The Partita Project

Lisa Kraus

2006

$10,000

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Lisa Kraus, The Partita Project, 2006. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Choreographer Lisa Kraus developed The Partita Project, a postmodern dance work that responded to the violin partita of Johann Sebastian Bach through movement. Featuring original and improvised violin compositions performed live by musician Diane Monroe, the work drew inspiration from women’s quilting circles by having the audience seated in-the-round. The Partita Project premiered in 2006 at the historic Mount Pleasant Mansion.

Recipients

Lisa Kraus

Performance

Dance

Grants & Grantees

Endless Shout

This timely, interdisciplinary, experimental series of dance, music, poetry, mixed media installations, and interactive programs—from acclaimed artists and scholars such as choreographer taisha paggett, designer Raul de Nieves, and composer George Lewis— invites audiences to consider African American performance aesthetics and the role of performance in museum spaces.

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Mendelssohn Club Presents Anthracite Fields by Julia Wolfe

Retrace mining lore back to the anthracite fields of central Pennsylvania through this new, folk-classical hybrid choral work by composer Julia Wolfe.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Anna Drozdowski

Anna Drozdowski is an independent curator working in non-traditional, hybrid, and new performance practices.

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Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: Part I

Part I of Taylor Mac's performance work A 24-Decade History of Popular Music covers 12 decades from 1776–1896 as part of the 2018 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts.

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Grants & Grantees

Guinea Residency

Kùlú Mèlé embarked on a two-week residency in Conakry, Guinea with traditional artists Mariama Touré and M'Bemba Bangoura.

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Gardens Speak from ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury

Bryn Mawr College presents Gardens Speak, the centerpiece of ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury.

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Philadelphia Assembled Performances

As part of its multi-part project Philadelphia Assembled, the Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a number of performances related to the project’s underlying themes.

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Aniara: fragments of time and space

Presented by The Crossing, Aniara: fragments of time and space explores our relationship to one another, to Earth, and to the passage of time.

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After the Rehearsal / Persona

Art and reality, illness and normality: two Ingmar Bergman screenplays are reimagined for the stage by Ivo van Hove and Toneelgroep Amsterdam, part of the 2015 Fringe Festival.

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Grants & Grantees

Vespers, Premiere Recording

Piffaro recorded composer Kile Smith's Vespers with The Crossing choir.

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Endless Shout: Virago-Man Dem In-Process Showings by Cynthia Oliver

The Institute of Contemporary Art presents in-process showings of Cynthia Oliver’s dance-theatre work Virago-Man Dem, organized by Danielle Goldman.

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Departure and Discovery Panel Discussion

The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society will hold a panel discussion exploring the effect that accumulated knowledge and experience has on artistic creation.

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Romeo Castellucci Film Screening and Discussion with Tom Sellar

This free event includes film excerpts of Romeo Castellucci's theater works, and a discussion with scholar and critic Tom Sellar about Castellucci's approach.

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Sruti Presents the Philadelphia Premiere Screening of The Unseen Sequence

"The Unseen Sequence – Exploring Bharatanatyam Through the Art of Malavika Sarukkai* offers a glimpse into the talent and journey of one of India's leading choreographers and dancers.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

The Crossing

The Crossing is a 24-member professional chamber choir dedicated to expanding the contemporary choral music experience through commissions, collaborations, and performances.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Patricia Lent

After dancing as a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company from 1984 to 1993, and the White Oak Dance Project from 1994 to 1996, Patricia Lent teaches, stages, and conducts workshops at the Merce Cunningham Trust, where she is a Trustee and Director of Licensing.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Dulé Hill

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The Crossing's Seven Responses at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival

Seven Responses will travel to New York City for two performances at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival.

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Questions of Practice

Contemplating the Museum as Score

In September 2016, the Philadelphia Museum of Art presented the eighth annual Anne d’Harnoncourt Symposium, “Museum as Score.”

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Trisha Brown In the New Body Lectures Crossroads of Dance and Visual Art

Setting the stage for the performances of Trisha Brown's Early Works at the Barnes Foundation, Susan Rosenberg, scholar-in-residence at the Trisha Brown Dance Company, offers an overview of Brown's career at the crossroads of dance and visual art.

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