BalletX

BalletX in July--Yannick Nezet-Seguin--Wicked Philadelphia Continues

Susan Lewis and Jim Cotter and Ton Keels — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:09:00 +0000

As BalletX turns 5 years old, Susan Lewis considers the contemporary ballet company and its summer program.

We listen back to Jim Cotter's recent interview with Yannick Nezet-Seguin, the music director designate of the Philadelphia Orchestra.

As part of a companion series to his latest book Wicked Philadelphia, Tom Keels uncovers a notorious 19th-century, grave-robbing scandal that reached from the city's poorest to the highest ranks of its medical elite.

PlayPenn Conference--The BalletX Project--Centennial Celebrations of Ocean Grove Pipe Organ

Susan Lewis and David Patrick Stearns and Jason Peifer — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:11:00 +0000

Jason Peifer explores the process of developing new plays at the fourth annual PlayPenn Conference in Philadelphia

Susan Lewis looks at the All-Female Choreographers Project of Philadelphia's BalletX. The contemporary program at The Wilma Theater features three new works.

Philadelphia Inquirer music critic David Patrick Sterns reports on centennial celebrations of the Great Auditorium pipe organ at Ocean Grove on the Jersey Shore.

Sculptor Susan Opie--Wendy Wasserstein's Third--BalletX's Right to Spring

Jim Cotter and Susan Lewis and Jason Peifer — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:29:00 +0000

Bucks County artist Susan Opie walks us through her works of bugs and critters, now on view in the outdoor sculpture garden at the Michener Art Museum in Doylestown. The museum's ongoing Outdoor Sculpture Program features the works of contemporary American sculptors.

Jason Peifer examines the life and theatrical works of the late Wendy Wasserstein. Her final play, Third, is being produced by the Philadelphia Theater Company. Third will be performed at PTC's new home, the Suzanne Roberts Theatre.

Susan Lewis looks at the Philadelphia-based, contemporary dance company BalletX and its upcoming world premier of Matthew Neenan's Right to Spring at The Wilma Theater.