Tête-a-Tête

Lightbox Film Center at International House Philadelphia

2008

$40,000

International House Philadelphia collaborated with Ars Nova Workshop to present Tête-a-Tête, a series of duets showcasing a cross-selection of experimental, improvisational, and exploratory music from the past 40 years. The five-concert series featured performances by Tony Conrad and John Cale; Pharoah Sanders and Hamid Drake; Mats Gustaffson and Thurston Moore; The Paul Bley Duo; and Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid.

Collaborators & Colleagues

Nora Chipaumire

Born in Zimbabwe and based in New York City, Nora Chipaumire creates work that challenges and embraces stereotypes of Africa and the black performing body.

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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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Red-Eye to Havre de Grace at Walker Art Center

Thaddeus Phillips teams up with the Minneapolis-based musical duo Jeremy and David Wilhelm to create an action-opera centered on the odd details surrounding Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious last days.

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Veterans on Stage with Paula Vogel

Veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam share their writings, created with Paula Vogel during the development process of Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq.

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Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Dixon Gottschild’s 50-year career as a writer and cultural scholar surveys the presence and influence of the black dancing body in America, in what she calls “choreography for the page.”

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Grants & Grantees

Eric Sessler Organ Concerto

Composer Eric Sessler's organ concerto received its world premiere on the Kimmel Center's Dobson pipe organ.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Cynthia Ling Lee

Cynthia Ling Lee is a contemporary choreographer who draws on both postmodern and North Indian classical *kathak* training in her dance making.

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Grants & Grantees

Brett Bailey: Macbeth Performances and Residency

South African theater artist Brett Bailey will visit Philadelphia for a three-week residency and a presentation of his adaptation of Verdi's opera Macbeth, set in the Democratic Republic of Congo, presented in collaboration with Opera Philadelphia.

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New Paradise Laboratories Presents The Adults

Influenced by Chekhov and the paintings of Eric Fischl, and set to experimental music by Bhob Rainey, the highly physical and choreographed New Paradise ensemble offers The Adults.

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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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Out of Sight: A Blind Comedy about God, Israel, and My Mom

Sara Felder's solo comedy, Out of Sight, brought circus tricks, shadow puppets, and a Jewish queer sensibility to questions of family loyalty and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer

A concert of new klezmer compositions, written and performed by three generations of women, brings contemporary meaning to a traditional, Eastern European, Jewish folk music form.

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Faith Project

A new dance work contemplates the relationship between religious practice and contemporary dance, taking inspiration from exchanges with an interfaith group of community participants.

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News

Tony Award-Winner John Guare's Three-Part Epic on Stage, April 25–May 6

Philadelphia audiences can experience the world premiere of the first full presentation of Tony Award-winning playwright John Guare's Lydie Breeze Trilogy, April 25–May 6.

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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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Collaborators & Colleagues

Catherine Wood

Catherine Wood is curator of international art and performance at Tate Modern.

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Zeena Parkins

Zeena Parkins is a pioneer of contemporary harp practice and performance, and has extended the language of the harp with unusual playing techniques, preparations, and layers of electronic processing.

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Flesh and Blood and Fish and Fowl

Pew Fellow Geoff Sobelle and theater artist Charlotte Ford presented a post-apocalyptic absurdist tale of human extinction.

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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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Person of the Crowd: Classes and Workshops

The Barnes Foundation will host two educational classes on the history of performance art and urban exploration.

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