New Work by Martha Clarke

Jeanne Ruddy Dance

2008

$45,000

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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

Collaborators & Colleagues

Ty Boomershine

Boomershine has presented his work at Movement Research and Danspace Project, and he arranges and develops workshops and creative/educational residencies for and with Lucinda Childs.

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Grants & Grantees

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Dream Dance: The Art of Ed Emshwiller

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Bad Blood

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Grants & Grantees

Body Against Body

Painted Bride Art Center presented the seminal duets of Bill T. Jones and the late Arnie Zane—challenging works that remain some of the most significant examples of postmodern dance to date.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Boris Charmatz

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Grants & Grantees

Ogun & the People

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John Jasperse's Fort Blossom

Bryn Mawr College presented noted contemporary choreographer John Jasperse's Fort Blossom Revisited, created in 2000 and previously performed only at The Kitchen in New York City.

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The Lives of Giants by the Khmer Arts Ensemble

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Kulu Mele African Dance and Drum Ensemble

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Event

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News

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Event

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Kate Watson-Wallace

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Questions of Practice

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