
Tango lovers dance the nights away at Philly Festival
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal The 7th Philadelphia International Tango Festival convened July 1-4 for a long weekend of events, seminars, technique
Lewis Whittington is an arts journalist based in Philadelphia. He started writing professionally in the early 90s as a media consultant for an AIDS organizations and then as a theater and dance reviewer for the Philadelphia Gay News. Mr. Whittington has covered dance, theater, opera and classical music for the Philadelphia Inquirer and City Paper.
Mr. Whittington’s arts profiles, features, and stories have appeared in The Advocate, Dance International, Playbill, American Theatre, American Record Guide, The Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review Worldwide, EdgeMedia, and Philadelphia Dance Journal. Mr. Whittington has received two NEA awards for journalistic excellence.
In addition to interviews with choreographers, dancers, and artistic directors from every discipline, he has interviewed such music luminaries from Ned Rorem to Eartha Kitt. He has written extensively on gay culture and politics and is most proud of his interviews with such gay rights pioneers as Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings.
Mr. Whittington has participated on the poetry series Voice in Philadelphia and has written two (unpublished) books of poetry. He is currently finishing Beloved Infidels, a play about the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh. His editorials on GLBTQ activism, marriage equality, gay culture and social issues have appeared in Philadelphia Inquirer, City Paper, and The Advocate.
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal The 7th Philadelphia International Tango Festival convened July 1-4 for a long weekend of events, seminars, technique
by Lewis J. Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit Ted Lieverman All that JUNK can be Choreographer Brian Sanders’ put together a comic revue
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal The Dancers of the Pennsylvania Ballet and guest artists take the stage at the Forrest Theater April
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal Joan Myers Brown always presents new Philadanco ballets for spring season in Philly and she introduced her
by Lew Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit Frank Bicking Kyle and Dinita Clark are former dancers who met while they studied at
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo courtesy of Bale Folclorico Balé Folclórico Da Bahia was founded in 1988 by Walson Batelho and
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit Paul Kolnik Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater packed The Merriam Theater for the three
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal | photo credit Frank Bicking Dancer-choreographer Roger Lee and guest performers warmed up a frigid mid- December weekend at
by Lewis J Whittington for The Dance Journal | Photo Credit: Alexander Iziliaev Pennsylvania Ballet followed up their very successful run of Ben Stevenson’s updated Cinderella