by Bruce Klauber | Aug 21, 2025 | Joan Myers Brown, founder of the famed and iconic Philadanco Dance Company, is an international treasure. This ageless force of nature – she’s happy to admit to being 93 – has won just about every award there is to win; and…
Global professionals for Carifesta dance workshops
News & Press, Uncategorizedwritten by Barbados Today Published: 19/08/2025 Updated: 26/08/2025 Dance is stepping into CARIFESTA XV as a language lab. “People seem so close but yet so far,” says Dance Lead for the Festival, Aisha Comissiong, while reflecting on how Caribbean dancers often watch global masters from a distance. “This is one of…
PHILADANCO! celebrates Black dance in Philadelphia with Founder’s Day
News & Press, UncategorizedCamille Bacon-Smith | Jul 23, 2025 PHILADANCO!’s Founder’s Day puts Philly Black dancers in the spotlight. (Photo courtesy of PHILADANCO!.) For Founder’s Day, July 25, at the Dell, PHILADANCO! will celebrate its 55th anniversary with some old favorites, and a DANCO! family celebration, bringing together…
Philadanco! The Philadelphia Dance Company performs in Charlotte under the watchful eye of founder Joan Myers Brown
News & Press, UncategorizedWFAE | By Gwendolyn Glenn Published May 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM EDT The world-renowned “Philadanco! The Philadelphia Dance Company” will be in Charlotte for a one-night performance on May 28 at the Knight Theater. It’s the first local show for the mostly African American company. Philadanco!…
PHILADANCO! Returns to The Joyce Theater Feb 6-10, 2024
PerformanceIABD receives National Medal of Arts from President Biden
News & PressThe International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) received a National Medal of Arts from President Biden on March 21, 2023. IABD was co-founded by PHILADANCO! Founder Joan Myers Brown and was developed out of the 1988 International Conference of Black Dance Companies which was…
Joan Myers Brown Receives Alan Cooper Leadership Award
General, News & PressAt a ceremony in February 2023, in Baltimore, MD, Joan Myers Brown received the Alan Cooper Leadership Award from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation. (https://www.midatlanticarts.org/grants-programs/alan-cooper-leadership-in-the-arts-award/#joan-myers-brown—2022-award-recipient) Joan Myers Brown is the founder of The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) / The Philadelphia School of Dance Arts. She serves as honorary…
Philadanco! to Perform at the Hammer Theater Center in San Jose
PerformanceWork by choreographers Francisco Gella, Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie, Ray Mercer, and Anthony Burrell will be featured. by Chloe Rabinowitz
A Heartfelt Thank You from PHILADANCO!
GeneralIn any given year, PHILADANCO!’s performances, workshops, classes, and presentations reach tens of thousands of people. We truly would not be able to do all that WE do without the MANY people who help us in all the ways that THEY do: And, of course,…