Lew’s Danceland

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal The Coronavirus outbreak poses no less than an existential crisis for the performing arts with devastating implications for Philadelphia’s dance industry, schools, and community.  The current shutdown […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal After weeks of alarming news about the spread of Covid-19, cases started to be reported in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.  As of March 16th, the […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit Alexander Iziliaev Pennsylvania Ballet’s company premiere of La Bayadére opened with expected controversy over the ballet’s notorious history of offensive depictions of Indian culture. […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Choreographer Jessica Warchal-King returned to Philadelphia February 22, for a one-night-only performance of her ballet HOMEbody, which she premiered last fall at Alvernia University in Reading. The […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal On a frigid Saturday night after Valentine’s Day, a couple of hundred people ventured out in costume for choreographer Brian Sanders JUNK’s company fundraiser SNOWBALL Down. The […]

by Lewis J Whittington for  The Dance Journal Pennsylvania State Senator Vincent Hughes was on Merriam Theater stage January 18th to introduce Denise Saunders Thompson, CEO of the International Association of Blacks in Dance, along […]

by Lewis J. Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit Julieanne Harris International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) 2020 convention, titled THEN | NOW | NEXT, took place January 14 through the 19th […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Joan Myers Brown celebrated her 88th birthday on Christmas Day in 2019 in fabulous fashion by sunbathing at the beach. This was a rare day of relaxation […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit Julienne Harris The Suzanne Roberts Theater was packed with dance fans for the final two nights of the Koresh Dance Company’s Come Together Festival, […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal photo credit Stephanie Ramones, Contigo Photos + Films Koresh Dance Company opened it’s 6th annual Come Together Dance Festival on November 20th at the Suzanne Roberts Theater […]