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Brown, Joan Myers – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1989
Describes the history of the Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) Dance Company, known as PHILADANCO, founded in the early 1970s by Joan Myers Brown at her Philadelphia School of Dance. PHILADANCO has sought to discover and train a corps of local Black dancers to build a strong dance company and important cultural institution. (AF)
Descriptors: Arts Centers, Black Students, Dance, Dance Education