Philadelphia Dance – A Photo Year In Review 2009
by Bill Hebert
A collection of images and highlights from some truly notable performances in 2009.
Click Here to begin viewing album. Then click on large displayed image to view all the photos in sequence and in correct proportions.
Special thanks from the Dance Journal to Bill for capturing these [...]

For year end 2009, PhiladelphiaDANCE.org, a registered trademark of Music & Motion Dance, operated and maintained a total of 10 websites for the sole purpose of promoting dance in the greater Philadelphia region. All sites were operated without any costs to the dance community or its users. Funding for this project was provided primarily by [...]

Those whom the dance community has lost in 2009, but whose contributions shall not be forgotten…
Peggy Amsterdam
Age 60 – Sadly, as I was putting this tribute together, it was announced that Peggy Amsterdam died of cancer at home this Saturday. While not a dancer or choreographer, she has been a champion to the dance community [...]

The dance-driven artist-fueled nEW Festival sails in to its 7th year with a series of community classes and an evening of fresh dance at the The University of the Arts (UArts) School of Dance, from January 4 – 10, 2010.  The nEW Festival supports choreographic research and professional development for resident artists though bi-annual residencies [...]

River North Chicago Dance Company will feature seven Philadelphia premieres January 14-16 when they perform on the Dance Celebration Series, Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, 3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA.
Known for its jazzy, sizzling, theatrical and accessible style, River North Chicago Dance Company (RNCDC) brings “energetic, marvelously trained performers and a gutsy, entertaining repertoire.”
(Chicago [...]

This time of year, it has become a tradition for so many families to attend an annual  performance of the Nutcracker. But another holiday tradition has been brewing in Philadelphia for over six years now – Philly-Nutt-Crak-Up.
This crazy holiday take-off of the Nutcracker is based on an original rap song written by the SugarPlum Fairy [...]

The Kosoko Performance Group will present the second installment of their 2009-2010 live performance series KPG Presents.  Featured are some of NYC’s, NJ’s, and Philadelphia’s finest acts in music, dance, and performance art.  The event hosted by Jaamil Kosoko and Karama Butler under the aliases of Winston Margo Deboreau Hemm will take place on Saturday, [...]

Photo: la danse 7 (c) laurent_philippe

La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet, Frederick Wiseman’s new documentary that follows the Paris Opera Ballet through the production of seven different ballets, will begin regular showings at Bryn Mawr Film Institute starting this Friday, December 11.
Capturing the ephemeral beauty of the dancers, documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s new critically-acclaimed film chronicles [...]

Photo Credit: William Hebert / BH Photos
In this photo: Lyndi Shivak, Sophia Rabinovitz
75 Cents for a Transfer!
Temple’s BFA Seniors Make An Important Stop.
by Kathleen Glynn for the Dance Journal
On Friday, December 4th, and Saturday, December 5th, Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance presented “75 Cents for a Transfer: This is Our Stop!” at [...]

by Sandra Jewell for the Dance Journal
This four-part series, written by the reviewer of numerous government grant applications, provides a first hand account of the federal review process. It discusses the process involved in creating a federal Request for Application (RFA), or a Request for Proposal (RFP), and chronicles the journey a submission makes once [...]