BalletX dances with the camera in three very short films that explore collaborations between choreographers, dancers, filmmakers, and the urban and natural landscapes of the city and its exu…
PHILADANCO! explored love and struggle with emotional performances by Joe González and Janine Beckles, in a show that brought distanced audiences as close as possible to the theater. Cami…
Any serious Philly arts fan knows by now that local companies and venues aren't sitting out the pandemic. But big or small, how are they making the shift to distanced performances? Camille B…
BalletX opens its 15th season virtually with a quartet of world premieres in film from choreographers as near as the company's own star, Caili Quan, and as far as New Zealand's Loughlan Prio…
Choreographer Jessica Warchal-King's JCWK Dance Lab curates a web-based journey through the process of creating a dance that explores the idea of home at the 2020 Philly Fringe. Camille Baco…
Just as it was poised to transition to its new home at the Perelman, the Pennsylvania Ballet hit the same crisis as every other live arts producer. Camille Bacon-Smith speaks with the organi…
Just like any major city, Philly wouldn't be the same without the lights in its sky. Camille Bacon-Smith talks to the people who keep them on.
Perhaps more than many other art forms, dance relies on the physical energy between dancers and their audience. Adapting to life in a pandemic is a special challenge for these companies. Lea…
Photographer Alexander Iziliaev put one passion aside when he became a dancer. But now that he's off the stage, he can bring something to his art form that others behind the camera cannot. H…
For anyone who's longing to get back to the museum, PMA curator of European art Jennifer Thompson talks to Camille Bacon-Smith about shaking up the collection.
In 'Foreign Tongues,' Austrian dance company Liquid Loft mingled with the audience to explore communication through space and gesture and the spoken word. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
The Pennsylvania Ballet presents 'La Bayadère,' a classic tale of love and jealousy, betrayal and remorse set in a colonizers' vision of an India that never was. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
A site-adaptive work from Tori Lawrence & Co. engages modernist industrial architecture as found artistic spaces. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Balanchine's 'Nutcracker' is a dance lover's seasonal favorite, but after 27 years of working with the PA Ballet's orchestra, music director Beatrice Jona Affron has a thing or two to say ab…
Philly's own Kulu Mele celebrated its 50th anniversary at the Annenberg with the world-premiere 'Ogun and the People,' a story of the Orisha based on Afro-Cuban culture. Camille Bacon-Smith …
'Taj Express' brings Mumbai to Philadelphia in director Shruti Merchant's gleeful explosion of color, dance, and music from the creators of India's Bollywood musicals. Camille Bacon-Smith re…
The Pennsylvania Ballet presents three diverse choreographic voices in a trio of contemporary world premieres. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
The Pennsylvania Ballet's all-Stravinsky program drew from his earliest collaborations with George Balanchine in the 1920s to new works by Philadelphia choreographer Mathew Neenan. Camille B…
The Pennsylvania Ballet presents 'Giselle,' a tale of love and betrayal and vengeful spirits. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
The Pennsylvania Ballet presents 'Giselle,' a tale of love and betrayal and vengeful spirits. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
BalletX presents new works by 2019 choreographic fellow Katarzyna Skarpetowska, and mentor and long-time BalletX collaborator Nicolo Fonte. An East Coast premiere by dancer and choreographer…
Annenberg Center Live and NextMove Dance present Dance Theater of Harlem in residency, with a world premiere by choreographer (and Philadelphia native) Robert Garland. Camille Bacon-Smith re…
Pennsylvania ballet artistic director Angel Corella is making plans for the company's next step, onto stages beyond the U.S. But it's going to need some new partners. Camille Bacon-Smith con…
The Pennsylvania Ballet presents 'Swan Lake,' the most iconic and best-loved ballet in the classical repertoire. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
In Pilobolus's 'Shadowland,' a young girl exploring adulthood enters a dream world of shadows. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.