FringeArts Review – Childs’ radiant inner drive
September 13, 2015
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by Lew Whittington for The Dance Journal There was a distinct sense of dance occasion as the crowd buzzed through the cavernous 33rd St Armory
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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 Whittington has participated on the poetry series Voice in Philadelphia and has written two (unpublished) books of poetry.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 Lew Whittington for The Dance Journal There was a distinct sense of dance occasion as the crowd buzzed through the cavernous 33rd St Armory
photo courtesy La Centrale Fies by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal To say the least, dancer-choreographers Pieter Ampe and Guilherme Garrido are at ease
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal During gay pride parades in June there was the usual spirited dancing in the streets, but this year
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Nick Stuccio was in a cool summer button down instead of his signature black t shirt for a
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal July 23 Having to follow two powerhouse ensemble performances couldn’t have been easy for dancers Brian Cordova and
photo credit Frank Bicking | Brian Sanders’ JUNK By Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal The diversity of the sold-out audience buzzing in the lobby
photo by Sharon Torello by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Choreographer Leah Stein and Mendelssohn Club music director Alan Harler have created several dynamic
photo: Francois Zayas courtesy of SONY DSC by Lew Whittington for The Dance Journal Philly – based Cuban composer Francois Zayas is premiering his yet
by Lew Whittington for The Dance Journal Dancing the Fairy Tale, is Laura Katz Rizzo’s history of how The Sleeping Beauty ballet was first staged
