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Jillian Mueller as Alex Owens. Photo by Jeremy Daniel by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal The body beautiful is an aspect of dance that
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 Whittington has participated on the poetry series Voice in Philadelphia and has written two (unpublished) books of poetry.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.
Jillian Mueller as Alex Owens. Photo by Jeremy Daniel by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal The body beautiful is an aspect of dance that
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Earlier this month BalletX dancers Chloe Felesina, Francesca Forcella, Jaime Lennon, Caili Quan, Andrea Yorita had their pointe
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers’ Fall Program is a retrospective concert at the Painted Bride, marking the company’s five year anniversary
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Pennsylvania Ballet launches its 50th season this month with the celebrations, reunions and gala performances, but the company
photo by Lydia Daniller by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal How perfect that Sean Dorsey’s “The Secret History of Love” landed on the Painted
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal When Mikhail Baryshnikov staged restorations of the Judson Church dance collective to Philly ten years ago, a chunk
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Reggie Wilson / Fist and Heel Performance Group Moses(es) Suzanne Roberts Theatre Sept 19 Moses, the prophet and
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal BASEMENT Choreography: Gunnar Montana Asian Arts Initiative Sept 14 Audiences like thrills and with its graphic poster art
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal AJAX, the madness by Attis Theatre Director: Theodoros Terzopoulos In its US premiere at the Wilma co-presented Attis