Philadanco Founder Joan Myers Brown to Lead Discussion of Her Life and Legacy

WHO: Joan Myers Brown, founder and artistic director of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO!)
Company dancer and Brothers’ Network Advisory Board member Justin S.M. Bryant

WHAT: A discussion of the state of African-American dance in Philadelphia, tied to the publication of the new book  ”Joan Myers Brown & the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance” by Brenda Dixon Gottschild

WHERE: Moonstone Arts Center, 110A South 13th Street, Philadelphia

WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, at 1 p.m.

Join us on January 14 for a conversation on African-Americans in dance led by Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO!) founder Joan Myers Brown, part of the release party for the new book “Joan Myers Brown & the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance” by Brenda Dixon Gottschild. In this book, Gottschild uses Brown’s life and career as a fulcrum to leverage an investigation of the interface between performance, cultural formation, and race politics as evidenced by the development of a dance community in Black Philadelphia and the rise and spread of its influence beyond community and regional borders to national and international distinction.

Joining Brown in the conversation will be Philadanco dancer Justin S.M. Bryant, who will discuss the growth and development of a community of black male dancers in Philadelphia.

Our January book discussion will take place on Saturday, Jan. 14, at 2 p.m. at the Moonstone Arts Center, 110A South 13th Street, Philadelphia. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and autographing at Moonstone.