far left border, vertical lettering reads “two new pieces” in black, bold font.
Photo: Philadelphia Butoh Collective
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Butoh: Addressing The Discomfort

Caitlin Green
  • There’s drool, (and lots of it).
A dancer with short hair reaches their right arm forward, left arm back with their head bowed down. They stand with their left leg slightly turned out and bent, their right leg extended behind them.
Photo by Jeff Warden
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Wake up with a gasp

Megan Mizanty
  • Foursome Performance plumbs subterranean depths.
In a black and white photograph, two men lean their foreheads into one another while blurry people walk around them.
Photo: Joan Dwiartanto
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Off Your Feet

Megan Mizanty
  • five two dance company sweeps and defies
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From the Archives

A collection of featured work from our archives across the years

Two women standing in a spotlit space, each with a yellow top and white pants with the taller, Zoe Rabinowitz, gazing aside, embraces and holds Mary McGrath to her chest, one arm around her blond hair, the other around her back, her face buried in Rabinowitz’s chest.
Photo: Sara Radin
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Two tD Writers + Two Fringe Shows — A Reflective Conversation

Jonathan Stein
  • Dance and theater from artists/daughters address their mothers’ dementia.
Photo: Colleen Sirisky
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‘Time of Truth’–A Coming of Age Dance

Rhonda Moore
  • The entire cast jockeys between individual and collective truths.
Photo: Sam Tower
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New Maps from the Fringe Festival

Ellen Chenoweth
  • What new connections and directions emerge this year from the Fringe Festival's explosion of artistic expression?
Photo: Julieta Cervantes
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We Are Moses

Kalila Kingsford Smith
  • Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group's Moses(es) brings to life the nature of leadership within a community.

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