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

Grants & Grantees

Kazimir's Colors

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Master Class with Rosario Toledo

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Expansion of stuporwoman

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Free CardioCreativity classes from the creators of Dance Apocalypse

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Annie Wilson

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The Quiet Circus: Weekly Performances

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Performance Lecture by Malavika Sarukkai at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

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In Print: The Sentient Archive: Bodies, Performance, and Memory

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Cómplices by Rosario Toledo of Sevilla, Spain

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Collaborators & Colleagues

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Susan Rethorst

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Le Cargo

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Potluck and Dance Party with Rosie Ledet & the Zydeco Playboys

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Joan Myers Brown Book Research and Development

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