Costuming and Re-Orchestration of the Carpathian Dances

Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble

2009

$40,000

Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble represents Ukrainian culture through dance by drawing on various classical, contemporary, and folkloric styles. This grant supported the creation of new costumes and the re-orchestration of music for the company's Carpathian dances, which enhanced the artistic production capacity of the company.

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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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News

Pew Fellows News: Jennifer Higdon Awarded Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, King Britt’s Orchestral collaboration, Plays from Jennifer Kidwell and Bruce Graham in the News, and More.

This month’s Pew Fellows news includes new exhibitions and performances from coast-to-coast, critically-acclaimed plays, and a national award in music composition.

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Pennsylvania Ballet Presents "In the middle, somewhat elevated" at "50th Finale" Celebration

Pennsylvania Ballet will perform In the middle, somewhat elevated by choreographer William Forsythe as part of its 50th anniversary celebration. The Ballet originally acquired this piece for performances in 2010, with Center support.

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Grants & Grantees

bb/he and dg/together again

New York choreographer David Gordon, a founding artist of New York's Judson Dance Theater, worked with Susan Hess Modern Dance to re-envision his 2009 piece Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler.

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Battle Hymns

Leah Stein choreographed a dance to an original score by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang that eventually toured to San Francisco.

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The Life of a Just Sole

Bringing together some of hip-hop's most influential pioneers, Clark will present what he calls his "physical autobiography" in a dance-theater performance blending street dance techniques with spoken word narration and video.

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action is primary: Dinner Parties

Part performance, part discussion, and part party, these events invite attendees to discuss the project's improvisational practice.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Silvana Cardell

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Trisha Brown In the New Body: Proscenium Works, 1979–2011

Bryn Mawr College presents a retrospective of selected dances by Trisha Brown, an internationally known leader of post-modernism and an enduring renegade whose work has rarely been seen in Philadelphia.

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Re-Place-ing Philadelphia

Built on a foundation of public dialogue and interaction, the Re-Place-ing Philadelphia project used art as a lens for viewing the city and its history.

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Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College’s performing arts series has been presenting innovative works in the Philadelphia area since 1984

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Sidi Larbi's Play and Shantala Shivalingappa's Namasya

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Supper, People on the Move

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Bharatanatyam Master Classes with Malavika Sarukkai

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Janine Antoni

Janine Antoni creates work in performance art, sculpture, and photography.

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Trisha Brown In the New Body Lectures Judson Dance Theater

Wendy Perron, former member of Trisha Brown Dance Company presents a slide lecture on this pivotal moment in dance history.

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Jens Hoffmann

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Dancing Diplomats

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Available Light

Experience this monumental and deeply-realized artistic encounter of dance, light, sound, and architecture on a scale not seen since its premiere 30 years ago.

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