by Steven Weisz for The Dance Journal Normally, I would reserve writing an obit for just Philadelphia based dancers or for my annual In Memory column at years end, but Jonathan Wolken was a major influence for myself as well as so many others in this region. Jonathan Wolken, one of the co-founders, artistic directors [...]
by Kate Speer for The Dance Journal With everyone together on stage, Madame Duboc gathers her dancers to start her class. More like a spiritual ritual than practicing their technique, the class allows the dancers to enter her work and to center the spirit. Everyone takes the pose, sitting on the ground with their legs [...]
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 [...]
Lenore Annenberg, philanthropist Desiree Melissa Jane Stevenson, dancer Leonore Annenberg Leonore Annenberg, who as the widow of billionaire publisher Walter Annenberg continued his tradition of philanthropy and patronage of the arts, died Thursday. She was 91. Annenberg died of natural causes at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., said family spokeswoman Kathleen Hall Jamieson, [...]
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