by Ellen Dunkel, Posted: November 8, 2020
For 50 years, Joan Myers Brown led Philadanco, the company she founded to give Black ballet dancers performing opportunities that she had not been afforded, despite her talent. But she has long said she would take her final bow when the company hit the half-century mark, in 2020. So Philadanco developed a succession plan — several succession plans over the years, which never quite worked out.
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