The Cinematic Cello

2006

$4,700

Chamber Music Now (CMN) presented The Cinematic Cello, a multimedia concert featuring cellist Ovidiu Marinescu alongside video and electronic accompaniment. CMN commissioned four world-premiere works for the production, pairing local composers and filmmakers to create collaborative compositions inspired by Philadelphia. Collaborators included composers Richard Belcastro, Andrea Clearfield, David Ludwig, and Paul Geissinger, and filmmakers Deron Albright, Ed Feldman, and Can Yegen.

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As Far As My Fingertips Take Me from ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury

Bryn Mawr College presents As Far As My Fingertips Take Me, part of ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury.

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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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Collaborators & Colleagues

Kate Valk

Kate Valk is a founding member of New York-based theater collective Wooster Group, and has performed with the group for nearly four decades.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble

Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble promotes artistic exchange and dialogue between Ukrainians and the global community through dance.

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The Crossing's Seven Responses at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival

Seven Responses will travel to New York City for two performances at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival.

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What Inspired in 2017? Our Network Responds

As 2017 draws to a close, we asked Center colleagues, panelists, grantees, and staff to reflect on the year in art.

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Let ‘im Move You: This is a Formation: Performance

J-Sette becomes the focus of the world premiere of jumatatu m. poe’s Let ‘im Move You: This is a Formation at Painted Bride Art Center.

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Ars Nova's New Paths Festival Presents John Zorn's Hermetic Organ at Girard College Chapel

John Zorn visits Philadelphia for a rare solo organ performance at Girard College Chapel.

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Grants & Grantees

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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Symphony for a Broken Orchestra: Discussion with David Lang

Temple Contemporary presents a talk by Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy Award-winning composer David Lang, in conjunction with Symphony for a Broken Orchestra.

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OutBeat Jazz Festival: Nate Chinen in Conversation with Fred Hersch and Festival Kickoff

The William Way LGBT Community Center presents *OutBeat: America's First Queer Jazz Festival*. The first day begins with Fred Hersch and a kickoff celebration.

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Boris Charmatz: Levée des conflits Community Workshops

A series of community dance workshops will be held as part of Drexel University's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design's Center-funded project Boris Charmatz: Levée des conflits.

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Center Publication In Terms of Performance Reimagined as Installation at BAM

In Terms of Performance at BAM transforms the web-based publication into a physical exhibition through interactive displays, text, video, and selected materials from the BAM Hamm Archives that illuminate and extend key points from the anthology’s web of reference.

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Departure and Discovery: Waywardness

The work of Schumann, Gesualdo, Brahms, and Mozart will be performed to evoke themes of fragility, unconventionality, and playfulness explored by the composers late in their careers.

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Pew Fellows News: CAConrad Receives Lambda Literary Award, Leroy Johnson’s Work at the Barnes Foundation, Stacy Levy’s Installation Enlivens the Schuylkill River, and More

Our June Pew Fellows news roundup highlights awards and honors for artists in film, poetry, and media arts; a memorial concert that pays tribute to a beloved Klezmer musician; and several new print and musical releases.

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Tony Award-Winner John Guare's Three-Part Epic on Stage, April 25–May 6

Philadelphia audiences can experience the world premiere of the first full presentation of Tony Award-winning playwright John Guare's Lydie Breeze Trilogy, April 25–May 6.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Susan Foster

Dr. Susan Leigh Foster is a choreographer, dancer, and scholar. Her "danced lectures" became a launching point for the third iteration of the Center's danceworkbook series.

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Zydeco Crossroads Radio Hour and live broadcast with Creole United

On October 30 at 9 p.m. ET, WXPN broadcasts live from Blue Moon Saloon in Lafayette, Louisiana with the zydeco all-star group Creole United.

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Philadelphia Assembled Performances

As part of its multi-part project Philadelphia Assembled, the Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a number of performances related to the project’s underlying themes.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Wendy Rogers

Wendy Rogers has choreographed and performed contemporary dances for over 40 years around the county, including California and New York.

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