On Saturday, June 30th, 2012 at 7:30pm at Kaleidoscope Theater, Ursinus College, 601 E. Main Street, Collegeville, PA, a diverse line up of area dancers and dance companies will come together to benefit Hope Dances and children with special needs. The goal of Hope Dances is to affect the lives of children with special needs [...]

Brian Mengini has been a portrait and dance photographer in Philadelphia since 2007. His work has been published such notable journals and newspapers as Pointe Magazine, Dance Magazine, Dance Studio Life Magazine, Dance Teacher Magazine, Stanford Living Arts Magazine, Oxford Hill Press, Dancing Times (Great Britain), Auditorium Magazine (South Korea), Town & Country Magazine (Philippines), [...]

Photo by Brian Mengini In a Newsweek article by Sascha Radetsky, he writes, reflecting on the male dancer in today’s society, “ My business attire is a pair of tights. All right, there it is. I wear makeup onstage, and some of my colleagues are gay. Can we move on now? Can we leave behind [...]

by Brian Mengini for The Dance Journal Fresh from the resurrection of “Gaspar Ballet – a Pirate Fantasy” performed at the Straz Center in Tampa, Choreographer Christopher Fleming and his new company, Ballet Fleming, are hard at work in the studio preparing for their official Philadelphia premiere in February.  TAPAS, the name of their debut [...]

In 2008, Pam Hetherington founded Tap Teaser, an informal, energetic performance series for tap dancers and jazz musicians from the Philadelphia area.  Since the series began, Tap Teaser has hosted over 60 tap performers, ages 11-70, and a variety of jazz musicians.  The show gives tap artists a chance to show works-in-progress, finished works, or [...]

by Brian Mengini for The Dance Journal Spirit of the Fallen is a project I started back in November of 2009 and was initially inspired by a memorial installation at the Police Administration Building by Commissioner Ramsey in tandem with Comcast, paying tribute to the fallen officers. I had wanted a new philanthropic project to [...]

New Affinity Rewards Credit Card from PhiladelphiaDANCE.org will help fund new dance works and support local dance companies. There’s a new, convenient and rewarding way for people who support PhiladelphiaDANCE.org to fund the nonprofit group’s work. And it fits in a wallet.PhiladelphiaDANCE.org and CardPartner, Inc. have joined forces to launch five new images for 2010 [...]

Photograph of Charles Anderson of DTX by Brian Mengini Originally hailing from Richmond with stints in NYC, dancer/choreographer Charles O. Anderson settled down in Philly in 1998 to start his own dance company Dance Theatre X (2001) and pursue a graduate degree from Temple University (2002). Since, he has performed with dtX both locally and [...]