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

Event

I Promised Myself to Live Faster at the 39th Humana Festival of New Plays

Philadelphia's own Pig Iron Theatre Company premieres their Center-funded, Charles Ludlam-inspired piece at the prestigious Humana Festival in Louisville, KY.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Matthew Dirst

Matthew Dirst is a conductor, harpsichordist, organist, and music pedagogue. He is founder and artistic director of Ars Lyrica Houston.

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Jay Sanders

Jay Sanders is executive director and chief curator of the New York-based organization Artists Space.

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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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Re-PLACE-ing Philadelphia: Faustin Linyekula's Philly Files

As part of the ongoing Center-funded project re-PLACE-ing Philadelphia, Painted Bride Art Center welcomes Congolese dancer and choreographer Faustin Linyekula.

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PRISM Quartet: Color Theory Workshops

PRISM Quartet's Center-funded project Color Theory features a series of performances, lectures, and workshops that investigate the concept of "musical color."

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Frank Zappa – *The Yellow Shark* Philadelphia Premiere

Orchestra 2001 will present the Philadelphia premiere of the genre-defying composition The Yellow Shark, by maverick American composer and rock guitarist Frank Zappa.

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Grants & Grantees

Jerome Robbins’ In the Night

Pennsylvania Ballet presented Jerome Robbins’ ballet masterpiece, In the Night, as part of its 2007 program dedicated to the work of Robbins.

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The Emperor Jones

FringeArts presented the Wooster Group's production of Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones during the 2007 Fringe Festival.

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SaltSoul

The universality of sudden loss and trauma will be examined in this multimedia dance theater work integrating Kim's heritage in traditional Korean dance with Western dance, improvisation, music, and found sound, to be developed in collaboration with Marion Ramírez, Germaine Ingram, Merián Soto, and Korean musician Gamin Hyosung Kang.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Orchestra 2001

Orchestra 2001 is dedicated to performing and promoting the music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Trisha Brown: In the New Body

A retrospective of selected dances by Trisha Brown, an internationally known leader of post-modernism and an enduring renegade whose work has rarely been seen in Philadelphia.

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Event

Myth, Music, Truth: Network for New Music Concert with John Harbison

John Harbison sets the poetry of Louise Glück, Jessica Fisher, and Eugenio Montale to music and conducts this premiere performance.

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News

On the Horizon: 2019 Center-Funded Projects Reimagine Performance Spaces, Illuminate Community Voices, Reinterpret History

The organizations supported by the Center have a wide range of ambitious projects planned for 2019. The sampling below showcases their upcoming performances, exhibitions, and public programs around the region.

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PRISM Quartet Master Class and Panel Discussion with Dave Liebman, Greg Osby, and John Schaefer

This event features saxophonists/composers Liebman and Osby, and WNYC's John Schaefer, as they address the unique challenges of collaborating across genres.

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Trey Lyford’s World Premiere of The Accountant Explores Memory and Loss through Physical Theater, Magic, and Crowdsourcing, Sept. 6–9

Philadelphia-based artist Trey Lyford creates an experience about memory and loss in the world premiere of The Accountant, running Sept. 6–9 at Christ Church Neighborhood House.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Guitarist Nels Cline on Virtuosity

Composer and guitarist Nels Cline explains the distinction between when virtuosity is an “aesthetic obstacle” to music and when it “changes the way you think about sound.”

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Travis Preston

Travis Preston is dean of the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) School of Theater and artistic director of the CalArts Center for New Performance.

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Ars Nova's New Paths Festival Presents Ken Vandermark's Made to Break Ensemble at the Barnes

MacArthur Fellow Ken Vandermark and the Made to Break Ensemble premiere a piece inspired by the Barnes Foundation's collection.

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Questions of Practice: Ernesto Pujol on Durational Performance

Social choreographer Ernesto Pujol explains why durational performance “fights our cult of speed.”

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