Debra Danese

by Debra Danese for The Dance Journal | photo credit: Jack Hartin Twenty five years since its inception, Riverdance is still going strong. What started out as a 7 minute dance for the interval of […]

by Debra Danese for The Dance Journal Drumline Live was a packed production of musical numbers, interspersed with snippets on the background of show-style marching bands. The Saturday, January 11th show opened with a brief […]

by Debra Danese for The Dance Journal PA Ballet’s World Premieres had an interesting creative process before culminating onstage. According to the company, three choreographers- Yin Yue, Juliano Nunes, and Garrett Smith- were invited to […]

by Debra Danese for The Dance Journal Annenberg Center Presents dance series is off to a dazzling start this season. They followed up last month’s brilliant performance of Les Ballets de Jazz de Montreal with […]

by Debra Danese for The Dance Journal | Photo Credit: Thierry du Bois “O Send Out the Raven Ahead of the Dove.” And so began the opening sequence of Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal’s (BJM) […]

by Debra Danese for The Dance Journal | photo credit: Mike Hurwitz  A small gem in the Fringe line-up this past weekend was the work of choreographers Evalina “Wally” Carbonell and Melissa Rector. Both, known […]

by Debra Danese for The Dance Journal BODYTRAFFIC presented one of the most engaging and thought-provoking programs I’ve seen this season. The L.A. based company performed a mixed bill of Philadelphia world premieres as part […]