Cell

Headlong

2006

$29,000

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Headlong, Cell, 2006. Photo by JJ Tiziou.

Headlong created Cell, a dance-theater event designed to be experienced by one audience member at a time. Collaborating with technology artists Jennifer McCoy and Kevin McCoy, Headlong developed an intimate performance journey in which an audience member is led through a tour of city streets and buildings, with immersive video projections dispersed throughout, before becoming engulfed in a private dance. Cell premiered during the 2006 Philadelphia Fringe Festival and was later presented at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, and in the International Festival of Art & Ideas in New Haven, Connecticut.

Recipients

Headlong

Performance

Dance

Event

The Philadelphia Embassy of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland: Inaugural Event

Composer Mike Bullock presents the inauguration of the Philadelphia Embassy of the international art project, The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland (KREV).

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Grants & Grantees

Urban Echo

Leah Stein, the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, and composer Pauline Oliveros collaborated on a new music and dance work.

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Facing Front Part Two: Lectures and Performances by Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion (second set)

Anna Drozdowski hosts European duo Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion for a two-week retrospective of their collaborative career. In addition to their performances, the two-week period includes discussions on June 26–27.

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Caroline, or Change

This production was the Philadelphia premiere of Caroline, or Change, a musical by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Susie Ibarra

Susie Ibarra is known for her innovative style and cultural dialogue as a composer, improviser, percussionist, and humanitarian.

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Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole

A world premiere, music-theater work by playwright Colman Domingo and directed by Patricia McGregor will offer a fresh perspective on the artistic legacy of vocalist and jazz pianist Nat "King" Cole by bringing to light both his on- and off-stage personas, as well as telling the story behind the 1957 demise of his groundbreaking national television variety show amidst America's growing civil rights movement.

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The Veterans' Dreams Project: Arts in the Veteran Community Discussion

The Kimmel Center, Inc. presents a discussion with Dr. Gala True, whose research on post-deployment health and reintegration into society will inform a conversation around the arts' role in the veteran community.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Visual Artist Jeanne van Heeswijk on the City as Subject

Visual artist Jeanne van Heeswijk on creating work within and for an urban environment.

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Brindabani Jatra: Weaving Dance and Divinity

In conjunction with Threads of History: Resurrection of a Textile, dance artist Madhusmita Bora presents a classical Indian dance performance in collaboration with the Dancing Monks of Assam on their first US tour.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Diane Ragsdale

Performing arts expert Diane Ragsdale, a frequent panelist and keynote speaker at arts conferences, is pursuing a PhD in cultural economics at Erasmus University in the Netherlands.

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Questions of Practice: Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the Joy Inherent in Live Music

Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin explains what makes live music distinct among art forms.

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Free CardioCreativity classes from the creators of Dance Apocalypse

Professional dancers Gabrielle Revlock and Nicole Bindler, creators of The Dance Apocalypse, will lead participants through an all-levels class that includes wild music, hearty laughter, and opportunities to create.

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Grants & Grantees

Close Music for Bodies

An immersive, participatory vocal performance, developed from the sounds, stories, and movements of individual bodies, will place audiences amidst performers, creating an intimate experience of group voice.

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Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole

People’s Light presents the world premiere of a new music-theatre work that sheds light on legendary vocalist and jazz pianist Nat "King" Cole's public and private personas.

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Free Simulcast Screening of Supper, People on the Move at Independence Mall

A simulcast of the Supper, People on the Move performance at the Icebox, screened outdoors at Independence Mall, free and open to the public.

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Person of the Crowd: Tania Bruguera’s Displacement

Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera will present her 1998 performance work Displacement.

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action is primary

Centering on Foley's improvisational performance practice, action is primary will feature photographic, moving-image, sonic, and written documentation of up to 750 dances, which Foley performs on a daily basis at 3:15 p.m.

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Philadelphia Freedom Festival: Freedom Rap Session Youth Panel Discussion

Hip-hop artists and scholars will explore and unpack the experience of racism through music and lyrics.

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The Incredibly Dangerous Astonishing Lucrative and Potentially Completely TRUE Adventures of Barry Seal

Thaddeus Phillips uses his two years on a telenovela as the jumping off point in The Incredibly Dangerous Astonishing Lucrative and Potentially Completely TRUE Adventures of Barry Seal.

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Veterans on Stage with Paula Vogel

Veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam share their writings, created with Paula Vogel during the development process of Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq.

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