The Five Spot

1993

$20,000

To commission a new work for the company by Urban Bush Women choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, entitled The Five Spot, inspired by the 50's jazz club. It will be set to a compilation of period jazz, with collaboration from poet/writer Hattie Gossett and visual artist Treva Offutt. Project dates: Sept.1993-May 1994.

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Maria Hassabi

Maria Hassabi is a Cyprus-born, New York-based artist and choreographer.

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3x3: Movement Voices for a Bharatanatyam Dancer

Viji Rao developed three distinctive works to expand her artistic roots in South Indian dance, based on incarnations of the Hindu goddess Devi.

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Philadelphia Flamenco Festival Performances of Cómplices

The all-female ensemble of Pasión y Arte will explore conflicting definitions of the 21st-century woman in its first outside commissioned work, choreographed by Rosario Toledo.

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Philadelphia Flamenco Festival TAPAS Performances

Flamenco master Rosario Toledo will present a series of performances entitled TAPAS: the culmination of a month-long residency with Philadelphia artists Eun Jung Choi, Meg Foley, and Germaine Ingram.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers

Founded in 1994 by choreographer Kun-Yang Lin, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers (KYL/D) is one of the country’s foremost contemporary Asian American dance companies.

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Choreographer and Movement Artist Lela Aisha Jones

Choreographer and Pew Fellow Lela Aisha Jones on the importance of “creative spirits” in her family, what motivates her to create, the Philadelphia arts scene, and more.

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Philadelphia Museum of Dance

A large-scale performance event on the grounds of The Barnes Foundation, co-curated by acclaimed French choreographer Boris Charmatz, examines the presentation of public performance in relationship to the exhibition of visual art objects.

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Steppes

Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble presented a home season program featuring Ukrainian costumes and live music by violinist Vasyl Popadiuk.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Choreographer Boris Charmatz on Creating a Museum of Dance

Choreographer Boris Charmatz on how Musée de la danse is considering what a collection can be in the field of dance.

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Nichole Canuso

Canuso’s choreographic practice spans genres and experiments with the participation of audience bodies, personal narratives, and what she describes as “the kinesthetic intellect.”

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Boris Charmatz

Boris Charmatz is a choreographer, dancer, and director of Musée de la danse (Museum of Dance).

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Lucinda Childs' Dance

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Cómplices by Rosario Toledo of Sevilla, Spain

Spanish dancer and choreographer Rosario Toledo choreographed an original dance for Pasión y Arte, marking the company's first collaboration with a major flamenco artist.

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Trisha Brown In the New Body: Early Works

Bryn Mawr College presents two performances of Trisha Brown's pioneering Early Works, created between 1968 and 1975, blurring the boundaries between performance and visual art.

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Political Shenanigans Open Rehearsals

Choreographer and director David Gordon will participate in three public rehearsals as he develops POLITICAL SHENANIGANS: dancing w/ Brecht & Eisler.

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Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Commission

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Choreographer Nichole Canuso

Choreographer and performer Nichole Canuso on improvisation, audience participation, and what she describes as “the kinesthetic intellect.”

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RoseAnne Spradlin

RoseAnne Spradlin is a New York City-based choreographer whose work explores body consciousness and innovation of structural forms in contemporary dance.

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Boris Charmatz: Levée des conflits Performances

Drexel University's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design presents acclaimed French choreographer Boris Charmatz's experimental performance piece Levée des conflits, as part of the 2016 Fringe Festival.

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Questions of Practice: Choreographer and Performer Nora Chipaumire on Art and Advocacy

Nora Chipaumire on how advocacy and the principles of law figure into her artistic practice.

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