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The Empathetic Art of Teaching: Two Weeks of Community Class with Peggy Baker
Like a rescue plane hovering over my somewhat helter-skelter dancing life, Peggy Baker is a relief effort.
January 26, 2012
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Resurrecting the Past
Dancefusion Breathes Life into Historic Modern Dance
January 4, 2012
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An Annual Nut to Crack
When my son was seven or eight years old, he sweetly invited me on a “date.” His invitation was for the Nutcracker.
December 21, 2011
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Continuing the Conversation on the Role of Performance Criticism...
A dance maker reflects on where reviews fit and the role of citizen critics.
December 9, 2011
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Two Women Walk Out
Jeanne Ruddy has resolved to shutter her eponymous 12-year-old company whose works I have grown to adore.
December 7, 2011
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More Than a Master Class: Dance “as it was meant to be”
Former Isadora Duncan Dance Company member Alice Bloch led students through a 90-minute session blending history, anatomy, gender and sexual politics.
November 23, 2011
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Philly PARD’s R&D for Dance
Philly Performance Arts Research & Development (PARD) offers classes and workshops, describing itself as “a laboratory for the investigation of dance and movement-based art forms.”
November 17, 2011
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On working with Lucinda Childs, a choreographer whose work endures
How is it to dance Lucinda Child’s demanding minimalist work? TD writer Megan Bridge fills us in in advance of the November 11 showing of Work(s)on View
November 10, 2011
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