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by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Nature Theater of Oklahoma is actually an experimental theater troupe from New York and they are in performance
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 Whittington has participated on the poetry series Voice in Philadelphia and has written two (unpublished) books of poetry.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 Whittington for The Dance Journal Nature Theater of Oklahoma is actually an experimental theater troupe from New York and they are in performance
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal “He can’t do that.“ a little girl said during the first few moments of LEO, when it looked
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Hanging off aluminum rails at the cavernous 23th St. Armory are billowy curtains and suspended lamps hanging low
by Lewis Whitington for The Dance Journal Sanders’ dance rhymes Choreographer Brian Sanders makes more than one visual statement with his company JUNK using unique
by Lew Whittington for The Dance Journal Leah Stein has had a very prolific year performing and choreographing with several projects overlapping, including the first
by Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal photo by Marcia Breuer BalletX artistic directors Christine Cox and Matthew Neenan like to work with choreographers who
By Lew Whittington for The Dance Journal BalletX dancer Colby Damon sustained an injury to his left knee onstage at the Wilma Theater last November.
Artists of Pennsylvania Ballet in William Forsythe’s Artifact Suite Photo: Alexander Iziliaev By Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal Choreographer William Forsythe was in Philly
Koresh Dance Company; Melissa Rector, Jessica Daley, Shannon Bramham Photo credit: Alexander Iziliaev By Lewis Whittington for The Dance Journal There may have been chunks