IABD 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,…
Adult Classes at the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts
Dance Arts, UncategorizedJanuary 2023 Auditions
Auditions, News & PressJoan Myers Brown Named
2022 Alan Cooper Leadership in the Arts Honoree
News & Press Baltimore, MD – October 17, 2022 – Joan Myers Brown, the powerhouse dance educator and founder of PHILADANCO, has been named the 2022 Alan Cooper Leadership in the Arts (ACLA) honoree. Named after Mid Atlantic Art’s Executive Director from 1994 through April 2017, the Award honors an arts leader who has demonstrated…
PHILADANCO! Selected for National Arts Initiative Funded by The Wallace Foundation
News & PressJune 3, 2022 – The Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO!) has been selected to participate in the first phase of The Wallace Foundation’s new five-year arts initiative focused on arts organizations of color[1], created as part of the foundation’s efforts to foster equitable improvements in the…
PHILADANCO! Receives Mellon Foundation Grant
News & PressThe Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO!) is excited and honored to announce the awarding of a 3.5 year grant from the Mellon Foundation to support staff expansion, new programming, the cataloging and preservation of archives, and the upgrade and renovation of the company’s University City headquarters…