April 9, 2013
So, you may think you can dance, but if you’ve never seen BalletX on stage, it’s time to take a seat and take in one of our city’s most dynamic dance troupes. Debuting three world-premiere pieces, BalletX is set to present an extraordinary spectacle of athleticism, agility and musicality during its Spring Series 2013 at [...]
Read more»March 12, 2013
The much anticipated “Shut Up & Dance” MANNA fundraiser is all grown up, and makes its one-night only return on Saturday, March 23 at the Forrest Theater. Dancers from the hugely talented Pennsylvania Ballet will deliver a unique and inspired performance benefiting MANNA, which delivers nourishing meals to individuals battling life-threatening illness throughout the Philadelphia [...]
Read more»March 7, 2013
The Pennsylvania Ballet sets the stage for the opening of George Balanchine’s, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, tonight, March 7, 7:30 p.m. at The Academy of Music. Regarded as one of Shakespeare’s most popular pieces of work, the 16th century comedy portrays a realm of fantasy and adventure surrounding a group of mortals and immortals in [...]
Read more»December 4, 2012
The Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo is a travesty of the highest order. That’s by design: the company, which pirouettes into the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts starting Thursday, December 13, specializes in satirizing dance, especially classical ballet. The parody is apparent from the moment the performers take the stage. It’s an all-male [...]
Read more»November 20, 2012
Back for its 25th year, George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker returns to the stage for the holiday season, danced by the preeminent Pennsylvania Ballet on December 8-30 at the Academy of Music. Performed for the first time in 1987, the whimsical and enchanting fairy tale is a timeless tradition that’s embraced by the region each year. [...]
Read more»November 6, 2012
BalletX, resident contemporary ballet company at The Wilma Theater, kicks up their Fall Series 2012 with a three-part East Coast/World Premiere performance from award-winning and internationally recognized choreographers running Wednesday, November 7 through Sunday, November 11. The globally-influenced collaboration welcomes the work of Philadelphia-based Kate Watson-Wallace, founder of the art collective Anonymous Bodies; European solo [...]
Read more»October 17, 2012
The Pennsylvania Ballet returns for its 49th season with a spectacular opening night production of Giselle, this Thursday, October 18 at the Academy of Music. The classical ballet, first presented at the Paris Opera in 1841, tells a haunting and poetic tale of a peasant country girl who falls in love with a prince and the heartache [...]
Read more»July 6, 2012
With the closing of a successfully entertaining season, BalletX, contemporary resident dance company of the Wilma Theater, introduces their Summer Series 2012 featuring premieres and popular pieces to be performed July 11-15. Spinning and leaping into two new debuts choreographed by Adam Hougland and Darrell Grand Moultrie and showcasing Tobin del Cuore’s 2010 Besides Myself [...]
Read more»May 30, 2012
The Pennsylvania Ballet comes upon the closing of their 2011-2012 season with the premiere of their grand finale performance, Jerome Robbins’ N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz at the Merriam Theater, May 31-June 3. Originally performed in 1958 and broadcast live on The Ed Sullivan Show, Robbins’ smash “ballet in sneakers” tells the story of disaffected youth [...]
Read more»May 2, 2012
Peter Pan, the original play from Scottish novelist Sir James M. Barrie, comes to the Academy of Music in May with a series of captivating performances by the Pennsylvania Ballet. Escape to Neverland with Peter, Wendy and the Lost Boys as the company reinterprets the classic fairy tale with modern twists and punk fashions for [...]
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