Breaking Bounds: Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers Defies Definition
March 9, 2010 · Posted by danceJournal ·
By Ellen Gerdes for The Dance Journal
Philadelphia’s Kun-Yang Lin has traveled across geographic and cultural boundaries as an artist. Taiwan-born, he first toured Europe working with post-modernist choreographers before moving to the United States in pursuit of the diverse, American modern dance opportunities offered by New York City. He later founded Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers with the mission to draw, “upon an Asian American cultural perspective…[to] transcend cultural boundaries and speak to the universality of the human experience.” Since leaving Taiwan eighteen years ago, he has felt a strong emotional connection to Taiwan as home and a curiosity about the artistic developments ...
Breaking Bounds: Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers Defies Definition
March 9, 2010 · Posted by danceJournal ·
By Ellen Gerdes for The Dance Journal
Philadelphia’s Kun-Yang Lin has traveled across geographic and cultural boundaries as an artist. Taiwan-born, he first toured Europe working with post-modernist choreographers before moving to the United States in pursuit of the diverse, American modern dance opportunities offered by New York City. He later founded Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers with the mission to draw, “upon an Asian American cultural perspective…[to] transcend cultural boundaries and speak to the universality of the human experience.” Since leaving Taiwan eighteen years ago, he has felt a strong emotional connection to Taiwan as home and a curiosity about the artistic developments ...
Groovaloo mixes hip-hop and theater
March 6, 2010 · Posted by danceJournal ·
Hip-hop dance phenomenon The Groovaloos, best known for the breakout winning performance on “Superstars of Dance” and appearances on “So You Think You Can Dance,” will bring the electric dance show GROOVALOO to the Merriam Theater at 250 South Broad St. in Philadelphia from Tuesday, March 9 through Sunday, March 14. Performances are Tuesday through Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m.; and matinees Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets range from $25 to $59.50 and can be purchased by calling (215) 731-3333 or visiting www.kimmelcenter.org.
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Groovaloo mixes hip-hop and theater
March 6, 2010 · Posted by danceJournal ·
Hip-hop dance phenomenon The Groovaloos, best known for the breakout winning performance on “Superstars of Dance” and appearances on “So You Think You Can Dance,” will bring the electric dance show GROOVALOO to the Merriam Theater at 250 South Broad St. in Philadelphia from Tuesday, March 9 through Sunday, March 14. Performances are Tuesday through Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m.; Friday and Saturday evenings at 8 p.m.; Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m.; and matinees Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets range from $25 to $59.50 and can be purchased by calling (215) 731-3333 or visiting www.kimmelcenter.org.
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SRUTI to present the Nrtiyagram Dance Ensemble from India
March 1, 2010 · Posted by danceJournal ·
SRUTI, The India Music and Dance Society is presenting an Indian classical dance performance in the Odissi style by the Nrityagram Ensemble from India in collaboration with Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA.
The event will take place on Saturday March 27, 2010 at 8:00 pm at the Montgomery County Community College Science Center Theater, Blue Bell, PA. Tickets are $20, $25 and $35 with a $5 discount for seniors and students. All seats are reserved and tickets can be bought online at http://sruti.tix.com.
The internationally acclaimed Nrityagram Dance Ensemble from Southern India will present Pratima: Reflection. ...
SRUTI to present the Nrtiyagram Dance Ensemble from India
March 1, 2010 · Posted by danceJournal ·
SRUTI, The India Music and Dance Society is presenting an Indian classical dance performance in the Odissi style by the Nrityagram Ensemble from India in collaboration with Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA.
The event will take place on Saturday March 27, 2010 at 8:00 pm at the Montgomery County Community College Science Center Theater, Blue Bell, PA. Tickets are $20, $25 and $35 with a $5 discount for seniors and students. All seats are reserved and tickets can be bought online at http://sruti.tix.com.
The internationally acclaimed Nrityagram Dance Ensemble from Southern India will present Pratima: Reflection. ...
Misnomer Dance Theater, Connecting People
February 26, 2010 · Posted by Movmnt Magazine ·
Connecting People, Misnomer Dance Theater
Christopher Elam jumps. A 50-foot wall shoots out from his feet. Misnomer Dance Theater’s Director has the ground spinning beneath him. Structural forms emerge from his every movement, building a city through physical inspiration.
In the motion capture technology world, the rules bend. “In some ways it’s similar to what one might envision in their body while dancing. But the beautiful irony for a dancer is that you’re very much rooted in the reality of space: the length of muscles, how far you can jump. Only in our minds [can] we extend those concepts,” explains Christopher Elam, ...
A question of morality! Temple MFA Thesis Concert
February 17, 2010 · Posted by danceJournal ·
Emerging Choreographers Angela Sigley, Jessica C. Warchal-King, and Laura Zimmerman question the role (and lack) of morality and ethics in our society in a joint modern dance concert. Each performance will include all three dance works.
Angela Sigley presents The Rented World, an exploration of fear and morbid curiosity. The movement is chilling and unsettling, but sparks of beauty flash out from beneath the harsh exterior of violence and death, images cultivated from horror films. Convinced that morbid curiosity is an unexplainable and unavoidable aspect of human nature, Sigley is researching the societal fascination with violence and death as entertainment, highlighting ...
A question of morality! Temple MFA Thesis Concert
February 17, 2010 · Posted by danceJournal ·
Emerging Choreographers Angela Sigley, Jessica C. Warchal-King, and Laura Zimmerman question the role (and lack) of morality and ethics in our society in a joint modern dance concert. Each performance will include all three dance works.
Angela Sigley presents The Rented World, an exploration of fear and morbid curiosity. The movement is chilling and unsettling, but sparks of beauty flash out from beneath the harsh exterior of violence and death, images cultivated from horror films. Convinced that morbid curiosity is an unexplainable and unavoidable aspect of human nature, Sigley is researching the societal fascination with violence and death as entertainment, highlighting ...
An evening of riotous rhythms
February 10, 2010 · Posted by danceJournal ·
On Saturday, March 20th, Tap Team Two will be presenting their new work, “Reflections – Emotions in Motion, Rhythms in Rhymes, Spirits in Bodies Dancing in Time” at the Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Avenue.
This evening of riotous rhythms will incorporate tap dance, original spoken word poetry and the stunning artwork by visual artist Bob Burden, Sr. Performing along with Tap Team Two will be special guest Darrel Williams. Choreography for the evening was composed by Robert Burden, Jr., Corinne Karon and Pamela Hetherington. Spoken word artists will include Yvonne Sampson, JoAnna Turner, Charles Tyson, Jr. and Nicholas Wilson.
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