The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) is celebrating 50 years of bringing the highest quality dance performances to the stage. Across the nation and around the world, PHILADANCO is recognized for its innovation, creativity and preservation of predominantly African-American traditions in dance.
PHILADANCO! participated in the 2020 virtual award ceremony honoring Brook Lenfest and Sharon Pinkenson. (PHILADANCO!'s presentation can be seen beginning at 44:18)
Joan Myers Brown—founder and artistic director of the internationally renowned Black dance company, PHILADANCO!—was on tour in Switzerland with 15 young dancers when the world shut down because of COVID-19. In this TIME IN interview, she talks about shepherding those dancers home to her beloved Philadelphia...
An evening of live solo and duet performances by Janine N. Beckles and Joe Gonzales, two of PHILADANCO!’s most outstanding dancers, streamed online as part of the Annenberg Center’s Fall 2020 Digital Season, and followed by a post-performance Q&A withFounder Joan Myers Brown (October...
A streamed presentation of “A Movement for 5” by PHILADANCO! alumna and choreographer Dawn Marie Bazemore as part of the “American Dance Guild Presents 10 Years Over 10 Weeks” and an award presentation with Joan Myers Brown and PHILADANCO! alumna Hope Boykin (November 9 –...
What Dance Lovers Have Been Missing by: Camille Bacon-Smith During this year of darkened theaters, some dance companies have embraced technology, taking the work outdoors and creating for film on the landscape or dancing with the tech itself. I enjoy these, but like most fans...
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