Dance Happens Here 2007

Philadelphia Folklore Project

2007

$37,000

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Germaine Ingram performs in Parallel Destinies. Courtesy of James Wasserman.

The Philadelphia Folklore Project presented the sixth iteration of the Dance Happens Here initiative, which provided technical assistance, performance opportunities, and professional development services to culturally diverse artists working in folk and traditional arts, in Philadelphia and beyond. The dance concerts showcased two percussive dance ensembles, the tap dance company Germaine Ingram and Ensemble and Flamenco del Encuentro. Presented at the Painted Bride Art Center, the project included master classes with Pew Fellow Germaine Ingram and Spanish flamenco artist Antonio Hidalgo.

GRANTS & GRANTEES

Orrin Evans

Orrin Evans (Pew Fellow, 2010) never stops thinking about the traditions and evolution of jazz music, as well as renewing jazz's legacy in the African-American community.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Poet and Performer Tracie Morris on Preserving a “Feeling of Liveness” in a Museum Setting

Poet, performer, and scholar Tracie Morris shares the impact and challenges of presenting time-based art in museums.

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Saxophonist and Composer Matthew Levy

Saxophonist and Pew Fellow Matthew Levy on what motivates his multi-faceted practice as a musician, composer, and commissioner/producer of new music, his daily art-making routine, and more.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Reggie Wilson

Reggie Wilson is the artistic director of Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group, where he presents his unique blend of African and post-modern dance styles.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Bonnie Clearwater

Bonnie Clearwater is director and chief curator at the NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, where she leads the development of exhibition programs and the expansion of education initiatives and public programming.

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Event

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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Collaborators & Colleagues

Václav Havel

Václav Havel was a renowned playwright and political activist who became president of the Czech Republic in 1990, the country's first noncommunist leader since 1948.

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News

Artist Residencies Awarded to Pew Fellows Nichole Canuso and Jennifer Kidwell

Pew Fellows Nichole Canuso (2017) and Jennifer Kidwell (2016) have been awarded artist residencies to cultivate in-progress works during the summer of 2020.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Michael Kiley

Michael Kiley is a composer, sound designer, performer, and educator working in dance, theater, and public installation.

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Event

Gender, Traditions and Techniques in Flamenco

Michelle Heffner Hayes will provide context for the development of flamenco as a technique, its gendered conventions, and the standardization of its norms.

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Grants & Grantees

The Philadelphia Embassy of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland

Composer, improviser, and media artist Mike Bullock will join forces with Swedish composers and conceptual artists Leif Elggren, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, and Kent Tankred, and Philadelphia musicians such as Ian Fraser and Bhob Rainey, for a program of electronic music, performance, and installations, expanding Philadelphia's connection to the international experimental music scene.

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News

2019 in Review: A Year of Grant Making and Cultural Vitality

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage’s 2019 Year in Review highlights the remarkable work our grantees produced throughout the year and the pressing issues of cultural practice discussed in our Questions of Practice research series. We also offer a preview of the projects scheduled for 2020.

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Grants & Grantees

Faith Project

A new dance work contemplates the relationship between religious practice and contemporary dance, taking inspiration from exchanges with an interfaith group of community participants.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Andy Chan Donald

Andy Chan Donald is the associate artistic director at the American Conservatory Theater (ACT) in San Francisco, overseeing the production of the mainstage season and the development of new work.

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Event

Words Adorned: Demonstration of Arabic Vocal Tradition

In conjunction with the Center-funded project Words Adorned, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture will present a free music demonstration with renowned Palestinian vocalist Dalal Abu Amneh and Al-Bustan's Takht Ensemble.

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News

Trey Lyford’s World Premiere of The Accountant Explores Memory and Loss through Physical Theater, Magic, and Crowdsourcing, Sept. 6–9

Philadelphia-based artist Trey Lyford creates an experience about memory and loss in the world premiere of The Accountant, running Sept. 6–9 at Christ Church Neighborhood House.

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Grants & Grantees

Violin Woman, African Dreams

An evening-length suite composed by Diane Monroe for violin, string quartet, West African kora, and percussion draws is inspired by museum and historic house collections in Philadelphia’s Germantown neighborhood

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Will Rawls

Will Rawls is a Brooklyn-based artist and writer, who works in dance, sound, and speech.

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Grants & Grantees

The Unofficial Guide to Audience Watching Performance

The Unofficial Guide to Audience Watching Performance is autobiographical and presents a running story in which Xavier, a 2013 Pew Fellow in the Arts, is both narrator and dancer.

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Event

O17 Festival

Opera Philadelphia presents its inaugural season-opening, multi-venue opera festival, supported by a Center Advancement grant.

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