# Joan Myers Brown
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joan myers brown is an American dance instructor.
Brown is the only child of Nellie Lewis, a nuclear scientist, and Julius Myers, a chef and restaurateur. Native to both Philadelphia and North Carolina she grew up mainly on 47th Street and Paschall Avenue of Southwest Philadelphia.
Brenda Dixon Gottschild, “Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance” (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011)
For the launch of the Dance Channel, I thought long and hard about what the first author interview would be. I felt that it was critically important that this channel begins with a rich conversation between myself and a well respected author whose contributions to dance scholarship were substantial…
Brenda Dixon Gottschild, “Joan Myers Brown and the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance” (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011)
For the launch of the Dance Channel, I thought long and hard about what the first author interview would be. I felt that it was critically important that this channel begins with a rich conversation between myself and a well respected author whose contributions to dance scholarship were substantial…
Interview With Joan Myers Brown
In this episode, Charles and Ms. Brown (aka JB) discuss, Black dance excellence, meeting the Obamas, Philadanco’s history and growth…and more! https://philadanco.org/
MSP 138: Joan Myers Brown and Kim Bears-Bailey
Today's guest on Movers & Shapers are Joan Myers Brown and Kim Bears-Bailey of Philadanco.
Joan is the founder of Philadanco which was created in 1970 out of a need to provide performance opportunities and training for Black dancers. PHILADANCO! has since grown into a professional dance company th…
Episode 13 - Interview with Joan Myers Brown
Known as Aunt Joan, or JB, to her PHILADANCO! family, she's a powerhouse of artistic energy and warmth, and a passionate advocate for Black dancers. As she will tell you, she's nearly 90 years old and has seen a lot. No pandemic can dampen this woman's spirits or her determination to create opport…
Insight Pt. 2: African American Chamber of Commerce, "Trigger," Re-Entry w/ Corie Priest, PHILADANCO
I've been keeping you up to date on my training for the AACR Philadelphia Marathon weekend when I'll be doing the 8k to benefit the oldest and largest cancer research foundation in the world. Thanks to you we've already raised nearly a quarter of a million dollars and 35 percent more have signed u…
Honoring Joan Myers Brown: Women's History Month, "I Fall in Love With Dance"
“Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey
In this episode of “Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey, join host Joanne Carey as she chats with Special Guest: Joan Myers Brown during Women's History Month.
Listen in with Ms. Brown (who is 92 years young) shares her story that began as a young dancer living in …
Hope Boykin
Two-time Bessie Award winner Hope Boykin is a performer, choreographer, educator, and the Director of a company that bears her name. An original member of Complexions, Hope spent many years as a dancer with Philadanco, and the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater where she and Alicia b…
MSP 138: Joan Myers Brown and Kim Bears-Bailey
Today's guest on Movers & Shapers are Joan Myers Brown and Kim Bears-Bailey of Philadanco.
Joan is the founder of Philadanco which was created in 1970 out of a need to provide performance opportunities and training for Black dancers. PHILADANCO! has since grown into a professional dance company th…
Theresa Ruth Howard, Founder of Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet | Pushing Over the Box
In 2015, around the time Misty Copeland was promoted to principal at American Ballet Theatre, Theresa Ruth Howard wrote an article highlighting the long history of Black ballerinas who came before her: "The Misty-rious Case of the Vanishing Ballerinas of Color: Where Have All the Others Gone?" At t…
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