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Article: Philadelphia dances.
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- Dance Magazine
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
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Surveying the city's dramatically renewed Avenue of the Arts from atop his City Hall pinnacle 500 feet above Philadelphia, the totem of founder William Penn has twelve-foot arms and five-foot-long bronze shoes, and bemoans the fact that he can't dance. But the city over which he presides makes a perfect partner for the booming dance arts and education here.
The city today is home to more than forty performing dance companies, large and small, and more than 2,000 professional dancers. Drawing on a unique alchemy of passion, perseverance, and cooperation, Philadelphia dance companies light up the City, tour the United States and abroad, and receive impressive ...