Lewis J Whittington

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Koresh Dance Company was back on the Suzanne Roberts Theatre stage for the first time in two years with the premiere of TikVAH, a dance documentary in […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Gwendolyn Bye’s company Dancefusion has performed every year at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival it began. This year the troupe collaborated with the North Carolina-based company Movement Migration […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | Photo by Maria Baranova New York-based choreographer Mariana Valencia brought her 2020 solo show AIR  to the Philly Fringe September 17-18 at the Drake Theater’s Proscenium […]

Topping the list of summer dance films are two documentaries about visionary African American choreographers, both sensations on the festival circuits and now in theatrical release. Two unconventional foreign dance films became available on streaming […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal In an interview from his stylish studio office in South Philadelphia earlier this month, Daniel Madoff talked about his unplanned leap from dance stages worldwide to a […]

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 […]