Philadanco
Thu.-Sat., May 10-12, 7:30 p.m., Sat. and Sun., May 12 and 13, 2:30 p.m., Kimmel Center, 260 S. Broad St.
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Artistic director Joan Myers Brown admits some of her Philadanco crew were initially a bit skeptical of performing a Rennie Harris hip-hop piece. "Many of my dancers are balletically trained, where it's all about being uplifted. And then to have to come down to earth, it was very challenging." That, however, is the point: "If you're in a single- choreographer company, you do the same moves over and over and you almost know what step is coming next, so it becomes lackadaisical." Along with Harris' Philadelphia Experiment, the company premieres In Between Time by Zane Booker, which, in contrast to Harris' funky streetwise moves, holds a tender, dreamy touch.
Along with these works by current dance makers, the program features a revival of Talley Beatty's Southern Landscape. A solo of this dance, Mourner's Bench, is familiar to 'Danco denizens, and Brown feels the time is ripe to put the excerpt in its larger context, as part of a dramatic piece that she deems a "historically important" work of American dance theater. And then there's La Valse, a whirligig waltz-based work that's an audience favorite.
Thu.-Sat., May 10-12, 7:30 p.m., Sat. and Sun., May 12 and 13, 2:30 p.m., $34-$46, Kimmel Center, 260 S. Broad St., 215-893-1999, www.kimmelcenter.org.
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