Lew’s Danceland

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Artistic Director Gwendolyn Bye presented her company, Dancefusion to the Fringe Festival for the 10th consecutive year, with concerts at the Performance Garage, September 13 & 14.   Bye […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit: Joanna Austin Úumbal: Nomadic Choreography for Inhabitants, already a highlight of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, took place when traffic was blocked on several streets […]

by Lewis J. Whittington for The Dance Journal Dr. Joanna Chan is a physician at the Sidney Kimmel Medical Center and also a member of the board at Koresh Dance Company. She and dance teacher […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit: Steven Weisz | cover photo is of Audre Lorde Rainbow Flag by Ebony Malaika Collier June 29, 1969 was a night that started out […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal “Free your mind and your body will follow…. we freed our mind and hip-hop followed,” says Philadelphia choreographer, Rennie Harris on his narrative voiceover before the finale […]

by Lewis J. Whittington for The Dance Journal BalletX will present eight premieres in their upcoming 2019-20 season and among the commissions will be the work of dancer-choreographer, Nicole Caruana, the latest awardee of their […]

by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal In the maze of dance studios on the second floor of Urban Movement Arts is a where choreographer Vince Johnson and dancers Maddie Hopfield and Kayla Bobalek […]

by Lewis J. Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit: Julieanne Harris Philadanco Artistic Director, Joan Myers Brown introduced her spring concert series by discussing the four prolific Philadelphia choreographers who have set work […]