Dance Journal’s Pick of the Top 25 Philadelphia Choreographers of 2012

Dec 29th, 2012 | By Steven Weisz | Category: Archived Articles

Well if it was not hard enough picking the top 100 dance performances of 2012, this was even more difficult! And once again we have gone over! This list actually names 26 choreographers, as we could not come to census after several days of discourse. Special thanks to the Dance Journal staff, Merilyn Jackson and several members of the dance community for all their input and deliberations. So here are our final picks for 2012!

PLEASE NOTE THIS LIST IS NOT IN ANY ORDER OR RANKING.

Nicole Canuso
Megan Mazarick
Matthew Neenan
Bronwen MacArthur
Raphael Xavier
Rennie Harris
Ronen Koresh
Kun-Yang Lin
Brian Sanders
Meridith Rainey
David Konyk
Tommie-Waheed Evans
Megan Bridge
Merian Soto
Lindsey Browning
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
Silvana Cardell
Leah Stein
Niki Cousineau
Green Chair Dance collaboration by Sarah Gladwin Camp, Gregory Holt and Hannah de Keijzer
Lela Aisha Jones
Annie Wilson
Beau Hancock
Katherine Kiefer Stark
Kate Watson-Wallace
Michele Stortz

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1. Steven Weisz December 29th, 2012 3:30 pm :

   Additional Mentions:
   Eun Jung Choi
   Jumatatu Poe
   Guillermo Ortega Tanus
   Elba Hevia y Vaca

   Feel free to suggest others!

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