Lew’s Danceland

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 […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Filmmaker David Gordon, a founding member of the legendary 60s dance collective at the Judson Church, established his own successful itinerant company for several years before leaving […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal As the Coronavirus rages on, colleges and universities have been pressured to re-open their campuses, most designing a hybrid model of operation – a combination of in-person […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Since 1996, the Philadelphia Fringe Festival has occurred on a variety of venues throughout the city with a panorama of shows and events in every performing arts […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal In a wide-ranging interview from her home in West Philadelphia, Philadanco founding artistic director Joan Myers Brown talks about the dance industry during the pandemic, racial equality, […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal The groundswell of solidarity across racial lines for the Black Lives Matter movement has galvanized the national push for police reform in the wake of the brutal […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal On a frigid winter night in Philadelphia in 1993 at the Trocadero in Philadelphia, the dancers of the Pennsylvania Ballet launched the first or second (no one […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month but celebrations have been canceled because of social distancing and current stay-at-home restrictions. On top of all of the uncertainties, loss, […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Looking for a break from that pent-up feeling of make-shift home studio class and workouts, not to mention giving your eyes a break from internet screen time?  […]

by Lewis J. Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit Bill Hebert As the dance world tries to anticipate the impact of the pandemic on an already fragile industry in a culture where it […]