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Dance

Dancers from the Emerald Isle Academy of Irish Dance prepare for the Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday in Springfield, Pa. (Emily Scott/WHYY, file)
Lifestyle

Irish dance school passes on heritage ‘for generations’ through St. Patrick’s Day Parade performance

Students have spent two months preparing for their biggest performance of the year: ceili dancing for tens of thousands and a live TV audience.

7 years ago

Tap dancer Leo Manzari (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Pops taps a tapper for the first time

The Philly Pops orchestra will invite a tap dancer onstage for its series of Harlem Renaissance concerts.

7 years ago

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Paris Olympics organizers want breakdancing to be part of the 2024 Olympics. The sport was part of the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires last fall, when Russian b-boy Bumblebee (left) defeated Japan's b-boy Shigekix in the gold-medal battle. (Eitan Abramovich /AFP/Getty Images)
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Arts & Entertainment

Olympic breakdancing? Paris 2024 organizers say, ‘oui, garçon!’

The world's best breakdancers could compete for Olympic gold at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris if organizers succeed in getting the dance style recognized as an Olympic sport.

7 years ago

Josh Millman takes a selfie with one of the cavorting lions dancing on Cherry Street in Chinatown. Millman and hundreds of others came to Chinatown late Monday evening to welcome the Year of the Pig.
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Community

Philly welcomes Year of the Pig with lions, fireworks

Philadelphia's Chinatown celebration welcoming the Year of the Pig featured the Lion Dance performed by the Philadelphia Suns and members of Cheung's Hung Gar Kung Fu Academy.

7 years ago

Students at String Theory charter school dance an original choreography during a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
Education

Charter school intends to honor Philadanco dance founder

A pending String Theory charter school in West Philadelphia will be named after the African-American dance pioneer.

7 years ago

Seventh Principle will perform at the Free Library of Philadelphia's Central Branch on Sunday. (Courtesy of Seventh Principle)
Arts & Entertainment

African music, dance kick off 2019 Sundays on Stage at Philly Free Library

The decades-old series “Sundays on Stage” begins 2019 season at Free Library of Philadelphia with Seventh Principle performing African music and dance.

7 years ago

Delaware Art Museum’s resident chamber ensemble, the Pyxis Piano Quartet, opens the museum's performance series. (Pyxis Piano Quartet/Facebook photo)
Arts & Entertainment

Delaware Art Museum expands into music and dance performances

The Delaware Art Museum kicks off the New Year with art, music and dance as it opens the 2019 performance series tonight in Wilmington.

7 years ago

The bALLet program is housed at the Pennsylvania Ballet Academy in Camp Hill and is open to children of all abilities. (Keira McGuire/WITF)
Health

At all-inclusive ballet classes, ‘special things happen’ for children and parents

It took five years to find a ballet academy open to children of all abilities. Finally, at Pennsylvania Ballet Academy in Camp Hill the bALLet class was born.

7 years ago

Jessica Lang Dance performs
Arts & Entertainment

Final call for Jessica Lang dance company

Jessica Lang Dance, a New York City company that has won the highest dance accolades, will fold in April.

7 years ago

BalletX dancers rehearse in their new space on Washington Avenue in South Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

BalletX builds dance on Philly’s Washington Avenue

Ballet X, a contemporary ballet company, has put down roots in Philadelphia's industrial Washington Avenue corridor.

7 years ago

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Community

Educators call for unity at Indigenous People’s Day celebration

Educators called for more awareness of indigenous cultures around the world at the 8th annual Indigenous People's Day celebration at Bartram's Garden in Philadelphia.

7 years ago

Monica Bill Barnes (right) and Anna Bass lead
Arts & Entertainment

Sweatin’ to the oldies at Philly art museum

The Philadelphia Museum of Art opens its galleries to Museum Workout, a performance art aerobics class.

8 years ago

Young students work on a dance number during Hamilton Camp at Music Theatre Philly.
Arts & Entertainment

Kids go ham for ‘Hamilton’ at Music Theatre Philly camp

A 'Hamilton' musical theater summer camp puts kids in the room where it happens.

8 years ago

Dancers from Brian Samders' Junk rehearse a scene from
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

A journey through the mind of a Philly artist

A muralist and a choreographer turn a South Philly studio into a labyrinth of imagination.

8 years ago

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Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Burlesque: the history and a revival

Guests: Dustin Wax, Timaree Schmit The word “burlesque” likely conjure images of seduction and stript ...

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