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In Terms of Performance, A Keywords Anthology

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The Sentient Archive: Bodies, Performance, and Memory

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danceworkbook: A Steady Pulse: Restaging Lucinda Childs, 1963–78

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What Makes a Great Exhibition?

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Pigeons on the Grass, Alas: Contemporary Curators Talk About the Field

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Curating Now: Imaginative Practice/Public Responsibility

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Gray Area: Provocations on the Future of Preservation

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Letting Go? Sharing Historical Authority in a User-Generated World

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danceworkbook: Susan Foster! Susan Foster! Three Performed Lectures

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danceworkbook: Belonging and Solo: Roko Kawai

GRANTS & GRANTEES

Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Founded in 1812, the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University is the oldest natural history museum in North America.

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Asian Arts Initiative

Located in Philadelphia’s Chinatown North neighborhood, Asian Arts Initiative (AAI) uses art as a vehicle to explore the experiences of Asian Americans and the diverse communities of which they are a part.

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Discovery Grant: Planning for Making Place Matter

In conjunction with its relocation to South Kensington, The Clay Studio’s collaboration with area community members generates an inaugural exhibition plan focused on the theme of place.

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Virgil Marti

Virgil Marti is a visual artist and a 1995 Pew Fellow.

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3x3: Movement Voices for a Bharatanatyam Dancer

Viji Rao developed three distinctive works to expand her artistic roots in South Indian dance, based on incarnations of the Hindu goddess Devi.

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Remembrance

An oral history project and newly commissioned artworks memorialize Philadelphians who died during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the 1980s, with contributions from playwright and director Ain Gordon, artist Alexander Stadler, and community organizer Waheedah Shabazz-El.

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Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection Panel Discussion II

In conjunction with Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents a panel discussion.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Kate Watson-Wallace Premieres Work at LA’s REDCAT, Tayarisha Poe’s Film to be Adapted by Amazon Studios, Benjamin Volta’s Mural Honored by Americans for the Arts

Catch up on this month’s Pew Fellows news, including the latest recognition, new works, and press coverage.

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Reggie Wilson: Grounds That Shout! (And Others Merely Shaking)

Partners for Sacred Places collaborates with Philadelphia Contemporary, Danspace Project, and award-winning choreographer Reggie Wilson to present Grounds That Shout! (And Others Merely Shaking).

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Choreographer Stephen Petronio on Performance and Ephemerality

Choreographer Stephen Petronio on how his past dances and embodied memory influence future creations.

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Translating Film to the Stage: Composer Missy Mazzoli and Librettist Royce Vavrek on Breaking the Waves

In advance of the premiere of Breaking the Waves, we invited Mazzoli and Vavrek to share insights into their artistic processes and inspirations.

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Yolanda Wisher

Yolanda Wisher's (Pew Fellow, 2015) writing addresses both artistic and community-oriented pursuits. The founder and director of the Germantown Poetry Festival, she is dedicated to poetry as a performative, public act, capable of producing environmental and social change.

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Adapt!

This world premiere play, written by the Wilma's artistic director Blanka Zizka, invites audiences to consider the immigrant experience and questions surrounding identity, homeland and exile, the idealism of youth, and the compromises of adulthood.

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News: 2017 Year in Review

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Dirt on Delight: Impulses That Form Clay

The work of 22 artists, spanning four generations, was presented in an exhibition that examined clay's appeal and craft.

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Modupúe | Ibaye: The Philadelphia Yoruba Performance Project: Singin’ Movin’ Talkin’ Osun Oxum Ochún

Intercultural Journeys presents a distinctive movement, song, and dialogue-based workshop featuring facilitators Dr. Nzinga Metzger (Nigeria), Cleonice Fonseca (Brazil), and Gilset Mora (Cuba).

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Questions of Practice: Thomas Lax, Curator

The Museum of Modern Art's Associate Curator of Media and Performance, Thomas Lax, takes up the question "Should we be dancing in museums?"

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The Object Lesson

Independent theater artist Geoff Sobelle tested ideas for his first-ever one-man show: an "archaeological dig of the here and now" that explores our relationship to "things."

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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Choreographer and Movement Artist Lela Aisha Jones

Choreographer and Pew Fellow Lela Aisha Jones on the importance of “creative spirits” in her family, what motivates her to create, the Philadelphia arts scene, and more.

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Prototype for a Re-installation: Imagine Africa @ Penn Museum

The Penn Museum embarked on the re-installation of a longstanding display of African objects. The result was a 12-month prototyping exhibition and series of events, designed to elicit visitor feedback.

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