Unique to the Philadelphia landscape, the Performance Garage was originally a horse stable and automobile garage. Renovated in December 2002, it was transformed into a versatile dance space that includes both rehearsal studios and theater for all forms of dance. The Performance Garage continues to be an incubator for classes, rehearsals, workshops and productions.
To an enthusiastic crowd of both professional dancers and general community, The Performance Garage held its first annual Dance Marathon on Saturday, May 4th from 11am – 11pm. With perfect weather, a large number of the activities were held on the street with a full schedule of drop-in classes as well as dance performances by such groups as Alchemy Dance Company, Raphael Xavier, Brat Productions, Tangle Movement Arts and Habiba Dance Ensemble.
The 12-hour event on the 1500 block of Brandywine Street also sought to bring together local restaurants and businesses, thereby bridging the gap between the Performance Garage and the Spring Garden and Fairmount neighborhoods.
Being one of the few professional dance spaces accessible to the professional dance community, it is the hope that fundraisers such as today’s will enable the Performance Garage to continue its work for some time in to the future.
Steven is currently the CEO of Delaware Valley on Line, one of the first regional Internet Service Provides that now focuses on business-class web hosting, design, and internet marketing. He is president and founder of Rainbow Promotions Inc., a special events and entertainment agency established in the late 70’s, that services corporate and retail accounts both locally and nationally.
Steven is the Founder of PhiladelphiaDANCE.org,the largest web presence and resource for the dance community in the greater Philadelphia region, and the Founder and Editor of The Dance Journal. His involvement in the dance community extends to being Director of Graffito Works, an international platform for dancers and performing artists to create site-specific work and to make it readily accessible to the public.
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