Robert Battle Commission

Koresh Dance Company

2006

$50,000

Koresh Dance Company commissioned a new work by contemporary dance choreographer Robert Battle that premiered during the company's 2006–07 season.

Recipients

Koresh Dance Company

Performance

Dance

Collaborators & Colleagues

Mimi Lien

SuperterraneanMimi Lien is a set designer who draws from her background in architecture to design sets for theater, dance, and opera.

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Ken Vandermark

Ken Vandermark's primary creative emphasis is the exploration of contemporary music that deals directly with advanced methods of improvisation.

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Grants & Grantees

Re-Place-ing Philadelphia

Built on a foundation of public dialogue and interaction, the Re-Place-ing Philadelphia project used art as a lens for viewing the city and its history.

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New Edge Performing Artists Residency

Dance artists Megan Mazarick, Shavon Norris, and Meredith Rainey created new works in residency at the Community Education Center.

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Event

Leah Stein Dance Company: Voice and Movement Public Showing with Pauline Oliveros

A yearlong research project on voice and movement culminates in an open public showing and panel discussion with Pauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Stein, and the research ensemble.

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SaltSoul

A new multimedia dance work by Jungwoong Kim examining the universality of sudden loss and trauma.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Bryn Mawr College

Bryn Mawr College’s performing arts series has been presenting innovative works in the Philadelphia area since 1984.

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Boris Charmatz: Levée des conflits Discussion Series

A series of discussions will be held with acclaimed French choreographer Boris Charmatz and various artists and cultural practitioners.

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Philadelphia Assembled Exhibition

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of participatory sites created through the large-scale, multi-part project, Philadelphia Assembled.

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Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection

A concert series curated in collaboration with tenor vocalist Nicholas Phan illuminates the evolution of art song and how the form, with its intersection of poetry and music, remains a powerful vehicle for social exchange.

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Event

Dancing Diplomats

*Dancing Diplomats* follows choreographer Taras Lewyckyj's work with Ukrainian artist Anatoly Kryvochyzha, whose choreography was blacklisted by the USSR in 1977.

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Ars Nova's New Paths Festival Presents Milford Graves at Bartram's Garden

For his first Philadelphia appearance in over four decades, Milford Graves will present a rare solo performance inside the oldest barn in Philadelphia County at Bartram's Garden.

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In Terms of Performance at BAM

The online keywords anthology In Terms of Performance is reimagined as an installation at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), on view March 6 through May 8.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Simon Dove

Simon Dove is an independent curator and educator, and a co-curator of Crossing the Line, the annual trans-disciplinary fall festival in New York City.

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Aaron Landsman

Aaron Landsman is a New York City-based playwright, actor, and teacher whose performance works combine formal experimentation and long-term community engagement.

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Ellina Kevorkian

Ellina Kevorkian is an artist, independent curator, and former artistic director for residency programs at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE.

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Grants & Grantees

ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury

The immersive installation work of Lebanese artist Tania El Khoury is highlighted in a multi-part performance project that shares the narratives of Syrian citizens and refugees and addresses displacement, oppression, and justice.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Alex Temple

Alex Temple is a musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who creates works for voice, electronics, keyboards, and synthesizer.

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Event

Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection Panel Discussion I

In conjunction with Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents a panel discussion.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Fred Hersch

Fred Hersch is an improviser, composer, educator, recording artist, and a twelve-time Grammy Award nominee.

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