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15 Sep 2011
00:00:00 - 00:00:00

Prince Music Theater

Thursday, September 15, 2011

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Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe
Prince Music Theater
1412 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA

Welcome to a vast playground, a place for experiments between two riveting performers with seemingly opposing styles: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, the sinuous western contemporary dancer whose movements ride a wave of chaos, and the Indian dancer Shantala Shivalingappa, whose exquisite control of movement comes from her mastery of the classical Indian form Kuchipudi. Role-play, seduction, imitation, human-sized puppets, blindfolds, masks, music: all are employed to win the other over, to test boundaries, and to express the joy of communicating through dance.

September 15 to 17 at 8 p.m.

$25 to $30 (General Admission)
$15 (Student and 25 and under)

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Dance

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Ogun & the People: World Premiere

Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble debuts Ogun & the People at the Annenberg Center.

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Grants & Grantees

John Jasperse's Fort Blossom

Bryn Mawr College presented noted contemporary choreographer John Jasperse's Fort Blossom Revisited, created in 2000 and previously performed only at The Kitchen in New York City.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Writer and Cultural Scholar Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Writer and cultural scholar Brenda Dixon Gottschild on her artistic journey, her interest in the presence and influence of the black dancing body in America, and more.

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The Quiet Circus: River Charrette 1

As part of its year-long project, Headlong presents a series of River Charrettes—performances and participatory conversations—at various sites along Philadelphia's waterfronts.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Patricia Lent

After dancing as a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1984 to 1993, and the White Oak Dance Project from 1994 to 1996, Patricia Lent teaches, stages, and conducts workshops at the Merce Cunningham Trust, where she is a Trustee and Director of Licensing.

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Le Cargo

In conjunction with its presentation of Brett Bailey's Macbeth, FringeArts presents Le Cargo, a dance work by Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula.

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Grants & Grantees

Facing Front: The Duets of Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion

Drozdowski, a curator of performance, will host European duo Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion for a two-week retrospective of their collaborative career.

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Joan Myers Brown & the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance

Brenda Dixon Gottschild completed research and writing for her book, which tells the story of Joan Myers Brown and the previously unwritten 20th-century dance history of black Philadelphia.

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Joan Myers Brown Book Research and Development

Gottschild conducted research for her book chronicling the life of African American ballerina Joan Myers Brown.

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Carnival, a New Work by Mark Morris

Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble celebrated its 40th anniversary with the world premiere of Carnival, an original dance piece by contemporary choreographer Mark Morris.

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In the New Body: Deep Dive

In conjunction with the ongoing retrospective Trisha Brown: In the New Body, Bryn Mawr College hosts a master class with Eva Karczag.

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Revival

Composer Phil Kline and choreographer Wally Cardona presented a new site-specific work at the Metropolitan Opera House.

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TAKES Discovery Grant

Nichole Canuso and her collaborators created TAKES, an interactive environment that applied the cinematic notion of the "take" to the world of dance.

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Re-PLACE-ing Philadelphia: Reggie Wilson's Stamped Stomped Stumped

Through the ongoing Center-funded project re-PLACE-ing Philadelphia, Painted Bride Art Center presents a new work by choreographer and Guggenheim Fellow Reggie Wilson.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Judy Hussie-Taylor

Judy Hussie-Taylor has served as Executive Director of Danspace Project, a New York City venue for independent experimental choreographers, since 2008. Hussie-Taylor served as a Pew Fellowships panelist in 2012 and 2013, a Performance LOI panelist in 2014, and as the Performance panel chair in 2015.

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Master Class with Rosario Toledo

The Philadelphia Flamenco Festival offers a free master class with dancer Rosario Toledo.

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Grounds That Shout! (And Others Merely Shaking): Public Conversations

Partners for Sacred Places collaborates with Philadelphia Contemporary and Danspace Project to present a series of public conversations for Grounds That Shout! (And Others Merely Shaking).

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Carmina Burana

Leah Stein Dance Company fused improvisational dance with live music to create a new interpretation of composer Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.

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Levée des conflits: Professional Workshop Preview

In advance of the September workshops with Boris Charmatz, project co-directors host an informal professional preview for dance and performance artists .

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Choreographer Reggie Wilson on the “Cultural Retentions” of Sacred Spaces

Choreographer Reggie Wilson discusses his approach to choreographing and curating dance in religious spaces with Pew Fellow Yolanda Wisher.

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