Jeanne Ruddy Dance

April 15-19 and 23-26, $15-$175, Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine St., 215-569-4060, ruddydance.org.

by Lauren F. Friedman

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Published: Apr 14, 2009

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Contemporary dance is often a negotiation between raw physicality and conceptual or narrative agendas. Juxtapose presents two world premieres that fall squarely into opposite camps: Martha Clark's dark, unsettling, costume-heavy dance-theater fusion (pictured) is inspired by the photographs of Diane Arbus, while Jeanne Ruddy's LARK aims to be movement for movement's sake. "It's highly technical for the dancers," says Nicole Cavaliere, managing director at Jeanne Ruddy Dance. "It's the first time Jeanne has gone away from a narrative in a piece." Together, the works offer a rare opportunity to see two vastly different approaches to choreography in a single night.

Flux Capacity
Positive Vision
Luminous Darwin
Canstruction
Skin Stories
The White Room
Kaleidoscope
Joe Queenan
More Matter, Less Art