Debra Danese

By Debra Danese for The Dance Journal The announcement of the 2020 Fringe Festival roster brought optimism to arts enthusiasts who have been longing for the return of programming. The festival kicked off on September […]

By Debra Danese for The Dance Journal | photo credit Alexander Iziliaev It was an emotional hour for BalletX on the Wednesday evening of July 22, 2020. Dancers, choreographers, friends, and family, gathered via ZOOM […]

by Debra Danese for The Dance Journal The Virtual Tango Festival (VTF) was the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School’s response to the postponing of their 10th Anniversary Philly Tango Festival. The event, organized by Meredith Klein, […]

by Debra Danese for The Dance Journal When Gov. Tom Wolf mandated a two-week, state-wide closure for all kindergarten-12 schools, local dance studios followed suit. A bit daunting, but a necessary response to the COVID19 […]

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 […]