Elizabeth Whelan
An Artist’s Duty
by Elizabeth Whelan for The Dance Journal | photo credit: Benjamin Heller “It’s an artist’s duty to reflect the times.” – Nina Simone, Jazz vocalist, pianist, activist “If you ask me what I came to do in […]
Articles by Elizabeth Whelan
Elizabeth Whelan
Declassified Memory Fragment: A Victorious Outpour of the Soul Amidst Tension in Burkina Faso
by Elizabeth Whelan for The Dance Journal A country in the throes of ongoing military coups since 1966, a band lacing together traditional ancestral music with jazz, blues, and reggae, and a man with a […]
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Alonzo King LINES: Moving in Harmony with the Wild
by Elizabeth Whelan for The Dance Journal Crickets chirped their nighttime refrain as the dancers emerged from the shadows of the wings. From the first animalistic whoosh of an arm, it was clear that Alonzo […]
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The Tale of a Family: Joy Madden’s The Storytellers
by Elizabeth Whelan for The Dance Journal | photo by Mike Reilly Vermont-based movement artist Joy Madden sat Philly Fringe Festival goers down for a good old-fashioned story telling this past weekend. In an intimate […]
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Asya Zlatina’s STORM: An Astrological Journey
by Elizabeth Whelan for The Dance Journal Seeping with celestial mystery, yet rooted in profound exploration of humanity’s emotional sphere, Asya Zlatina and Dancers embodied the orchestral masterpiece of Gustav Holst’s The Planets; creating her […]
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Tangle Movement Arts Flies into Fringe Festival
by Elizabeth Whelan for The Dance Journal | photo by Mike Ermilio Tangle Movement Arts swung into action this past Wednesday in Old City, Philadelphia at the Christ Church Neighborhood House, taking the audience along for […]
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Vervet Dance Pays Tribute to Art of Improvisation
by Elizabeth Whelan for The Dance Journal “The works are semi-composed… part improvisation and partly structured,” said Loren Groenendaal, Artistic Director of Philadelphia’s Vervet Dance as she introduced the evening’s lineup. And thus began the […]
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Bindler’s WOMEN: Humanizing Palestine
by Elizabeth Whelan for The Dance Journal The lights go up on two women holding up peace signs—and each other. From the get-go, the scene is set; the political, cultural and social themes that will […]