Lewis J Whittington

By Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Whether at the shore or city-bound, the dog days of summer are the perfect time to dive into some dance books worthy of checking out. Here are […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo by Vikki Sloviter  A cool breeze and swaying trees were the backdrops to BalletX’s opening night summer programming at the Mann Center for the Performing […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal “Dance…dance or we are lost” are the emphatic words from choreographer Pina Bausch inspiring dancers lost in the suspending fog of pandemic uncertainty and industry shutdown.  Finally, […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal The temperature hovered around 88 degrees on May 19th at Dilworth Park under the looming edifice of City Hall, where Pennsylvania Ballet II (PBII) was getting ready […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal The 29th Annual Shut Up & Dance benefit performance for MANNA (Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance) staged on April 24th at the Forest Theater by the dancers […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Rennie Harris, Philadelphia’s premiere hip-hop dancemaker, has spent the last year on the West Coast, sitting out the pandemic and gearing up for the 30th Anniversary year […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal with collaborative editing by Steven Weisz “Walk on the beach of the morning without desireOpen my mouth not to talk but to singSpeak with my whole beingSoul […]

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’ […]

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 […]

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 […]