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  • [ February 27, 2021 ] Brian Sanders’ JUNK & Philadelphia Orchestra’s CARMEN on air Lewis J Whittington
  • [ February 22, 2021 ] Bryn Mawr College Dance Program presents The Porch with Nia Love and Fred Moten, March 25 Happening in Philly Dance
  • [ February 22, 2021 ] Opine Dance Film Festival Announces 6th Season In The Spotlight
  • [ February 21, 2021 ] Paul Taylor Dance Company Holds ‘Court’ and Reigns Supreme Debra Danese
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Brian Sanders’ JUNK & Philadelphia Orchestra’s CARMEN on air

February 27, 2021 Lewis J. Whittington 0

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal In April 2019, conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin led the Philadelphia Orchestra musicians in Serge Prokofiev’s searing ballet score for Romeo & Juliet, while the dancer-acrobats from Brian Sanders’ […]

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A Conversation with Iquail Shaheed on Sustaining Dance Art & Advocacy

January 29, 2021 Lewis J. Whittington 0

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Dancer-choreographer Iquail Shaheed formed his company Dance Iquail! fourteen years ago with a mission to create dance and use it as what he calls a “conduit” for […]

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Dance on Film- Now Playing Everywhere

January 11, 2021 Lewis J. Whittington 0

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Dance films have become the mainstay of dance companies trying to survive an industry in limbo while waiting for it to be safe enough for theaters to […]

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Nutcracker Dreams & Nightmares

December 19, 2020 Lewis J. Whittington 0

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal The Nutcracker continues to be the most performed ballet globally, spanning cultures and eras, performed in small-town studio theaters to premier ballet companies. It is an unparalleled […]

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Of Arabesques & Algorithms with Nora Gibson

December 2, 2020 Lewis J. Whittington 0

In this year of theater and venue shut down, the home screen has become the primary stage for dance performances. For better or worse, dance companies and dancer-choreographers are turning to film, video, and live-stream […]

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The Pennsylvania Ballet pirouettes into their fall virtual season

November 15, 2020 Lewis J. Whittington Comments Off on The Pennsylvania Ballet pirouettes into their fall virtual season

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Pennsylvania Ballet Artistic Director Ángel Corella launched his Director’s Choice Digital season online, with broadcast films of the company’s premiere works.  Corella spoke about the current programming […]

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Philadanco Dancers return to the Annenberg Stage

October 31, 2020 Lewis J. Whittington Comments Off on Philadanco Dancers return to the Annenberg Stage

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Philadanco dancers Janine Beckles and Joe González returned to the stage via Livestream broadcast from the Annenberg Center’s Harold Prince Theater stage in a program of solos […]

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Jasper Johns & Merce Cunningham – Mind/Mirror of art and dance

October 13, 2020 Lewis J. Whittington Comments Off on Jasper Johns & Merce Cunningham – Mind/Mirror of art and dance

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror is an expansive retrospective of the artist’s artwork co-presentation of by The Whitney Museum in New York and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  It […]

Jaamil Olawale Kosoko’s American Chameleon
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American Chameleon’s Beautiful Messy Relationships

September 29, 2020 Lewis J. Whittington Comments Off on American Chameleon’s Beautiful Messy Relationships

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit: Erik Carter Jaamil Olawale Kosoko’s American Chameleon is a continuing remote symposium of text, artwork, research, and discussion about many of the artist’s central […]

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Virtual Dance Recess – fun with Rhonda Moore and Ben Grinberg

September 21, 2020 Lewis J. Whittington Comments Off on Virtual Dance Recess – fun with Rhonda Moore and Ben Grinberg

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal One of the breakouts hits of the 2020 Virtual Fringe is ‘Fun With Dick and Jane: working title’ a 40-minute film recorded in the FringeArts Sound Stage […]

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