Numen

Group Motion Dance Company

2006

$20,000

Group Motion Dance Company commissioned Numen, a new dance work by Argentinian choreographer Oscar Araiz, presented as part of the evening-length program Cell: Movement in Restricted Spaces.

Grants & Grantees

Melancholy, A Comedy

Sarah Felder's solo performance piece combined comedy, juggling, and multi-media projections to address societal discomfort around mental illness.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Camae Ayewa Receives Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant, Melissa Ho Mounts Exhibition at Smithsonian, Tayarisha Poe Screens Film at Sundance

Catch up on this month’s Pew Fellows news, including the latest recognition, new works, and press coverage.

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Grants & Grantees

Jason Moran Commission Project

An original composition by jazz pianist Jason Moran was developed in conjunction with the exhibition Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt.

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Three Sisters

Arden Theatre Company premieres a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, the culmination of a two-year exploration into the playwright and his work.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Stephanie Richards

Stephanie Richards is an avant-garde trumpeter and composer who has become a prominent voice in the New York experimental scene, collaborating with improvisational pioneers including Henry Threadgill, Butch Morris, John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, and Anthony Braxton.

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Sight/Sound/Symphony: Beethoven’s Seventh with visuals by Refik Anadol

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OutBeat Jazz Festival: Terri Lyne Carrington's Money Jungle

The William Way LGBT Community Center presents *OutBeat: America's First Queer Jazz Festival*. The Festival continues with Grammy winner Terry Lyne Carrington performing selections from her album Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue.

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Lights Out: Nat "King" Cole at Geffen Playhouse

Originally commissioned by People's Light, the new music-theatre work Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole makes its West Coast premiere at Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.

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Where is my B-O-D-Y Philadelphia Public Sharing

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Electronic Musician King Britt

Electronic musician and DJ King Britt describes how his practice has evolved since receiving the Pew Fellowships ten years ago, the best advice he has ever received, and more

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Grants & Grantees

Sophia's Forest

This multidisciplinary chamber opera for mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke and string quartet will focus on the experience of childhood and feature a mechanical, electronic sound-generating sculpture that will grow from a small music box into a seven-foot tall object as the performance unfolds, creating a riveting visual and musical experience.

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Heritage/Evolution: PRISM Quartet with Dave Liebman and Greg Osby at Symphony Space

The PRISM Quartet presents a New York performance of new works composed and performed by Dave Liebman and Greg Osby.

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Breath Beneath

PRISM Quartet presents a pilot performance for its discovery project Breath Beneath—an investigation of the artistic possibilities that arise at the intersection of saxophone music, technology, and durational visual art.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

William Parker

William Parker is a leading figure in the New York creative jazz scene. Renowned as a composer, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist, he is also an educator and author.

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Kanaval: Haitian Rhythms & the Music of New Orleans at XPoNential Music Festival

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Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole

People’s Light presents the world premiere of a new music-theatre work that sheds light on legendary vocalist and jazz pianist Nat "King" Cole's public and private personas.

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Grants & Grantees

The Persians

Ellen McLaughlin's adaptation of the ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus included original music by sound designer Daniel Kluger.

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How Sweet the Sound: Network for New Music Concert with John Harbison

Taking Harbison's Songs American Loves to Sing as inspiration, Philadelphia composers layer jazz and classical traditions to create works that tell America's story with today's voices.

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News

In Galleries and Neighborhoods This Spring: Horticultural Society Spotlights Urban Farming, Mauricio Kagel's Zwei Mann Orchester, Penn Museum’s Reimagined Middle East Galleries, and More

Spring is here, with a range of exciting Center-supported exhibitions and public programs.

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Open Sound Workshop with Mike Bullock

Mike Bullock holds a workshop previewing his Center-funded project The Philadelphia Embassy of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland.

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