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Philadanco

Joan Myers Brown and eight fellow choreographers, dancers, and company leaders seated on a panel discussion on a blue-lit stage at the Perelman Theater, following the performance.
Photo: Lauren Berlin
  • Reviews

Philadanco: Then and Now

Lauren Berlin

Aunt Joan, Philadanco, and a Philadelphia Legacy: 65 Years and Counting

Photo: Julieannie Harris
  • Reviews

Philadanco: Meeting the Moment

Christina Catanese

Philadanco’s livestream performance touched on painfully timely themes.

Photo: Lois Greenfield
  • Interviews

Joan Myers Brown on 50 Years with PHILADANCO and Philly’s Future

Kat J. Sullivan

"I keep telling people I have 'founder’s disease.' I am always starting things."

Photo: Scott Robbins
  • Reviews

Trailblazers

Anito Gavino

Today, I conclude what black dance is to me.

Photo: Julieanne Harris
  • Reviews

PHILADANCO Moves

Miryam Coppersmith

Through the night of differing choreographic tastes, it is PHILADANCO’s dancers that shine.

Photo: CJ Harris
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Straight Outta’ Philly: Illuminated, Dancing

Sara Graybeal

A sweaty, blissful finale brings home the power of Hip-Hop as a uniting force.

  • Reviews

‘Danco Power Dance

Lynn Matluck Brooks

The dancers’ precision and elegance—placement of each limb, clarity of focus, intricately exact partnering, and silent landings from soaring leaps.

  • Reviews

They DANCE!

Carolyn Merritt

An hour and a half of “balls to the wall” dancing rooted in African American, contemporary ballet, and modern influences.

Photo: Lois Greenfield
  • Reviews

We Gather At The River

Patricia Graham

Philadanco, now celebrating forty-three years as a company, rolls on, preserving classic choreography and nurturing young performers and dance makers.

Photo: Joan Myers Brown, private collection
  • Book Reviews

Brown’s “Audacious Hope”: A Book Review

Ellen Gerdes

Gottschild tells the story of both discrimination against and perseverance of black dance pioneers in the 1940s and ’50s