As her work has been seen around the world, 92-year-old Joan Myers Brown has created much of it inside a building that is home to the Philadanco Dance Studio.
Thursday, February 8, 2024 10:23PMBlack History Month is a time to look back on those who created a lasting legacy. Philadelphia's own Joan Myers Brown has shaped the culture by overcoming barriers to create a lasting legacy of dance.
"Anybody that's gone to my dancing school will Aunt Joan," said Brown, "but the kids who come in the company, they call me JB and a few other things I'm sure they call me when I get on their nerves.""I danced with Pearl Baily, Sammy Davis, Billy Daniels, and I toured with Cab Calloway," she said of a few of the entertainment legends in whose shows she danced."We were in Vegas, Central Park, New York," she said mentioning some of her tour travels.
"I was in Miami Beach. I had to have a card to be in Miami Beach at night," Brown said of some of the segregation she was subject to even as a performer. "I have a long list of dancers, Leslie Odom, Lee Daniels. One of my dancers got a Broadway show," she said.
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