Philadelphia Dance Projects Presents

Philadelphia Dance Projects

2008

$40,000

The Center provided support to Philadelphia Dance Projects to begin a presenting series featuring dance performances, workshops, and "informances" by individual dance artists. The series aimed to provide a platform for the presentation of adventurous contemporary dance. The series continues to run annually, and past performers have included internationally renowned choreographer and Pew Fellow Susan Rethorst, New York-based performance artist niv Acosta, and local dance artists Nichole Canuso and Nora Gibson, among others.

Event

The Quiet Circus: Weekly Performances

Headlong presents outdoor performances every Saturday at the Washington Avenue Pier along the Delaware River.

event-content
the-quiet-circus-weekly-performances
News

Pew Fellows News: Jennifer Higdon Awarded Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, King Britt’s Orchestral collaboration, Plays from Jennifer Kidwell and Bruce Graham in the News, and More.

This month’s Pew Fellows news includes new exhibitions and performances from coast-to-coast, critically-acclaimed plays, and a national award in music composition.

news-content
pew-fellows-news-jennifer-higdon-awarded-nemmers-prize-in-music-composition-king-britt-s-orchestral-collaboration-plays-from-jennifer-kidwell-and-bruce-graham-in-the-news-and-more
Event

Master Class Two with Pastora Galván

The Philadelphia Flamenco Festival offers a free master class with flamenco master Pastora Galván at Drexel University on March 15.

event-content
master-class-two-with-pastora-galvan
Grants & Grantees

Ogun & the People

Through movement and music, a new interpretation of a traditional Afro-Cuban Yoruba parable takes shape, under the direction of Dorothy Wilkie, and during a company residency with the Cuban performance troupe Ballet Folklórico Cutumba.

grant-content
ogun-amp-amp-the-people
Grants & Grantees

Lucinda Childs' Dance

FringeArts presented Lucinda Childs's Dance at its 2010 festival and organized a film series about the life and career of Childs and collaborator Philip Glass.

grant-content
lucinda-childs-039-dance
Collaborators & Colleagues

Danny Yung

Since the late 1970s, Danny Yung has established a reputation as one of Hong Kong's most influential and pioneering artists.

people-content
danny-yung
Collaborators & Colleagues

Thomas DeFrantz

Thomas F. DeFrantz directs SLIPPAGE: Performance|Culture|Technology and teaches in dance and African and African-American Studies at Duke University.

people-content
thomas-defrantz
Grants & Grantees

Bad Blood

Philadanco reconstructed Bad Blood, a highly physical and seldom-performed piece by Ulysses Dove, which premiered at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in April 2014.

grant-content
bad-blood
Collaborators & Colleagues

Anna Halprin

Anna Halprin is a pioneering choreographer whose work has led to a reconsideration of dance as an art form.

people-content
anna-halprin
Grants & Grantees

Malavika Sarukkai in "The Eternal River—A Journey in Bharatanatyam"

Malavika Sarukkai, a leading Bharatanatyam dancer who challenges traditions of Indian classical dance, performed at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in April 2014.

grant-content
malavika-sarukkai-in-the-eternal-river-a-journey-in-bharatanatyam
Grants & Grantees

Carnival, a New Work by Mark Morris

Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble celebrated its 40th anniversary with the world premiere of Carnival, an original dance piece by contemporary choreographer Mark Morris.

grant-content
carnival-a-new-work-by-mark-morris
Event

Ganga: Nitya Vaahini (The Eternal River) by Malavika Sarukkai

Having created this work over the course of a decade, Malavika Sarukkai pays homage to the sacred river Ganga and its importance in Indian culture, history, the environment, and spirituality.

event-content
ganga-nitya-vaahini-the-eternal-river-by-malavika-sarukkai
Event

Flamenco's Influence on Visual Arts and Popular Culture

Four flamenco scholars weigh in on the connections between flamenco and popular culture in varying historical contexts.

event-content
-quot-flamenco-039-s-influence-on-visual-arts-and-popular-culture-quot-
News

On Stage This Fall: Opera Philadelphia’s First Festival, Premieres from New Paradise Laboratories, Thaddeus Phillips, Tempesta di Mare, and More

An abundance of Center-funded performances take the stage this fall.

news-content
on-stage-this-fall-opera-philadelphia-s-first-festival-premieres-from-new-paradise-laboratories-thaddeus-phillips-tempesta-di-mare-and-more
Grants & Grantees

Philadelphia Museum of Dance

A large-scale performance event on the grounds of The Barnes Foundation, co-curated by acclaimed French choreographer Boris Charmatz, examines the presentation of public performance in relationship to the exhibition of visual art objects.

grant-content
philadelphia-museum-of-dance
Collaborators & Colleagues

Neta Pulvermacher

Neta Pulvermacher is artistic director of the Ben Gurion University Dance Company in Beer Sheva, Israel, and professor of dance at Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance.

people-content
neta-pulvermacher
Event

The Dance Apocalypse/Solos

Revisit Center-funded The Dance Apocalypse in Brooklyn with The Dance Apocalypse/Solos. Creators Gabrielle Revlock and Nicole Bindler describe the piece as " a radical challenge to the paltry circumstances in which artists seek funding and a heart wrenching end-of-the-world love story with pizazz."

event-content
the-dance-apocalypse-solos
Event

Raphael Xavier: The Unofficial Guide to Audience Watching Performance

Dancer, choreographer, and 2013 Pew Fellow Raphael Xavier takes hip-hop techniques from the street to the stage and tells the autobiographical story defined by sacrifice, passion, and transcendence.

event-content
raphael-xavier-039-s-the-unofficial-guide-to-audience-watching-performance
GRANTS & GRANTEES

Michael Kiley

Michael Kiley is a composer, sound designer, performer, and educator working in dance, theater, and public installation.

people-content
michael-kiley
GRANTS & GRANTEES

Nichole Canuso

Canuso’s choreographic practice spans genres and experiments with the participation of audience bodies, personal narratives, and what she describes as “the kinesthetic intellect.”

people-content
nichole-canuso