Headlong is a Philly-based activator of performance research, cultural inquiry, and overlapping layers of communities. HPI is our artist residency program!
Happy #Pride, Philly! 🌈
To kick off the month, take a stroll through artist John Jarboe's gender journey on Shara in the City, visiting her exhibit "The Rose Garden" at @fabricworkshop.
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#qotd: "Dance saved me. The fact that I was able to express onstage things that I did not know how to put into words really helped." —Former @marthagraham member Charlotte Landreau on navigating her career while grieving @Dance_Magazine
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"Headlong's immersive dance exploration brings many of the images and concepts from Laurencin’s work to life—offering a visceral experience of the exhibit."
Tickets for the final performance ➡️ https://t.co/kkIgWNOS8c
Full review in The Dance Journal ⬇️ https://t.co/KFEMu7aJdm
"At its core, dance is about movement and intentionality. [Eiko] Otake is telling a story with her body, and it is one she wants you to be a part of." https://t.co/OA32nXZwzz
Check out the performances our contributors are most looking forward to this month, from historic recreations to brand new works: https://t.co/n5IeDxxMoy
Erin Coyne in "Aurum." Photo by Weidong Yang, courtesy Kinetech Arts.
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It's almost too easy for you now... find More Philly Fringe Festival recommendations from @PhillyInquirer attached and plan your #PhillyFringe!
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Unsure of what to see during this year's Festival? Want to get a tiny sample of the nearly 300 Fringe Festival shows? Join us for our free Festival Preview Nights, taking place Mondays Aug. 21st and 28th at 7pm at FringeArts! Dance, Theater, Improv, Comedy!
“I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam.”
Annie Dillard, who turns 78 today, on how to live with mystery, the two ways of looking, and the secret to truly seeing https://t.co/mG2g6saKbA
A responsibility to wonder – Charles Scott Sherrington (who won the @NobelPrize for discovering how neurons work) on the spirituality of nature https://t.co/35QNdFD2ky
Headlong is moving from surviving to thriving with your help! Please donate if you can and click the link to see the programming that you already help make possible:
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In addition to using the visceral nature of dance to convey the difficult emotions surrounding incarceration, artists like Alvarez are using movement to put a new future on the table, showing by example what a reimagined justice system could look like.
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“I realized that I was always looking at other people’s work through the lens of my own aesthetics,” she says. “Where were the old people? Why weren’t the dancers talking? How come it wasn’t political?”
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Support the UArts/Pig Iron class of 2023 and come see Translations 2022. These pieces are inspired by contemporary film and novels that have been adapted for the modern stage.
11/2 & 11/3 @ 7:30pm
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