Meredith Rainey: Look Inside

Fri.-Sat., Jun. 19-20, 8 p.m.; Sun., Jun. 21, 3 p.m.; $12, Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Ave., 215-387-1911, cecarts.org.


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Published: Jun 16, 2009

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After 17 years with the Pennsylvania Ballet, Meredith Rainey is shaking things up. "Ballet is very linear," says Rainey, who collaborated with former Headlong director Anna Drozdowski and Subcircle co-director Jorge Cousineau on his newest piece. "This process taught me to work differently, to put together pieces like a puzzle and play around." Rainey has not abandoned "ballet-like" movement completely, but Look Inside — an exploration of voyeurism and perception — was heavily shaped by Drozdowski and Cousineau, who encouraged a more generative approach to choreography. "The movement is intention-driven," Rainey says. "It's not just dancing for dancing's sake."

Fri.-Sat., Jun. 19-20, 8 p.m.; Sun., Jun. 21, 3 p.m.; $12, Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Ave., 215-387-1911, cecarts.org.