2013

Friday, June 21, 7:30pm
One Night Only, with Alchemy Dance Company and guest artists
Tickets: $15 in advance through www.danceboxoffice.com / $20 at the door

Celebrate the Summer Solstice with Alchemy Dance Company. One Night Only will feature the work of Alchemy's Artistic Director Amy Harding as well as other local dance companies including Roger Lee Dance Company, Danse4Nia, and Melissa Chisena. Join Alchemy Dance Company for an evening of dynamic contemporary movement. www.alchemydance.org.

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Friday, June 14, 10:30pm
Philly Late Night at the Performance Garage
$12 suggested donation

10:00pm | Edibles and Drinks
10:30pm – 11:30pm | Performance

From aerial delights to fierce feminine roots, a sneak peak at homegrown artists at our homegrown venue.

Tangle Movement Arts

Featuring short works by Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble, Megan Mazarick, Nora Gibson Performance Project, Stone Depot Dance Lab/Ellie Goudie-Averill, Tangle Movement Arts, The Requisite Movers (Lela Aisha Jones/FlyGround and Deneane Richburg/BrownBody).

Lela Aisha Jones

For tickets and further information, please contact Judy Williams | Performance Garage | (215) 569 – 4060.

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Saturday, June 8, 6pm
Next Step 2013: The Annual Spring Concert of Danse4Nia Conservatory, featuring Nia-Next (the Jr./ Apprentice Company of Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble), Vocalist William Morrison, Spoken Word Artist Sharna "Firestarter" Patterson & the dancers from Nueva Esperanza Charter High School.
Tickets: $15

 

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Saturday, May 25, 4pm
Dorothy Emanuel Recreation Center's Verve Danz Ensemble presents Verve: The Company Experience
Tickets: $10. For ticket information, contact Director Katina Mackey-Green at 267-253-3589 or email vervedanzensemble@gmail.com.

 

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Friday and Saturdays, May 10, 11 & 18, 7:30pm
Sunday, May 19, 6pm
Meredith Lyons, Eleanor Goudie-Averill and Settlement Music School present ZIPLINE:premiering the works of 8 emerging & seasoned female choreographers
Tickets: $15 General; $10, Students, Seniors and DancePass

Zipline connects points near and far with 8 choreographers, the nationally presented and the up-and-coming, from five different cities. In a deliberate decision to support female choreographers with a drive to create bold and intriguing dance works, the artists curated for the two weekends of performance are: Amy Lynne Barr, Sarah Gamblin, Ellie Goudie-Averill/Stone Depot Dance Lab, Jennifer Kayle, Tori Lawrence + Co, Meredith Lyons, Sarah Rosner/A. O. Movement Collective, and Pamela Vail; along with dancers Edward Rice (Sleep No More, Then She Fell); Anna Adams Stark, Lillie De, Leah Ives & Emily Skillings (AOMC, NYC), Bethany Nelson (Jackson, Mississippi), and Philadelphia's own Katherine Kiefer Stark. Each weekend will feature a different combination of performances by both Philadelphia artists and nationally recognized choreographers. Each night will open with live music performed by the faculty of Settlement Music School.

Support for Zipline is provided by New Stages for Dance, which is a program of Dance/USA Philadelphia. Leadership support for the New Stages for Dance Initiative is provided by MetLife Foundation.

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Saturday, May 4, 11am-11pm
Performance Garage Dance Marathon
For more info, click on our PGDM Facebook page here.

On Saturday, May 4, 2013, the Performance Garage (PG) will host its first annual Dance Marathon, a fundraiser to support “that perfect incubator of original work, the Performance Garage.” – Jessica Foley, Philadelphia Weekly. From 11:00am-7:30pm, the fundraiser will take place on the 1500 block of Brandywine Street, as the PG creates a community block party—an open street festival bringing together local businesses, patrons and the Philadelphia dance and art communities. From 8:00-11:00pm, marathon participants will be welcomed into the theatre for a late night dance party and the announcement of the competition winner. The PG will welcome individuals as they walk through the community block party, or join in the late night fun. Sign up here.

Dance Marathon Schedule
10-11am Registration/Check-in
11-11:05am Welcome
11:05-12noon Yoga, with Michelle Tantoco
12-12:15pm Performance by the PG Youth Outreach Class
12:15-1pm Belly Dancing, with Habiba
1-1:15pm Performance by Habiba Dance Ensemble
1:15-2pm Zumba, with Erica Green
2-2:15pm Performance by Brat Productions
2:15-3:15pm Hip hop, with Christina "C-Bunny" Sarini
3:15-3:30pm Performance by Raphael Xavier
3:30-4:15pm Ballet, with Alexei Borovik
4:15-4:30pm Performance by Alchemy Dance Company
4:30-5:15pm Lady Gaga class, with Philly Dance Fitness
5:15-5:30pm Thank you to sponsors
5:30-6:30pm Modern dance class, with Ellie Goudie-Averill
6:30-6:45pm Final daytime break
6:45-7:30pm Improv class, with Manfred Fischbeck
7:30-7:45pm Performance by Tangle Movement Arts
8-11pm Club PG, with DJ Keith Souder

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Thursday, Friday and Saturday, April 25, 26 & 27, 8pm
Group Motion and Olive Prince Dance present Juncture
TICKETS, $24 general admission / $12 students, seniors and DancePASS

Group Motion Company presents two revived works, "Visitors" (1993) and "Inroads" (1992), in honor and celebration of their 45th anniversary. Both of these works represent high points of the 90’s generation of the company, with "Inroads" being considered the signature piece of that time. The common ground or 'juncture' between the Group Motion works is that of traveling, and the archetypes of arrival and departure.

Olive Prince Dance will present her latest choreographic investigation, "twine", which premiered at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in February 2013 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Women’s Studies Program where OPD was commissioned to make site dance in the library of a chapel. Exploring the psychology of women in relation to internal power and the external gaze, "twine" explores the concepts of task, display, action, and the collective strength of women through dance.

"I Jumped Into Some Animal's Throat" is a new work, created and performed by Brigitta Herrmann, Group Motion co-founder and workshop co-director, about which she says: “voices and images waiting in the wings to be seen and heard, I defrost my refrigerated thoughts."

Dancers include Lindsay Browning, Patricia Dominguez, Eleanor Goudie-Averill, Leanne Grieger, Brigitta Herrmann, Elizabeth Reynolds, Emily Reynolds, Eiren Shuman, Caroline O'Brien, Guillermo Ortega Tanus, Olive Prince, Jennifer Rose, Marlena Weinberg, and Hedy Wyland.

Support for Juncture is provided by New Stages for Dance, which is a program of Dance/USA Philadelphia. Leadership support for the New Stages for Dance Initiative is provided by MetLife Foundation.

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Saturday, April 20, 8pm and Sunday, April 21, 6pm
Project Moshen presents Trapped
Tickets: $20 (at the door, cash only)
Reservations: project.moshen@gmail.com

Trapped explores the life of a new inmate in a military prison and what she does to survive. This immate is determined to change her life and decides that escape is her only path to succeed. Once she is free, she evades capture by living under an alias. However, as much as she wants her past not to dictate her actions, she is trapped in this lifestyle and ends up doing another crime. Ultimately, she ends up back in prison and never realizes that the change needs to come from within.

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Thursday and Friday, April 18 & 19, 7pm
Versatile Dance Company presents Richard Walters in Concert
Tickets: $30, $25 with Student ID. www.DanceBoxOffice.com

Promoting his latest album Regret Less, Richard Walters will be singing a full set list of his original music, danced by non-profit organization Versatile Dance Company, as a benefit performance to raise money for their future projects. Richard's music has been featured on TV shows such as "So You Think You Can Dance", "CSI: Miami", "Criminal Minds", and "Grey's Anatomy".

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Friday, April 12, 6:30pm
Philadelphia Jazz Project presents a Listening Party!
FREE admission, raffles, door prizes and fun refreshments!

Enjoy a fun-filled evening, showcasing recently released recordings from Philadelphia’s finest musicians, facilitated by WRTI deejay,J. Michael Harrison. Featured Music By: Bobby Zankel - saxophone, Mars Apes - Quartet from UArts - including Mark Allen & Sandy Eldred, Luke Carlos O'Reilly - piano, Larry Tamanini- guitar, Jamaladeen Tacuma - bass. Featured Performing Artists: Michael Gleason, Comedian, Terri Lyons, Poet, Brian Beverley, Magician.

RSVP at rsvp@philajazzproject.org. Read more about PJP here.

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Saturday, April 6, 7:30pm
ContempraDance Theatre "Heats the Stage"
Tickets: Adults/Children $20. Purchase online here.
Phone orders and more info: 610-225-3007
For more info, call or email info@contempradance.com or go to website here.

Presenting an evening of mixed repertoire works by Artistic Director Gail Vartanian including the pulsating "Whispering Echoes," the hilarious "Hangeraphobia,"the wild and crazy "Crash Course,""TimeDance", depicting the history of dance and music throughout time and the impact each have had on society in different eras from 1900's to present, and the provocative “My Baby Grand” performed for the first time in over 7 years!

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Friday and Saturday, March 29 & 30, 8pm
Dangerous And Movin' Dance Company presents EvoL
With Special Guest Jessica Warchal-King
Tickets: $15 ($20 at the Door). Purchase online at: http://danceboxoffice.com/product_details.php?item_id=69

-Love is a disease. If you are infected by it, you are eradicated. If you want love, you must fight for it.-

EvoL: Welcome to a world where its inhabitants do not have love or compassion for one another. If you are found to have these qualities, you are deemed a threat to society and are executed. EvoL is a story that follows 5 citizens who are "infected" and try to conceal their emotions in order to survive. How can one cope living in such a place? Sacrifices have to be made. Vices are taken. But can they really survive living this way? Face death or fight for love. Choose.

Contact: dAm@dAmDance.com / (610) 659-0495
Info: www.dAmDance.com

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Sunday, March 24, 5:30pm
Danse4Nia presents Blush
General Admission: $20 in advance ($25 at the door)
Students/Seniors with ID: $15; DancePass Holders: $10.00
*Groups of 10 or more: $15 each (contact antoinette@danse4nia.org for details). Get tickets here.

During their 7th Annual Concert Season, Danse4Nia will present the premiere of "hOMe," a new work by Johari Mayfield, principal dancer and rehearsal director of Forces of Nature Dance Theatre. The concert will also include treasured works from the company's repertory, including "Moments" (choreography by Bill Thomas) and "Standing in my Skin" (choreography by Hollie E. Wright.) This event will include an artist talkback following the performance.

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Roger Lee Dance returns to the Garage with its sophomore concert series, "Take 2." The spring concert features 4 new works by Roger Lee. The performances combine contemporary jazz dance with soul music to create a memorable, uplifting, and entertaining experience for audiences of all ages. Buy tickets here. More info here.

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Friday, March 1 @ 8pm; Saturday, March 2 @ 3 & 8pm; Sunday, March 3 @ 6pm
Alchemy Dance Company presents I Am We
Tickets: $15 in advance at www.danceboxoffice.com or $20 at the door.

Alchemy's 2013 Home Season Performances will premiere 2 new works by Artistic Director Amy Harding. I Am We explores the concept that separation is an illusion and that we are all one on some level. Through Alchemy's stylized contemporary movement, 6 dancers allow you to glimpse a bit of who they are, have been, or have yet to be. This show will also feature Follies, which is an energetic romp poking fun at social structures and relationships.

Running time: approximately 75 minutes
Contact: info@alchemydance.org / 484-680-2200
Website: www.alchemydance.org

Alchemy Dance Company is a New Stages for Dance recipient. The Performance Garage is a partnering venue in Dance/USA Philadelphia's New Stages for Dance Initiative. Leadership support for the New Stages for Dance Initiative is provided by MetLife Foundation.

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Saturday, February 23, 6:30-9:30pm
Shushanna Productions presents Philly Hafla
Tickets: $15, children age 10 and under are free with an adult.
Pot Luck and BYO. For more info and tickets, click here.

Dancers will include Guest Star and Workshops Instructor Samira Shuruk, plus Shushanna, Michelle DeVine & Mahalat, Azhia, Zadyra and the UnderBellies, Nadira, Sanchali Tribal Dance, Anastasia Bischak, Zaida Rising, Lorelei, Troupe Mayabelles, Femme Fatals and more! (Photo of Samira) Musicians will include Guest Star and Workshop Instructor Carmine Guida, plus Casey Bond, Sean McGarry, Christina Glaudel Bahrt, Jawhara Edwards and more!

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Friday, January 25, 8-11pm
Kaleid Theatre presents KaleidoCabaret!
Tickets: Purchase your tickets here now!
In advance - VIP-$60, General Admission-$32, Industry-$22
At the door - General Admission-$35, Industry-$25

Kaleid Theatre (as in kaleidoscope, as in collide) is an ensemble-based theatre company that is dedicated to exploring the language of theatre – the language of voice, movement, image, and live performance. Meet some of Philadelphia’s dancers, musicians, jugglers, and theatre artists as they use different mediums and specialties to explore the theme of “colliding.” In the air and on the ground, these performers will probe the social, physical, and metaphorical dimensions of this world.

For even more fun, there will be a raffle full of goodies from theatre tickets to vouchers for local classes to baskets of just plain fun goodies. There will be drawings for door prizes all through the evening – just show up for a chance to win one! Top it off with desserts, drinks, and dancing.

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2012

Tuesday, December 4, 7pm

Saturday and Sunday, December 1 & 2, 8pm
In Performance: The 2012 Choreographers Project
Featuring choreography by Bronwen MacArthur, Gabrielle Revlock, & Raphael Xavier

Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 for DancePass holders, students with ID, & senior citizens. Tickets at the door

For 32 years, Susan Hess Modern Dance has promoted experimentation in contemporary dance by bringing innovative local choreographers into residency and presenting their works, as well as inviting innovators in movement and performance to engage with Philadelphia audiences.

In the final performance weekend of their 2011-12 residency, the choreographers at Susan Hess Modern Dance present an eclectic mix of original works that revisit, remake or veer completely away from their creations over the past year. Gabrielle Revlock screens work done for Dances Made to Order while exploring new concepts; Bronwen MacArthur crafts a solo out of material developed this fall; and Raphael Xavier sets a new segment on performer Leanne Grieger. The artists close with a "scrambled eggs" improv segment sure to challenge each other and themselves!

For more information, contact Susan Hess Modern Dance at hessdance@aol.com, or visit their Web site at hessdance.org.

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Sunday, November 18, 7pm
The Habiba Studio Annual Hafla
Tickets: $25 (Includes show & complimentary wine reception) Tickets available on web site or at studio. Call 215-925-5436. www.habibastudio.com; habibaraqs@gmail.com.

This year will feature a special presentation of the legendary Egyptian wedding spectacle, The Zeffet al Arousa. Followed by Belly Dance shows to live music by: Amehlek, Fatima Bassmah, Samira, Judtih Sahira, Habiba & others. Special appearance by Troupe Devadasi.

Get up and Dance to the music of the Incomparable Mid-East Ensemble: Chris Marashlian, Roger Mgrdichian, Elias Sarkar, Bill Tayoun and Joe Tayoun.

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Friday and Saturday, October 19 & 20, 8pm
The Blind Faith Project presents Crossing Over
Tickets: $15; purchased at door or reserve in advance at blindfaithproject@hotmail.com.
Info: www.blindfaithproject.com

Join co-directors/choreographers Tiffany Delio & Daniela Galdi for a night of dance and fright as they explore the AFTERLIFE.

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Saturday, October 13, 8pm Revived (verb): "to restore to life, consciousness; regain life or strength; to renew." Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble is committed to fostering artistic growth and networking opportunities for young adults aged 12 to 18 whose interests lay heavily in pursuing a career in concert dance. To that end, we present Nia - Next, our apprentice company, in their first concert evening. With new members, high energy and youthful enthusiasm, Nia-Next is ready to make their own mark on the Philadelphia dance landscape.

For Tickets, Click Here!

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Friday, October 12, 8pm
ROGER LEE DANCE presents a SEASON 2 SNEAK PEAK
Tickets: $5; purchased at door or at www.rogerleedance.com.
For more info: 215-833-6961 or visit www.rogerleedance.com.

Roger Lee Dance is back with a one-night-only sneak peak of its second concert Take 2 (which will be here in March 2013). The event combines contemporary jazz and hip-hop dance with soul and popular music to create a memorable, uplifting and entertaining experience for the whole family.

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Sunday, October 7, 2-4:30pm, FREE
DEFINING OURSELVES:
Performance at the Intersections of Art and Social Change
Advance registration requested, please email
nancy.chen@asianartsinitiative.org or call 215-557-0455.

Sunday, May 20, 5:30pm
Tickets: $13 (purchased online before May 18th); $17 (onsite)

Samsara - The Cycle of Life
An Odissi performance by Shibani Patnaik

Samsāra is the soul’s journey through the cycle of birth, death and reincarnation. Shibani Patnaik explores the concept of Samsāra and themes related to the flow of life. While Shibani is deeply rooted in tradition, she provides a unique perspective in her individualistic style without sacrificing the core essence of classical Odissi dance. Odissi is an Indian classical dance form from the Eastern state of Orissa, dating back to the 2nd century BC. Odissi is well known for its lyricism, grace, asymmetrical body style and strong footwork. For more info, click here.

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Friday, May 18, 8pm

For more info about Infatuation Dance Company's Soliciting Saints, click here.

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Friday-Sunday, May 11-13, 8pm
Tickets: $15/10 (student/senior/artist)
Order tickets online at www.danceboxoffice.com

SAUDADE, The love that remains

Nicole Bindler and PIMA Group premiere new, experimental dance work featuring live, original music, visual art and video that explores nostalgia, social anxiety and haunting fairy tales.

PIMA Group premieres a new performance work entitled Broken Wings, a solo dance performance choreographed and performed by Melisa Putz, set to live piano accompaniment composed and performed by Thomas Clark. Broken Wings is inspired by the rich tradition of fables that tell the stories of animals given human-like qualities and seek to pass on the message of a moral. Inspiration is also drawn from nursery rhymes, many of which speak of morbid connections to historical events, such as ring around the rosie and its telling of deaths during The Plague.

Nicole Bindler premieres two dances: I Think Not, choreographed by Judson era luminary Deborah Hay, adapted and performed by Bindler, and Pia Mater, a large group work including a cast of 20 performers, with set design by Ana Hernandez. I Think Not is an intimate solo performed in the round. Click here for video excerpt. Pia Mater, Latin for tender mother, is the anatomical name for the innermost layer of connective tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Pia Mater is inspired by both the anatomical image and the idea of a tender mother. Five musician/composers perform live original music on traditional and newly invented instruments; they perform alongside the dancers and their presence is felt as a part of the choreography. Pia Mater contains moments of sublime beauty and also moments of extreme awkwardness. Click here for 2007 video excerpt.

PIMA Group is a New Stages for Dance recipient. The Performance Garage is a partnering venue in Dance/USA Philadelphia's New Stages for Dance Initiative. Leadership support for the New Stages for Dance Initiative is provided by MetLife Foundation.

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Friday-Saturday*, May 4 & 5 at 8pm; Sunday, May 6 at 3pm
*reception to follow Saturday's performance
Tickets: $15
www.headlong.org, 215.545.9195

Desire, a new show performed by the three Co-Directors of Headlong Dance Theater, and directed by K. Elizabeth Stevens, revolves around the dreamy, tender and sometimes heartbreaking impulses of a group of people inventing their own society; a group of lost souls trying “to make their community more so.”

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Friday & Saturday, April 27 & 28 at 8pm

Ekilibre Dance Company will present two performances of the evening length work rrrojo,with the participation of dancers from the Dance Division of Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Virginia. A sensual work for eight dancers with original music by Maurice Fraga, rrrojo is an investigation about what the color red can mean to us: passion and loathing to flirtation and seduction. Included in the program will be the duet Vicky and Marty which was just premiered in New York City this past January. These performances represent the premiere of Ekilibre Dance Company in Pennsylvania.

Tickets: $15 at the door; $12 in advance;
$10 students/seniors
Purchase your tickets at www.ekilibre.info/Information.html
email ● info@ekilibre.info; phone ● 540.542.6539

Ekilibre Dance Company is a sponsered project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization.

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Friday, April 20 at 8pm, Saturday, April 21 at 6 & 8pm

The inaugural season of Roger Lee Dance kicks off with three performances here at the Performance Garage! The performances combine contemporary jazz dance with soul music to create a memorable, uplifting and entertaining experience for audiences of all ages. Roger Lee Dance premieres 5 new dance works featuring original music from Danny Horowitz, familiar soul classics and a gospel medley in honor of the late Whitney Houston. Click here for tickets.

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Tuesday & Wednesday, April 17 & 18

Jeanne Ruddy Dance Performance Garage is proud to host the 4th annual Philadelphia Dance Showcase, which highlights the diverse range of dance being produced in Philadelphia. Philadelphia-based artists and companies are invited to perform work for local, national, and international presenters. The Showcase is a program of Dance USA/Philadelphia.

2012 Participating Artists: Pasión y Arte, Eleone Dance Theatre, Brian Sander's Junk, MacArthur Dance Project,
illstyle and Peace Productions, <fidget>, Olive Prince Dance,
Meg Foley/Moving Parts, Group Motion, Merián Soto Performance Practice, Da·Da·Dance Projects, Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble, anonymous bodies, Carbon Dance Theatre, Movement Brigade, Headlong Dance Theater, Rennie Harris RHAW, Megan Mazarick, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, Miller+Rothlein, Koresh Dance Company, Nichole Canuso Dance Company

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Friday, April 6, 7pm

The Wire Monkey
A Musical about Hope and TRANSformation
Book and Lyrics by Luke Allen
Choreography by Chantel Price-Brown

Tickets available in advance or at the door
$15.00 (Cash only)
Call 267-250-4449

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Thursdays, March 22 & 29, 7:30pm
Fridays & Saturdays, March 23-24 & 30-31, 8pm

Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective will be presenting six evenings of Dance/Theater entitled Reflexions. Works will reflect outreach IPDC has done in Haiti, North Philly and New Orleans with children traumatized by natural and/or socio-economic disasters. Featuring new work from Stephen Welsh/Swerve, Charles Tyson’s Underground Danceworks, Monster Squad and several independent choreographers.

EXCITING UPDATES!!! *Special Guest Artists* Michael T. Roberts, Eisa Jackson of Underground DanceWorks, Itola Byrd, and SHARP Dance Company (featuring work by Kevin Ferguson of Doug Elkins Dance Company) The excitement just keeps building and building...don't miss this show!!!

Tickets: $20 at the door; $15 advance; $10 students/seniors
Order tickets online at www.danceboxoffice.com

Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective is a New Stages for Dance recipient. The Performance Garage is a partnering venue in Dance/USA Philadelphia's New Stages for Dance Initiative. Leadership support for the New Stages for Dance Initiative is provided by MetLife Foundation.

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Friday-Saturday, March 16-17, 8pm

Artistic Director Gail Vartanian of ContempraDance Theatre and Artistic Director Scott Park of Dangerous And Movin' Dance Company present an evening of eclectic dance. Each company will premiere riveting new dance works choreographed by the Artistic Directors. You will be mesmerized with an evening of exuberant choreography.

Tickets: Adults $20 - Children $15 - Students $15 with ID
For more information call: 610.225.3007
e-mail: info@contempradance.com
or visit: www.contempradancetheatre.org
Order tickets online at: www.danceboxoffice.com

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Thursday-Sunday, March 8-11, 7:30pm (Sunday at 2pm)
PDP Presents 2012:
LEAH STEIN DANCE COMPANY’s 10^th Anniversary in performance with Poet Josey Foo, Musician Toshi Makihara and other special guests.
tickets: $15-$25, available at www.danceboxoffice.com.
Information/Reservations:  215.546.2552.

Dancer/Choreographer LEAH STEIN has directed her company for 10 years and been performing in the Philadelphia region, nationally and internationally since the late-80’s. Stein will celebrate this milestone by reprising solos, duets and small group works featuring present and past company members and other artistic collaborators.
http://www.leahsteindance.org/
http://philadanceprojects.org

"Movement so satisfying on a moment-to-moment basis... the kind of work that repays repeated viewing". - Phila. City Paper
"Intuitive, inventive, and enticing," her dances "unfold like a free verse, ...with an underlying sense of unity" - Dance Magazine

Leah Stein Dance Company is a New Stages for Dance recipient. The Performance Garage is a partnering venue in Dance/USA Philadelphia's New Stages for Dance Initiative. Leadership support for the New Stages for Dance Initiative is provided by MetLife Foundation.

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Saturday, March 3, 7:30pm
Alchemy Dance Company Fundraiser Performance
Tickets:$10 in advance through danceboxoffice.com
or $15 cash only at the door

Dance, Raffle, Prizes!
Alchemy's Fundraiser Performance will feature current and prior works by ADC in addition to presenting dance from other local artists including InMotion Dance Company, MM2 Dance Company, Kristin Narcowich, Putty Dance Project, and Jessica C. Warchal-King!
www.alchemydance.org, info@alchemydance.org

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Saturday, February 18, 7:30pm
Philadelphia Dance Projects Dance Up Close 2012
Faye Driscoll Informance: performance/video/artist/audience conversation, curated by choreographer, Meg Foley
Tickets: $15-$25 available on-line at www.danceboxoffice.com
Info/Reservations: 215.546.2552, www.philadanceprojects.org

Experience contemporary dance up close with PDP. Explore the trends and insights into the heart and mind of one of today’s most adventuresome choreographers, Faye Driscoll (New York). Faye Driscoll, originally from Venice Beach, CA, was hailed as "1 of 25 to watch out for in ‘08," by Dance Magazine. Her second evening length work 837 VENICE BOULEVARD was named "one of the top five dance shows of the year" by the New York Times and received a 2009 NY Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award. (www.fayedriscoll.com) “Ms. Driscoll is fascinating in that she makes such utterly original work. It doesn’t look like anything you’ve ever seen before, nor can you imagine thinking it up.” - New York Times

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Children of Rwanda

A showing of photographs by Jano Cohen
Joined by Rebecca Davis

Friday, February 17, 7:30-9:30pm
FREE, wine and cheese reception

Donations will be accepted payable to Rebecca Davis Dance Company to pay school tuition for children in Rwanda.  RSVP’s are appreciated but not required. Call Jano at 610-639-3356 or email janocohen@gmail.com. janocohenphotography.com, www.rebeccadavisdance.com.

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Tickets available online at http://www.showclix.com/event/75044 or at the door.

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Sunday, January 29, 8pm
In Performance:
New Works by the SHMD 2011-12 Choreographers Project
Bronwen MacArthur ~ Gabrielle Revlock ~ Raphael Xavier
Tickets: $15; $10 for DancePass holders, seniors and students with ID

Influenced by the 48 Hour Film and Theater Projects, "48 Hours" at SHMD was adapted to the Choreographers Project by alumna Devynn Emory to challenge residents to explore new ways of creating dance. Each choreographer assembles a "mission package" – a specific set of directions for a short work – to be created over 48 hours. By random drawing, each choreographer then chooses two other residents to create and present the work. Choreographers do not perform their own mission packages. The experiment pushes the residents to confront and explore specific boundaries guided by their own artistic visions.

For more info or tickets contact: Susan Hess Modern Dance 215-275-1800, hessdance@aol.com, or www.hessdance.org

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2011

Work(s) on View2:
Friday, December 9, 5pm

Two weeks of master classes with Peggy Baker culminates with Work(s) on View2, an informal showing of choreographic sketches by Peggy Baker and performed by Bethany Formica, Greg Holt and Shannon Murphy. This showing is free of charge. Please RSVP by phoning Dance Advance at 267-350-4970.

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Philadelphia Dance Projects Presents 2011 - Gabrielle Revlock and Lionel Popkin on a shared program.
Friday, November 18 - 7:30pm
Saturday, November 19 - 2:00pm & 7:30pm
Tickets: $15
For more info, click here.

Gabrielle Revlock’s “SHARE” is one droll take on a contemporary generation’s obsession with sharing personal biography and its impediments to intimacy. Through highly original dance moves, pattern, set and musical score, Revlock has created a dance/performance work of refreshing delight performed by Revlock, Gregory Holt and Bonnie Friel.

Set around an enormous elephant costume, Lionel Popkin’s quartet “There Is An Elephant In This Dance” looks at issues of how a singular body can house multiple histories and the difficulty of aligning oneself with a single cultural identity. Choreographer/performer Lionel Popkin, will be joined by “Bessie” Award winning dancer Carolyn Hall and the inimitable Ishmael Houston-Jones, all slyly interrupted by a local guest dancer Zornitsa Stoyanova, set to an original score by Robert Een. See a review here.

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Work(s) on View: Interior Drama (1977) and Melody Excerpt (1977)
Friday, November 11, 5pm

Choreographed by Lucinda Childs. Restaged by Lucinda Childs
and Ty Boomershine. 1977: a year of some minimal importance in New York City. Introductory comments by dance writer and critic Marcia B. Siegel, who will also guide post-performance conversation. Performed by Megan Bridge, Marie Brown, Bethany Formica, Nora Gibson and Annie Wilson.

Work(s) on View is sponsored as a professional development activity by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Dance Advance. For more info, click here.

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Carbon Dance Theatre presents Swan Songs
Thursday, October 27, 7:00PM
Friday, October 28 & Saturday, October 29, 7:30PM
Saturday, October 29 & Sunday, October 30, 3:00PM

Meredith Rainey's Carbon Dance Theatre presents 3 original works by Meredith Rainey, Matthew Neenan and Kate Watson-Wallace. Set to the last songs of classical and contemporary music artists such as Richard Strauss, Nick Drake, Amy Winehouse and Franz Schubert that explore memory and mortality through dance. The evening will also include the company premiere of Meredith Rainey's Through the Wake.

Tickets: $25, $20 Senior-62 & older, $15 Dance Pass holder/Student w/ID. To purchase, click here.

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SHARP Dance Company presents Armilla
Friday October 21, 8pm (Q&A following performance)
Saturday October 22, 8pm (Reception following performance)
Sunday October 23, 3pm

Tickets available at: www.sharpdance.org
$25 Adults, $20 Senior/Dance Pass holder/Student w/ID

SHARP Dance Company is a nine member modern dance company which starts off its’ sixth season with new and exciting collaborative work from Guest Choreographer Steven Vaughn of Parsons Dance Company, Projection Artist Lauren Mandilian and Artistic Director Diane Sharp-Nachsin. In Armilla SHARP will premiere four new works including the multi-media premiere of Madness. SHARP will also be saying farewell to original company member Patrick Korstange in his retirement piece Everyday Boy.

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Mascher's Fresh Juice and The Requisite Movers

Thursday, October 13 & Saturday, October 15, 8pm
Mascher's Fresh Juice - Nicole Bindler & Gabrielle Revlock, Gregory Holt, Lawrence-Herchenroether Dance Company

Friday, October 14, 8pm & Sunday, October 16, 7pm
The Requisite Movers - Saroya Corbett, Lela Aisha Jones & FlyGround, Deneane Richburg & Brownbody, Dina-Verley Sabb-Mills

Saturday, October 15, 3pm
Mixer Matinee: Small parts of Big dances
FlyGround, Gregory Holt, LH Dance Co., & Brownbody

Tickets, for more info/reserve, click here:
$22 - Attend 2 separate performances of different titles
$15 - General Admission
$12 - Children 8 & over, Dance Pass, Seniors, Students

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Philadelphia Dance Projects Presents 2011, Carbon Dance Theatre, SHARP Dance Company and Mascher's Fresh Juice/The Requisite Movers are all New Stages for Dance recipients. The Performance Garage is a partnering venue in Dance/USA Philadelphia's New Stages for Dance Initiative. Leadership support for the New Stages for Dance Initiative is provided by MetLife Foundation.

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The Blind Faith Project Dance Company presents Time
Saturday, October 8, 8:00pm
Tickets: $15, reserve at BlindFaithProject@hotmail.com

Choreographers Tiffany Delio and Daniela Galdi of The Blind Faith Project present Time, a compilation of choreography encompassing American history and reflections of life stages. 

Opening the show with last year’s sold out Philly Fringe piece; The First Wave illuminates women during the Suffrage movement in the early 1900s with movement metaphors put to song genres such as folk, jazz and trip-hop music, to signify picketing, persecution and the fight for political equality.

A premiere of their newest work, The Chair Theory, will make its debut at the show. In this piece, the choreographers experiment with a reversal of the individual life span separated into stages that serve as significant memories in life. See poster here. 

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PDP Presents Motion Pictures
Wednesday, October 5, 6:30pm & 8:00pm
Thursday, October 6, 6:30pm & 8:00pm
Tickets: $10, $15 for both shows on Wed. or Thurs.
Tickets online at www.DanceBoxOffice.com
For info/reserve: 215.546.2552 or info@philadanceprojects.org

Intermission between programs each night will include free popcorn and drinks, our latest You-Tube faves and a Special Video Installation by Kathy Rose.

Wednesday, October 5 at 6:30PM
BREATH MADE VISIBLE* is an insightful documentary into the life and career of Anna Halprin, the groundbreaking dance pioneer, who at 90 years old is still breaking new barriers. GROUP MOTION/FRIDAY NIGHT is a charming and straightforward documentary of Group Motion’s Friday Night Workshop that has been in session for over 35 years!

Wednesday, October 5 at 8PM
The Making of “Tango Macbeth” - A PDP Informance with filmmaker Nadine Patterson, composer Lenny Seidman and choreographer Zane Booker. Excerpts and discussion about the new work in which a documentary film crew follows the creation of a new dance theater film piece, Tango Macbeth.

Thursday, October 6 at 6:30PM
SHORTS FEST features playful, place-based and layered works revealing the draw of dance to video, by videographers from Ireland, Canada, and the US including Philly locals Alex Tyson, Liz Goldberg and Kathy Rose.

Thursday, October 6 at 8 PM
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime in Dance. As the Merce Cunningham Company will disband at the end of this year, PDP invites everyone to revisit Charles Atlas’ beautiful and biographical portrait of Cunningham and his company over the years.

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Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST)
Saturday & Sunday, October 1 & 2, 2011, 12-6PM

The Performance Garage is excited to be a community partner during POST as a part of the Fairmount Artist Network (FAN)! Get the inside scoop to the creative process of various local dance artists including:

Alchemy Dance Company
Xhale Dance Company
Kulu Mele African Dance and Drum Ensemble
SHARP Dance Company
Tangle Movement Arts
Bronwen MacArthur
Lela Aisha Jones
LOVE Arts

There will also be dance photography by Bill Hebert and Brian Mengini. Come check it out!

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Philly Fringe at The Performance Garage
For tickets, contact the Festival Box Office at 215-413-1318 or visit www.livearts-fringe.org.

Philly Fringe-Infatuation Dance Company presents:
Inescapable Foreboding

Friday, September 2, 2011 at 7:30PM
Saturday, September 3, 2011 at 7:30PM
Tickets: $10

Those who experience Inescapable Foreboding leave realizing they aren’t alone in their thoughts and emotions. From pop to industrial, from hip hop to classical, Michael Jackson meets Marilyn Manson in a raw and ambitious retrospective. Original music compositions and editing by Kenneth Brown showcase collaborative work with the choreographer and dancers. With athleticism and force these ladies take over speaking their minds to be overwhelmingly desired with unspeakable truths. Check out the trailer: http://youtu.be/qdOJTj6nWD8

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Philly Fringe-The Maeko Film Project presents:
Whiskey & Elephants

Sunday, September 4, 2011 at 5:00 & 7:00PM
Monday, September 5, 2011 at 7:00PM
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at 7:00pm
Tickets: $12

Combining film and movement, The Maeko Film Project presents a surreal journey through the darker crevices of the self, putting into light the illusions we create and dwell in. What are these silly lies we've been told and tell ourselves? http://maekofilmproject.com/

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Philly Fringe-RenZoku DanceWorks presents:
Philly Phantasy

Friday, September 9, 2011 at 8:00PM
Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 3:30 & 8:00PM
Tickets: $12

Join Guy and his friends as he fights to save the world and defeat the darkness in his heart. Set as a tribute to the popular video game series Final Fantasy, Philly Phantasy follows the journey of seven dynamic characters as they get hooked in this epic tango of destiny.

Philly Phantasy is a New Stages for Dance recipient. The Performance Garage is a partnering venue in Dance/USA Philadelphia's New Stages for Dance Initiative. Leadership support for the New Stages for Dance Initiative is provided by MetLife Foundation.

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Philly Fringe-Hope Dances presents:
Show of Hope

Sunday, September 11, 2011 at 1pm & 5pm
Tickets: $15

Show of Hope is a show featuring a variety of different dance acts performing in solidarity for HOPE.

Featured guest artists include: Mindy Anne Kendi, Chesco Dance, Mixturez Modern Dance, JovoDance, Monster Squad,
First Position

All proceeds benefit Hope Dances, a dance outreach program for special needs children.

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Philly Fringe-Xhale Dance Company presents:
Underneath the Surface

Monday, September 12, 2011 at 8:00PM
Tickets: $20, $15 for Students

Underneath the Surface shows the different paths one may choose while exploring the things that affect the directions in which we move. The show will also include some of Philadelphia's most talented singers.

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Philly Fringe-Smokey Scout Productions presents:
Deer Head

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 7:00PM
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 7:00PM
Friday, September 16, 2011 at 7:00PM
Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 7:00PM
Tickets: $15

From the creators of Boat Hole (named one of 2010’s “10 Essentials at the Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe” by Philly Weekly) come 14 more outlandish short plays seamlessly staged into one evening of smart, edgy, and completely outrageous humor. And you don’t want to miss the tomato.

DEER HEAD Trailer - YouTube

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DDL Dance Works presents:
Blossom! An Evening of Work in Progress
Saturday, July 30, 8pm
FREE ADMISSION!!!

Please join us for a FREE evening of new dances by:
Ellen Gerdes
Jessica Warchal-King
Lora Allen
Kristin Narcowich
Mira Treatman
Darcy Lyons

Blossom! provides Philadelphia based dance artists with an opportunity to show new work and get feedback. Each choreographer will ask two questions of the audience about their current work. The audience has the option to answer anonymously, and the feedback will be returned to each artist following the show. Blossom! aims to emphasize the importance of artistic process, feedback, and community.

About the Curator: Darcy Lyons was born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She studied ballet and modern dance extensively with the faculty of Moving People Dance Theatre. She received a B.F.A in dance from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in May 2010. She choreographed nine dance works, several dance films, and a dance installation prior to graduation. She recently relocated to Philadelphia and started her own dance company, DDL Dance Works.

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MM2 Modern Dance Company presents
ONE WORD

Saturday, July 16, 8:00pm
Tickets:$10 purchase online on DanceBoxOffice.com,
$12 at the door, day of performance.
SPECIAL OFFER: Save an additional 20% Off General
Admission when buying online. Enter COUPON CODE: mm2



8 Choreographers, 8 Dancers, One Word
From the very beginning when the first words were uttered, the ability to communicate has played an important role in our world. Whether within our own thoughts, spoken or written, words have the power to transform the world we live in. Love, laughter, heroism, friendship, and virtually every emotion we feel as human beings can be inspired by words. Unfortunately, fear, anger, and hatred, can also be invoked. Language is at its best when used to inspire others to find the best in themselves. For this performance, 8 choreographers and 8 dancers create new movement based on a single word with the power to transform.

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Thursday and Friday, June 23 & 24
The Philly Tap Challenge is dedicated to keeping Philadephia's tap dance community alive and vibrant. We hope you will join us.

Thursday, June 23, 8pm
Cost: $15 suggested donation, or pay what you can.
Info: pamelamh4@gmail.com or phillytapchallenge.webs.com
The Philly Tap Challenge is opening up with a TAP JAM, where improvisations meet and thrive. Experiencing a tap jam is akin to Jazz music lovers enjoying the nite out. Killer live music by the Francois Zayas trio. You never know who will come through to the jam! Some surprise tap guests will be there - (hint, one of them has a tap shoe named after him). SO DON’T MISS IT!

Friday, June 24, 7:30pm
Cost: $15
Info: newleja@yahoo.com or phillytapchallenge.webs.com
Come experience the Amateur Showcase, featuring YOU the Tap Dancing Community and the Philly TAP Idol dance battle. The Amateur Showcase is an opportunity for all levels of tap dancers to perform on stage in front of a live audience and share, even experiment or preview choreographic works. The Philly Tap Idol 'Challenge’ Competition (the audience chooses winners) takes place during this Showcase.

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Saturday and Sunday, June 11 & 12, 8pm
Tickets $15 ($10 - DancePass, seniors and students with ID) Conversations with the audience follow the performance.

IN PERFORMANCE
THE SHMD CHOREOGRAPHERS PROJECT 2010-2011
Bronwen MacArthur, Gabrielle Revlock, Raphael Xavier

Resident choreographers Bronwen MacArthur, Gabrielle Revlock and Raphael Xavier bring their latest work to the Performance Garage after an exciting spring of artistic development. In March, the residents worked with Guggenheim Award-winning performance artist Ralph Lemon in a three-day Masters Exchange work session that challenged their concepts of boundaries and risks. May saw all three residents presenting in the Dance Affiliates/Joyce Theater Foundation A.W.A.R.D. Show, where Gabrielle was chosen as a runner-up with her piece “I Made This for You.”

For more info or tickets contact:
Susan Hess Modern Dance
508 Spruce Street, Phila. PA 19106
215-275-1800, hessdance@aol.com
http://hessdance.org/in-performance/

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Thurs.-Sat., May 19, 20 & 21, 8pm
Sun., May 22, 2pm
Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com, group rates available
or visit www.gjruggieroproductions.org
For info call: 215-598-3727

G.J. Ruggiero presents:
The Servant of Two Masters, by Carlo Goldoni
A comic masterpiece of commedia d'ell arte theatre, its rollicking plot and stunning characterizations has thrilled and kept audiences laughing since its 1753 premiere in Venice.

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Saturday, April 23, 8pm, $10
Barre Boys Presents: Happy Hour - An evening of Men in Dance!

For info:  484-744-7436, www.barreboys.com.
Tickets are on sale now online: www.danceboxoffice.com

Barre Boys will present an evening of men in dance! The evening will feature a variety of artists performing ballet and contemporary work! In addition to the performances, the evening will include an exhibit of images from the Barre Boys work! Also, there will be raffle/auction items and more! All proceeds go to Hope Dances, a dance outreach program for special needs children! Please join us for this extraordinary event!!! Artists include: Ja' Malik, Charles Tyson, Jr., Alex Crozier Jackson (solo choreographed by Christopher Fleming), Andrew Pap, Eng Matthews, Tommie-Waheed Evans, X-Hale Dance Co.

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Monday and Tuesday, April 18 & 19

Jeanne Ruddy Dance Performance Garage is proud to host the third annual Philadelphia Dance Showcase, which highlights the diverse range of dance being produced in Philadelphia. Philadelphia-based artists and companies are invited to perform work for local, national, and international presenters. The Showcase is a program of Dance USA/Philadelphia.

2011 Participating Artists: Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers, anonymous bodies, Da·Da·Dance Projects, Danse4Nia, Eleone Dance Theatre, <fidget>, Group Motion Dance Company, IdiosynCrazy Productions, Illstyle & Peace Productions, Jeanne Ruddy Dance, JUNK, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, Leah Stein Dance Company, Merián Soto/Performance Practice, Olive Prince Dance, Pasión y Arte, SCRAP, Workshop for Potential Movement

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Saturday, April 16, 7pm
$15 in advance, $20 at the door
Incite Artistry! presents "Our Movement... Our Way"

Incite Artistry! is a group of fabulous women who collaborated on pioneering a new dance collective in the Philadelphia area. Join us for our debut showcase called “Our Movement... Our Way” which will include new work choreographed and performed by the ladies of Incite Artistry!, as well as a special guest performance by the youth of the Dance Institute of Philadelphia (http://www.dip5900.com), vocal stylings of Amber Fisher-Brown and hosted by special guest Misia Denea (dancer, choreographer, spoken-word artist). Flyer attached... Hope to see you!

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Friday and Saturday, April 8 & 9, 7pm, $15, students $12
-Collect all 9 character postcards circulating the city & receive $3 off
-Donate your Facebook status to promoting our show, bring proof & receive $2 off
For more info: www.choreosplatdanceworks.com

Choreosplat Dance Works premieres “What’s Been Done,” a gothic ghost story written by Artistic Director Kelly Turner. One realm, nine souls, and two great nights of an original fairytale. Come see five ghosts and a few additional other-worldly characters struggle to transcend as they dance without legs. The dancers who portray these tortured souls create strange and terrifying images as they writhe within the confines of their elaborate costumes. Choreosplat offers the audience a visceral, unique and highly visual experience as they are taken through a post modern twist on classic fairytales, where one constantly has to wonder… is this character a villain or a victim? See Dance Journal article.

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Thursday through Saturday, March 24-26 and March 31-April 2, 8pm
General Admission $20, Dance Pass/Students $10, Group Specials $5. For reservations: 215-908-2550

Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective Presents:
Double Dance Feature
Curt Haworth's "Either/Or" and Vince Johnson/illReality Theatre's "Drunken Monkey"

Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective’s upcoming show, featuring the work of Curt Haworth and Vince Johnson/illReality Theatre, is a mesmerizing experience of dynamic dance and eclectic music played through a milieu of existential twist and absurdist trips.

"Either/Or" is an absurdist romp set to deconstructed text by Søren Kierkegaard and Samuel Beckett with music by Tim Motzer. The performers Bethany Bender, Leanne Grieger, John Luna, William Robinson, Annie Wilson, Zachery Svoboda along with the Indigenous Pitch Dance Collective: Genevieve Adams, Rachel Condello, Amaryah Ferry, Christine Herrman, move with athleticism mixed with sequential momentum and gesture.

"Drunken Monkey" is the mystically wicked alter ego of Vince Johnson and the illReality theatre crew. Five nomadic warrior monks make up the Drunken Monkey Clan: Knuggle Buckets Brown (Vince Johnson), Meow Hallelujah (Christine Gerena), Suave Electricity (Edwin Lopez), and the Mmm Yeah Dragon Whisperers (Brandon Shockley/guitar and Nezih Antakli/percussion). The clan takes audiences through a fantastical journey driven by pulsing dance, martial arts and music.

Double Dance Feature has received funding from the New Stages for Dance Initiative. The Performance Garage is a Partner in the New Stages for Dance Initiative, a program of Dance/USA Philadelphia.  Leadership support for New Stages for Dance is provided by MetLife Foundation.

 

 

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Saturday, March 5, 7pm, $20

Urban Fusion
Featuring Tournado Dance Company and The Training Company of Grace
A Dancing With Friends Production

Dancing With Friends was founded 20 years ago under the direction of Charles Wong and Marilynn T. Holmes. Their mission is to provide young talented dancers with a venue to showcase and share their skills, and to foster a deeper love and understanding of the Art of Dance as a form of human expression.

Saturday, February 26, 7:30pm, $10

Just Dance! presents:
Our History Celebration! From Slavery to Now

Just Dance! is an exciting, versatile, community-based dance company. This performance is sure to have something to please everyone. For more info or tickets: 267-515-8058, Just_dance2k7@yahoo.com.

January 7
Jeanne Ruddy Dance, APAP Showcase 2011
Open Showing w/costumes: 6:00 pm

$10 door fee
Significant Soil (second movement)
LARK (fourth movement)

2010

In Performance: 48 Hours
New Works by the SHMD 2010-11 Choreographers Project
Bronwen MacArthur ~ Gabrielle Revlock ~ Raphael Xavier

December 11 and 12, 7:30 p.m., at the Performance Garage
Tickets: $15 for adults; $10 for DancePass holders, senior citizens, and students with ID

Influenced by the 48 Hour Film and Theater Projects, "48 Hours" at SHMD was adapted to the Choreographers Project by alumna Devynn Emory to challenge residents to explore new ways of creating dance. Each choreographer assembles a "mission package" – a specific set of directions for a short work – to be created over 48 hours. By random drawing, each choreographer then chooses two other residents to create and present the work. Choreographers do not perform their own mission packages. The experiment pushes the residents to confront and explore specific boundaries guided by their own artistic visions.

For more info or tickets contact:
Susan Hess Modern Dance
508 Spruce Street, Phila. PA 19106
215-275-1800, hessdance@aol.com
www.hessdance.org
In Performance flyer

Alchemy Dance Company Performance Fundraiser
December 4th, 8pm

Alchemy Dance Company will host a performance fundraiser featuring an eclectic blend of jazz, modern, and contemporary dance styles along with raffles and prizes. Don't miss a chance to win a generous gift certificate to Koresh School of Dance or special Alchemy merchandise!

All proceeds support Alchemy's current season and programs.
Tickets are $10 and are available in advance via www.danceboxoffice.com. Ticket sales at the door will be cash only.

Fourth Wall Arts Salon
Saturday, November 27th, 7pm
$15

Each month, the Fourth Wall Arts Salon provides a rich program of Fine Art, Music, Dance, Theatre, Poetry and Topical Lectures on Art and Culture to arts patrons and enthusiasts. Philadelphia artists and intellectuals of high caliber are asked to present or perform their work. They gain exposure to an ever broadening community of colleagues and progessionals, and in turn these communities are entertained, enriched and educated by their experience.

The last Salon of 2010 will feature Salon Host (and Philadelphia phenomenon) 'Just Greg' Corbin - founder of SpokenSoul215 and the Philadelphia Youth Poetry Movement, Chana Rothman, Def Poetry Jam poet Black Ice, visual artist Theodore Harris, soul vocalist Rahnda Rize, a special presentation featuring Germaine Ingram, Bobby Zankel and John Dowell in "Riffing on the President's House", house band Jimmy Crack Corn (killin' it as always), and DJ Supreme will be in the house spinning. If you're around, not to be missed!

NEW TIMES: Doors open 7pm :: Arts Program 7:30pm sharp :: Artists Reception (food & open bar) 9-10pm

Click http://fourthwallarts.ticketleap.com/novembersalon/#/ for TICKETS ...this event will sell out.

November 4-5, 2010

Jeanne Ruddy Dance will host a two-night Fall Season at the Performance Garage on . . . more info

Friday October 22nd and Saturday October 23rd at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday October 24th at 3:00 p.m.

SHARP Dance Company presents "REVELATION"
Tickets, $20; $15 for dancepass holders/students w ID/seniors

Addictive and thought provoking, SHARP Dance Company’s ten dancers will premiere five new pieces including the full length “Blind Faith” with co-choreographer and Parsons Dance Company member, Steven Vaughn. SHARP brings its addictive kinetic energy and collaborations with guest choreographer Kevin Ferguson and composer Jason Andrew for two intriguing new pieces. Come enjoy a night of SHARP’s “Meaning Behind Movement.”  Photo: Ed Flores.  

Tickets available at www.danceboxoffice.com. 
Phone for info: 215-880-2306. 
www.sharpdance.org

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Dance Advance in association with the Dance Program of Sarah Lawrence College and choreographer Lucinda Childs presents at the Performance Garage:

more info . . . (opens in a new page)

Monday, October 18,
7:00 pm FREE

Radial Courses (1976)

Choreographed by Lucinda Childs
Revival & Reconstruction Directed by Keith Sabado
Lighting Design by Beverly Emmons
Program introduced by Suzanne Carbonneau
Post-performance discussion with Lucinda Childs and Keith Sabado

Monday October 18–Friday October 22,2010
10:30 am–12:30 pm, FREE

Master Classes with dance artist Ty Boomershine

Monday at Live Arts Studio,
Tuesday-F riday at Performance Garage
Please call 267-350-4975 to register.  http://www.pcah.us/dance/

Friday October 22, 4:00 pm, free
Open Showing & Dialogue, Interior Drama (1977)
Workshop participants led by Lucinda Childs and Ty Boomershine

October 1, Friday, and October 2, Saturday,
at 7:00 p.m.

Just Dance! presents “A Celebration in Dance”
Tickets, $15

Just Dance! an exciting, versatile, community based dance company will be celebrating 21 years of dance.  This performance is sure to have something to please everyone.  For more info or tickets:  267-515-8058, Just_dance2k7@yahoo.com

Philly Fringe at The Performance Garage
For tickets, contact the Festival Box Office at 215-413-1318 or visit www.livearts-fringe.org.

Philly Fringe-Flat Intersections presented by Briel Driscoll,
Colleen McNally, Tess Stumpf and Nikki Roberts

September 3, 2010, Friday at 7:30pm.
September 4, 2010, Saturday at 7:30pm

more info - contact Tess Stumpf at stumpf@temple.edu.

Philly Fringe-The Initiative presented by pillardance company

September 5, Sunday, at 5:00pm 
September 6, Monday at 7:00pm

more info, contact Courtney Colon at pillardance@yahoo.com or www.pillardance.webs.com.

Philly Fringe-Dirty Dozen by The Field/Philadelphia

September 7, 2010, Tuesday at 7:30
September 10, 2010, Friday at 7:30pm. 

more info, contact Kali Colton, The Field/Philadelphia Co-Director, at 215-468-8948 or thefieldPhila@gmail.com.

Philly Fringe-This Art Burning by composer Ellen Fishman-Johnson and poet Michael Heller

September 11, 2010, Saturday, at 7:30pm
September 12, 2010, Sunday, at 4:00pm.

Philly Fringe-Boat Hole presented by Josh McIlvain

September 15-18, 2010, Wednesday to Saturday, at 7:00pm.

Triple Threat Workshops

May 8, 2010: Saturday: 10:00am-1:00pm (ages 3-7)
June 12, 2010, Saturday: 11:00am-2:00pm (ages 8-10)
June 26, 2010, Saturday: 11:00pm-2:00pm (ages 11-13)

Melanie Briggs Casting in Philadelphia is offering non-profit workshops for children designed to combine all aspects of performing.

Workshops include:
one hour audition technique lesson on camera
one hour dance lesson and one hour voice lesson

For more information: phone: 267-886-8110
visit: www.melaniebriggscasting.com
e mail: melaniebriggscasting@gmail.com

FREE WEEKEND URBAN RETREAT

May 15, 2010, Saturday: 12-5pm
May 16, 2010, Sunday: 11am-4pm

Meditation: Discover Peace Within
Based on the Yoga Teachings of Sri Chinmoy

for more information: Call 215-425-3300
visit: www.philameditation.org

Subcircle presents Only Sleeping

April 29-May 1, 2010 at 8pm

Only Sleeping
a collaboration between Subcircle and Geoff Sobelle (Rainpan 43) with music by Mike Kiley

a dialogue between video and live performer/past and present/choice and inevitability

for more information visit: www.subcircle.org

Philadelphia Dance Showcase

April 12-13, 2010

As an alternative to expensive booking conferences, Dance/USA Philadelphia hosts the Philadelphia Dance Showcase for presenters across USA and beyond, April 12-13, 2010 at the Jeanne Ruddy Dance Performance Garage. (map)

All Philadelphia dance artists on the PennPAT roster are invited to participate; four additional non-PennPAT slots are filled by lottery.

2010 Participating Artists:

Ballet X, Eleone Dance Theatre, < fidget >, Green Chair Dance Group, Group Motion Dance Company, Here[begin] Dance Company, Jeanne Ruddy Dance, Kate Watson-Wallace/anonymous bodies, Koresh Dance Company, Kulu Mele African American Dance Ensemble, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers, Leah Stein Dance Company, Mano/Damno Projects by Gabrielle Revlock

The Philadelphia Folklore Project presents work-in-progress and public discussion: PARALLEL DESTINIES

April 9, 2010, 3-5 PM, Free

Sample the next stage of work by dancer/choreographer Germaine Ingram, composer/musician Bobby Zankel, and visual artist John Dowell as they collaborate in developing a multimedia performance piece commemorating the nine African Americans enslaved by President George Washington in the President's House at 6th and Market Street here in Philadelphia in the 1790s.

More information: Phone: 215.726.1106
Philadelphia Folklore Project Web Site
Email: pfp@folkloreproject.org

Philadelphia Dance Projects Presents 2010 at the Performance Garage 

Feb 27, 2010

[re]generation / contemporary dance /past meets future

Feb. 26, 2010, Friday at 7:30PM
Feb. 27, 2010, Saturday at 2PM & 7:30PM

Local Dance History Project: Michael Biello & Dan Martin/Ishmael Houston Jones
Next Up: Otto Ramstad

Feb. 28, 2010, Sunday at 12-6PM

Local Dance History Forum
An all-day free event, the Local Dance History Project Forum features a dance class led by project artists and two panel discussions exploring Philadelphia’s contemporary dance scene in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.

March 5, 2010, Friday at 7:30PM
March 6, 2010, Saturday at 2PM & 7:30PM 

Local Dance History Project:  Jano Cohen/Terry Fox
Next Up: Chris Yon

March 10, 2010, Wednesday at 6PM

Open Master Class w/ Lisa Kraus, Vicky Shick & Eva Karczag

March 12, 2010, Friday at 7:30PM
March 13, 2010, Saturday at 2PM & 7:30PM

Red Thread (World Premiere)
Lisa Kraus, Vicky Shick, Eva Karczag with Meg Foley, Gabarielle Revlock, Michele Tantoco

For more info: 215-546-2552
info@philadanceprojects.org
www.philadanceprojects.org

 

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