Missy Pfohl Smith’s Biodance performs at Fringe again on Sept, 17 with a bold message on climate change.
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Rochester Fringe Festival, Day 2: BIODANCE, ‘Black in the Box,’ and ‘we broke up’
BIODANCE goes virtual, “Black in the Box” poignantly looks at the Black American experience, and “we broke up” parodies YouTube influencers.
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Rebecca reviews ‘World Music & Yoga Ballet’ and ‘Aria’
My Sunday on the Fringe left me resolving to see more local dance performances with more frequency throughout the year. I caught two inspiring shows: an afternoon performance of “World Music & Yoga Ballet” and the opening evening performance of “Aria,” both at the Main Stage in the spectacular Lyric Theatre. I wasn’t sure what […]
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Art and tech collide in W. Michelle Harris’s socially charged work
The digital-media artist tackles social and political issues by using racist historic imagery, self-portraiture, and audience interaction
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BIODANCE celebrates 12 years in the art of humanity
Rochester’s repertory dance company will present a series of collaborative concerts at Geva in celebration of its 12th year.
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‘Labyrinth’ gives climate change a multi-sensory interpretation
The highly anticipated Sunday night premiere of “Labyrinth” at RMSC’s Strasenburgh Planetarium did not disappoint. Co-created by BIODANCE’s Missy Pfohl Smith and media artist W. Michelle Harris — who together presented the acclaimed “Anomaly” at the same venue in 2013 and 2016 — the multi-sensory show was performed to a full house as part of […]
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Becca reviews ‘Labyrinth’
The highly anticipated Sunday night premiere of “Labyrinth” at RMSC’s Strasenburgh Planetarium did not disappoint. Co-created by BIODANCE’s Missy Pfohl Smith and media artist W. Michelle Harris — who together presented the acclaimed “Anomaly” at the same venue in 2013 and 2016 — the multi-sensory show was performed to a full house on opening night. […]
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Jake reviews ‘Anomaly’
Well, that was a beautiful way to start my 2016 First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival. A buzzing crowd filled the Strasenburgh Planetarium for a resurrection of “Anomaly,” which premiered to acclaim at the 2013 Fringe, and has already sold out its 2016 run. I wasn’t around for the program’s 2013 edition, but what I saw […]
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MuCCC hosts robust contemporary dance program
Summer in Rochester usually offers audiences little in the way of dance. However, for the third summer in a row, the Multi-Use Community Cultural Center will host a contemporary dance festival. Dances at MuCCC 2016, a festival of contemporary dance, runs from Tuesday, June 21, through Saturday, June 25, and will pull from a wide […]
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Daniel reviews “BIO/DANCE & Social Justice”
On Tuesday night, local dance company BIODANCE presented “BIO/DANCE & Social Justice” at Geva Theatre Center’s Fielding Nextstage in a program devoted to works that highlighted the struggle against inequality on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, and more. The opening piece by Donna Davenport, “Lined Up for Injustice,” began with the dancers speaking […]
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Photos from Grounded Aerial
Brooklyn-based aerial dance troupe Grounded Aerial premiered a new work Friday night as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival’s big Friday on the Fringe event. Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Manhattan Square was packed with people craning their necks to watch the dancers leap, flip, and glide off the side of the 21-story One […]
