Philadelphia, PA
- Genesis – Philadanco celebrates its 50th anniversary with three ballets at the Merriam Theater: Genesis: Enemy Behind the Gate by Christopher Huggins, Exotica by Ronald K. Brown and Love and Pain, a tribute to Aretha Franklin choreographed by Milton Myers—and, on October 5, sung by Leslie Odom Jr. Joan Meyers Brown, now 87, founded Philadanco in 1970; today, it’s one of the country’s preeminent Black dance companies.
