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

Ars Nova's New Paths Festival Presents the William Parker / Muhammad Ali Duo

Free jazz artists William Parker and Muhammad Ali will perform over four nights at the First Unitarian Church Side Chapel, with guest Philadelphia musicians Dave Burrell, Marshall Allen, Bobby Zankel, and Odean Pope.

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Philadelphia Freedom Festival: Let Freedom Ring Panel Discussion

Philadelphia's academic and activist communities will reflect on the life and impact of Octavius V. Catto.

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Telemann 360º Concerts

Tempesta di Mare – Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra presents a two-part concert program that offers audiences a renewed perspective on baroque composer Georg Philipp Telemann.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Donald Nally

Donald Nally is conductor of The Crossing, a professional chamber choir focused on new music.

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Braiding / Unbraiding / Rebraiding

Headlong completed a five-month-long research and choreographic project with choreographer Tere O'Connor.

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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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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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Collaborators & Colleagues

Miya Masaoka

Miya Masaoka is a musician, composer, performance artist, teacher, and sound artist living and working in New York City.

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Grants & Grantees

El Viaje (The Journey)

Percussionist Pablo Batista will blend traditional Afro-Cuban rhythms and contemporary Western instrumentation, Afro-Caribbean choreography and evocative multi-media imagery in a performance that will tell a story of the spiritual and cultural resilience of those forced to emigrate from Africa to the Americas and re-establish themselves with dignity.

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News

Projects on Tour: Center-Supported Works by Ann Hamilton, David Ludwig, Silvana Cardell, and more

After premieres in the Philadelphia region, Center-funded performances and exhibitions are reaching new national and international audiences in venues around the world.

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Facing Front: Lectures and Performances by Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion (second set)

Anna Drozdowski hosts European duo Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion for a two-week retrospective of their collaborative career. In addition to their performances, the two-week period includes discussions on June 26–27.

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The Quiet Circus: River Charrette 1

As part of its year-long project, Headlong presents a series of River Charrettes—performances and participatory conversations—at various sites along Philadelphia's waterfronts.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Michael Rakowitz

Michael Rakowitz works at the intersection of social practice, installation, and performance.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers

Founded in 1994 by choreographer Kun-Yang Lin, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers (KYL/D) is one of the country’s foremost contemporary Asian American dance companies.

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Midway Avenue in New York

Philadelphia choreographer Nichole Canuso presents a solo performance, originally Center-funded, that uses personal reminiscences and universal yearnings to explore the relationship between memory and self.

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The Body Lautrec at FringeArts Scratch Night

Mary Tuomanen and Aaron Cromie present excerpts from The Body Lautrec at FringeArts' Scratch Night.

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Midway Avenue by Nichole Canuso Dance Company

Philadelphia choreographer Nichole Canuso presents a solo performance that uses personal reminiscences and universal yearnings to explore the relationship between memory and self.

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News

Coming in 2018: Center-Funded Projects from Taylor Mac, Nels Cline, Tania El Khoury, Trenton Doyle Hancock, and More

The coming year brings engaging and cutting-edge Center-funded projects to the Philadelphia region.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

John Jarboe

John Jarboe is a director, performer, curator, and writer. He has created over 10 original cabaret-plays with his company The Bearded Ladies, producing original work for Opera Philadelphia, Eastern State Penitentiary, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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Zero Cost House at the University of Maryland

Pig Iron Theatre Company's newest work, a collaboration with Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada, originally made its world premiere at Philadelphia's 2012 FringeArts Festival.

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