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Friday, December 1st

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Platt Student Performing Arts House

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Megan Edelman

Date

December 1st

Time

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Where

Iron Gate Theater

Tickets

Cost: $8-10

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Performance

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Dance

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Sparks Dance Company Presents: Sparks on Fire

Sparks Dance Company was founded in 1989 as Penn's premiere dance company dedicated to both performing and community service. The company, managed by undergraduate students, maintains a high technical level of many styles of dance including ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern, lyrical and contemporary.

Join Sparks Dance Company as we dance the night away in the most fire show of 2023: Sparks on Fire!

Content Warning: Flashing lights, some explicit language

6:30 pm 7:30 pm

Performance

Soundworks Presents: Tap It Back Annenberg - Harold Prince Theater

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Platt Student Performing Arts House

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Megan Edelman

Date

December 1st

Time

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Where

Annenberg - Harold Prince Theater

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Cost: $10

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Dance

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Soundworks Presents: Tap It Back

Founded in 2001, Soundworks Tap Factory is the University of Pennsylvania’s one and only strictly tap dancing group. Soundworks is a completely student-choreographed team that produces shows throughout the year. This fall, Soundworks is tapping it way back and taking you on a journey through the decades. We hope you enjoy our show!

Saturday, December 2nd

5:30 pm 6:30 pm

Performance

Soundworks Presents: Tap It Back Annenberg - Harold Prince Theater

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Platt Student Performing Arts House

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Megan Edelman

Date

December 2nd

Time

5:30pm - 6:30pm

Where

Annenberg - Harold Prince Theater

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Cost: $10

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Soundworks Presents: Tap It Back

8:30 pm 10:00 pm

Performance

Sparks Dance Company Presents: Sparks on Fire Iron Gate Theater

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Platt Student Performing Arts House

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Megan Edelman

Date

December 2nd

Time

8:30pm - 10:00pm

Where

Iron Gate Theater

Tickets

Cost: $8-10

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Sparks Dance Company Presents: Sparks on Fire

Friday, December 8th

5:30 pm 7:00 pm

Performance

West Philly Swingers Presents: Crime Swingdicate Iron Gate Theater

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Platt Student Performing Arts House

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Megan Edelman

Date

December 8th

Time

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Where

Iron Gate Theater

Tickets

Cost: $8-12

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Dance

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West Philly Swingers Presents: Crime Swingdicate

News headers detail the illicit affairs of one of the most notorious crime organizations of the last century: The Crime Swingdicate. Tax evasion, fraud, embezzlement, vandalism, robbery, identity theft: they’ve done it all.

Crime Swingdicate has had quite a past. Once split into two rival gangs: the Houston gang and the Fisher gang, one red watch changed everything... They overcame their differences and quickly grew into an unstoppable, crime-committing dance troupe.

Swing on down to the West Philly Swingers show as they present: Crime Swingdicate. Vigilante dancers, murders, investigations, betrayals, and JAZZ await you at Iron Gate Theater on December 8th and December 9th!

Content Warning: Allusions to violence/crime

8:00 pm 10:00 pm

Performance

Dorrance Dance - "The Nutcracker" Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Zellerbach Theatre

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Penn Live Arts

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Date

December 8th

Time

8:00pm - 10:00pm

Where

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Zellerbach Theatre

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Cost: $10

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Open to all Dance

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Dorrance Dance - "The Nutcracker"

Tap superstar and MacArthur Fellow Michelle Dorrance “is a virtuoso, both as a dancer and choreographer." (The New York Times) In this Philadelphia premiere, tap dance meets holiday favorites from The Nutcracker Suite boasting boogies, slides, struts and dives into Duke Ellington’s intoxicating interpretation of the Tchaikovsky classic. Get ready to enter a world of jazz, swingin’ syncopation and vernacular sugar, persuading us all to be a little more soulful this holiday season.

Student tickets only $10!

Saturday, December 9th

2:00 pm 4:00 pm

Performance

Dorrance Dance - "The Nutcracker" Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Zellerbach Theatre

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Date

December 9th

Time

2:00pm - 4:00pm

Where

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Zellerbach Theatre

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Cost: $10

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Open to all Dance

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Dorrance Dance - "The Nutcracker"

8:00 pm 10:00 pm

Performance

Dorrance Dance - "The Nutcracker" Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Zellerbach Theatre

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December 9th

Time

8:00pm - 10:00pm

Where

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Zellerbach Theatre

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Dorrance Dance - "The Nutcracker"

8:30 pm 10:00 pm

Performance

West Philly Swingers Presents: Crime Swingdicate Iron Gate Theater

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Platt Student Performing Arts House

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Megan Edelman

Date

December 9th

Time

8:30pm - 10:00pm

Where

Iron Gate Theater

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Cost: $8-12

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West Philly Swingers Presents: Crime Swingdicate

Friday, January 19th

8:00 pm 10:00 pm

Performance

BODYTRAFFIC Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Zellerbach Theatre

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January 19th

Time

8:00pm - 10:00pm

Where

Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Zellerbach Theatre

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BODYTRAFFIC

BODYTRAFFIC brings “vivid theatricality to a range of provocative works commissioned from some of today’s most dynamic choreographers.” This celebrated company returns with a commissioned world premiere by Matthew Neenan as well as three Philadelphia premieres: Love.Lost.Fly by Micaela Taylor, exploring how people from different worlds come together; The One to Stay With by Baye & Asa, a response to the opioid crisis; and PACOPEPEPLUTO by Alejandro Cerrudo, which honors self-expression in witty solos set to Dean Martin hits. Don’t miss the bold “invention, attitude, and urban edge” of this breathtaking contemporary troupe. (The Boston Globe)

Student tickets only $10!