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How can we reimagine works from the past for today’s audiences? Here, artists and performers discuss how they merge tradition with innovation, discover the limitations and opportunities of cross-cultural translation, and reinvigorate centuries-old practices to advance the legacy of their art forms.

Interviews & Conversations

Questions of Practice: Art Historian Kristina Van Dyke on How Technology Can Introduce New Perspectives to Ancient Artifacts

Videos

Questions of Practice: Visual Artist Trenton Doyle Hancock on the Social Connotations of Dolls

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

Essays & Articles

Just Say It and Think It and It Is So

Interviews & Conversations

Who Gets to Be Contemporary? Brooklyn Museum's Catherine Morris and Arcadia Gallery's Richard Torchia on Pati Hill

Interviews & Conversations

Questions of Practice: Conductor Donald Nally and Violinist Hanna Khoury on Blending Musical Traditions

Interviews & Conversations

God Must be a Dancer

Essays & Articles

Questions of Practice with Ken Vandermark: Is Jazz Dead?

Interviews & Conversations

Questions of Practice: Composer and Pianist Vijay Iyer on Musical Lineage

Interviews & Conversations

Questions of Practice: Centrala's Michał Zadara and Barbara Wysocka on Classical Works and the Avant-Garde

Interviews & Conversations

Miranda July on Riot Grrrl

News

Fall Arts Preview: Opera Philadelphia World Premiere, Ann Hamilton at The Fabric Workshop, Jace Clayton at the Barnes, and More

Fall begins with a lively schedule of Center-funded projects, including ambitious artistic collaborations, performance premieres, exhibition openings, and experimental installations.

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Grants & Grantees

Yael Bartana: And Europe Will be Stunned

A newly commissioned site-specific performance and an exhibition showcase Israeli filmmaker and installation artist Yael Bartana, whose work addresses the complexities of migration, memory, and identity.

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Questions of Practice

Raphael Xavier Fellows Friday Q&A

We speak with Xavier—2013 Pew Fellow, hip-hop dancer, and Post-it aficionado—whose recent work The Unofficial Guide to Audience Watching Performance was hailed by Dance Magazine as "artful and mesmerizing."

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Frankenstein & Dracula: Screening of Nosferatu, a symphony of horror, Accompanied by Live Organ

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In Motion, In Place: Trisha Brown Dance Company: Performances in Fairmount Park

Fairmount Park Conservancy presents a series of site-responsive, outdoor performances in various locations in Fairmount Park and along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

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News

Fall Premieres and Openings: Inspired by Bergman Films, Telenovelas, School Closings, and More

Fall kicks off with a packed schedule of Center-funded projects, including exhibition openings from Temple Contemporary and The Galleries at Moore, and performance premieres at the 2015 Fringe Festival that push the boundaries of genre and form.

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Grants & Grantees

Exploration of Public Performance for Dialogue Around Disability Issues

The Institute on Disabilities at Temple University explored the potential of public performance to engage the community in a dialogue around disability issues.

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The Flea and the Professor

This production marked the Arden Theatre's first commission for its children's series.

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News

The Way of Chopsticks Media Mentions

The Way of Chopsticks, on view at the Philadelphia Art Alliance through December 29, 2013, has received recent media attention from a number of publications.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Kelley Rourke

Kelley Rourke is a librettist, translator, and dramaturg who serves as resident dramaturg for the Washington National Opera and The Glimmerglass Festival.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

David Felix Sutcliffe

A documentary filmmaker, Sutcliffe creates intimate, character-driven stories about the complex experiences of Muslim American communities today.

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News

News: Barbara Kasten: Stages at the ICA

On view at the ICA through August 16, Barbara Kasten: Stages has received media attention from numerous outlets.

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Potluck and Dance Party with Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys

WXPN's yearlong project explores the origins and evolution of zydeco, a form of African-American roots music that blends Cajun traditions, blues, and R&B. On Saturday, December 13, Zydeco Crossroads and Allons Danser welcome zydeco musicians Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys to Norristown's Holy Saviour Club for a holiday potluck and dance party.

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Three Sisters

Arden Theatre Company premieres a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, the culmination of a two-year exploration into the playwright and his work.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Historical Society of Pennsylvania

Founded in 1824 in Philadelphia, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania is home to over 600,000 printed items and more than 21 million manuscripts and graphic items. Its collections encompass more than 350 years of America’s history

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Questions of Practice

Who Gets to Be Contemporary? Brooklyn Museum's Catherine Morris and Arcadia Gallery's Richard Torchia on Pati Hill

Richard Torchia and Catherine Morris consider visual artist Pati Hill's contemporaneity, the creative influence of emerging technologies, and Hill's place in contemporary and conceptual art.

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Michener Art Museum Casts New Light on Charles Sheeler and his 1920s Fashion Photography

From March 18 through July 9, 2017, the James A. Michener Art Museum will present an exhibition featuring 85 portraits and fashion photographs created between 1926 and 1931.

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Tradition – An Evolving Continuum

Tradition – An Evolving Continuum, led by composer and director Kiranavali Vidyasankar and presented by Sruti, is a pioneering effort to bring together prominent Carnatic musicians residing in the United States to form a unique vocal-instrumental ensemble, highlighting the rich history of Carnatic music and its continued evolution.

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Doing Time / Depth of Surface

Spanish artists Patricia Gómez and María Jesús González utilized a traditional mural restoration technique while in residence at the Holmesburg Prison in Northeast Philadelphia.

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Grants & Grantees

Charles Sheeler: Fashion, Photography, and Sculptural Form

An untapped aspect of the Philadelphia region's artistic heritage will be brought to light in an exhibition of painter and photographer Charles Sheeler's little-known fashion photography created for Condé Nast between 1926 and 1931—a body of work that significantly informed the aesthetic vision of one of American modernism's founding figures.

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