By Kat Richter for The Dance Journal Tomorrow night marks the opening of shatter:::dawn, the latest dance/installation venture from experimental movement artist Zornitsa Stoyanova.  Taking “intimate” to the extreme, the performance will accommodate just ten audience members each night and features a cast of five dancers including Stoyanova, Christina Gesualdi, Adam Kerbel, Mason Rosenthal and [...]

by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Roni Koresh and his company got back into town last week from tour dates in Idaho and immediately began putting the final touches on Come Together, a dance festival that he, his brother Alon and the creative team at Koresh Dance have been envisioning for a long time. [...]

March 28th through April 27th, Philadelphia embarks on an month-long adventure as the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) asks audiences “If you had a time machine…” PIFA’s 2013 theme asks a diverse group of artists to make daring explorations of a specific moment in time and create exciting, thought provoking new works that [...]

by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal For the second year in a row, Pennsylvania Ballet principal dancer Ian Hussey is again directing Shut Up and Dance concert benefit for MANNA. This year 26 dancers from PB will be participating and Hussey has been working on the event between rehearsals and performances of A Midsummer [...]

by Steven Weisz for The Dance Journal Arts funding is constantly under fire, the National Endowment for The Arts is constantly facing cut backs and even the threat of dissolution.  Grants and foundations that support the arts have drastically cut back or scaled down their involvement. Corporate and private donors are also feeling the pinch [...]

by Roger Lee for The Dance Journal Photo credit: Bill Hebert As Black History Month 2013 draws to a close, I find myself reflecting. Each year I make it a point to write an article inspired by Black History Month. In the past I have written about the desegregation of dance and the pioneers who [...]

When I started the Dance Journal in Fall of 2005, I never envisioned that it would grow to where it is today. Based on 2012 statistics, we had 498,700 unique visitors and reached the 1/2 million mark with in the first five days of January 2013.  What’s more, our readership is already up 285% for January [...]

I have never been one much for lists of this sort, but this year I was convinced by friends to publish a top one hundred list of dance performances in Philadelphia for 2012. Actually, top 101 as we could not come to consensus. There was so much dance to see this year, that compiling this [...]

With its unforgettable music, enchanting story and the vivid imagery, “The Nutcracker” has become synonymous with the holiday season. It is a classic tradition that has weathered the test of time, captivating audiences’ hearts and minds for generations. Philadelphia offers a whole host of Nutcracker productions – from dance school performances, to international touring companies, [...]

Before I proceed with this article I would like to offer a disclaimer. Politically, I am non-partisan. I consider myself to be independent of party and prefer to vote for individual candidates based on their record and platform. As an advocate and active lobbyist for dance and the performing arts, I try to always investigate [...]