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DanceBoom! Festival.(Philadelphia''s dance festival presented nine companies over a three week period)(Dance Review)-

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-MAY-03 		Format: Online
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Full Article Title: DanceBoom! Festival.(Philadelphia''s dance festival presented nine companies over a three week period)(Dance Review)-(dance review)

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Wilma Theater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 22-February 9, 2003 Reviewed by Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Philly's second annual DanceBoom! Festival presented nine companies performing in four showcases over a three-week period. Curators Nick Stuccio, Helen Henry, and Toni Shapiro-Phim innovatively paired contemporary and traditional artists on the same bills. The first evening featured ensembles that use feet as percussion instruments: jazz-tap dancers LaVaughn Robinson and Germaine Ingram; Natya, performing South Indian bharata natyam dance; and the flamenco ensemble Pas/on y Arte.

Played by a jazz trio, the old standard "`Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" captured the essence of Ingram's and Robinson's appeal. Cool styling was their keynote. They were easygoing yet precise; playful but respectful of the...

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