New Work by Martha Clarke

Jeanne Ruddy Dance

2008

$45,000

jeanne-ruddy-sandman-2008

Martha Clarke’s Sandman.

Jeanne Ruddy Dance commissioned a new work by choreographer and theatrical director Martha Clarke, a MacArthur Fellow and founding member of the dance-theater company Pilobolus. Inspired by photographs by Diane Arbus, Ralph Eugene Meatyard and Helen Levitt, the performance piece featured highly stylized costumes and masks designed by Jeffery Wirsig, with lighting by Peter J. Jakubowski.

Recipients

Jeanne Ruddy Dance

Dance

Performance

Grants & Grantees

Susan Rethorst: Inquiring Mind/Choreographic Mind

Bryn Mawr College's retrospective introduced local audiences to Rethorst's work and featured a series of public events, all of which provided unique windows into Rethorst's methodology.

grant-content
susan-rethorst-inquiring-mind-choreographic-mind
Event

Supper, People on the Move

Supper, People on the Move, a large-scale performance by choreographer Silvana Cardell, inspired and informed by the immigration process, will premiere in June 2015.

event-content
supper-people-on-the-move
GRANTS & GRANTEES

LaVaughn Robinson

LaVaughn Robinson (1927–2008) was a tap dancer and a 1992 Pew Fellow.

people-content
lavaughn-robinson
Collaborators & Colleagues

Bill T. Jones

Bill T. Jones is an artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer, as well as the founder of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and executive artistic director New York Live Arts.

people-content
bill-t-jones
Event

The Quiet Circus: River Charrette 2

Headlong's second River Charrette will take place at RAIR and will address sustainability issues through art and performance.

event-content
the-quiet-circus-river-charrette-2
Event

Levée des conflits: Professional Workshop Preview

In advance of the September workshops with Boris Charmatz, project co-directors host an informal professional preview for dance and performance artists .

event-content
levee-des-conflits-professional-workshop-preview
Collaborators & Colleagues

Jennifer S.B. Calienes

Jennifer S.B. Calienes is an independent consultant and senior advisor for the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) at Florida State University, where she served as founding director (2004–14).

people-content
jennifer-s-b-calienes
News

Projects on Tour: Center-Supported Works by Ann Hamilton, David Ludwig, Silvana Cardell, and more

After premieres in the Philadelphia region, Center-funded performances and exhibitions are reaching new national and international audiences in venues around the world.

news-content
projects-on-tour-center-supported-works-by-ann-hamilton-david-ludwig-silvana-cardell-and-more
GRANTS & GRANTEES

Iquail Shaheed

Dance Iquail's artistic director, Iquail Shaheed, seeks to create dance projects that tell stories not frequently heard in the performing arts, and to engage with audiences drawn from Mantua, the West Philadelphia neighborhood where he grew up.

people-content
iquail-shaheed
Grants & Grantees

Joan Myers Brown & the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina: A Biohistory of American Performance

Brenda Dixon Gottschild completed research and writing for her book, which tells the story of Joan Myers Brown and the previously unwritten 20th-century dance history of black Philadelphia.

grant-content
joan-myers-brown-amp-amp-the-audacious-hope-of-the-black-ballerina-a-biohistory-of-american-performance
Collaborators & Colleagues

Maria Hassabi

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

people-content
maria-hassabi
Collaborators & Colleagues

Judy Hussie-Taylor

Judy Hussie-Taylor has served as executive director and chief curator of Danspace Project since 2008, where her theme-based Platform series has mobilized artists as advocates and curators within the field.

people-content
judy-hussie-taylor
Grants & Grantees

Dream Dance: The Art of Ed Emshwiller

A retrospective surveys Ed Emshwiller’s expansive career in film, video, and visual art, introducing the artist’s groundbreaking work to a new generation of audiences.

grant-content
dream-dance-the-art-of-ed-emshwiller
Grants & Grantees

Dance Happens Here 2007

The sixth iteration of Dance Happens Here showcased two percussive dance ensembles, Germaine Ingram and Ensemble and Flamenco del Encuentro.

grant-content
dance-happens-here-2007
GRANTS & GRANTEES

Nicole Cousineau

Nicole Cousineau (Pew Fellow, 2007) makes multimedia dance theater based in strong, rigorous movement investigation.

people-content
nicole-cousineau
Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Choreographer and Performer Nora Chipaumire on Connecting with Her Audience

Nora Chipaumire talks about engaging with the audience and creating “a democracy” as a performer.

question-of-practice-content
questions-of-practice-choreographer-and-performer-nora-chipaumire-on-connecting-with-her-audience
Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Choreographer and Dancer taisha paggett on the Relationship Between Art and Politics

Choreographer and dancer taisha paggett discusses how her artmaking engages with the “political landscape of being.”

question-of-practice-content
questions-of-practice-choreographer-and-dancer-taisha-paggett-on-the-relationship-between-art-and-politics
Event

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.

event-content
pennsylvania-ballet-presents-in-the-middle-somewhat-elevated-at-its-quot-50th-finale-quot-celebration
Grants & Grantees

SoMoS

SoMoS, the culmination of Merián Soto's ambitious Branch Dance series, encouraged audiences to participate in meditative movement with the dancers.

grant-content
somos
Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Choreographer Reggie Wilson on the “Cultural Retentions” of Sacred Spaces

Choreographer Reggie Wilson discusses his approach to choreographing and curating dance in religious spaces with Pew Fellow Yolanda Wisher.

question-of-practice-content
questions-of-practice-choreographer-reggie-wilson-on-the-cultural-retentions-of-sacred-spaces