Tar

Charles O. Anderson

2006

$10,000

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Charles O. Anderson and Vincent Sekwati Koko Mantsoe, Tar, 2007.

Choreographer and 2007 Pew Fellow Charles O. Anderson engaged South African choreographer Vincent Sekwati Koko Mantsoe in a discovery process to develop a new work for dance theatre X, a Philadelphia-based contemporary dance company founded by Anderson. The resulting multimedia work, Tar, reinterpreted Joel Chandler Harris’ southern folklore “The Wonderful Tarbaby Story.” Tar premiered during the 2007 Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and featured music by Pew Fellow King Britt and video art by Amze Emmons.

Grants & Grantees

Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music

In its Philadelphia premiere, Taylor Mac’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated performance work journeys through 240 years of US history and popular songs, staged in two 12-hour installments.

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In Terms of Performance at BAM: Opening Reception

The online keywords anthology In Terms of Performance is reimagined as an installation at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), on view March 6–May 8, 2018.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Jenny Gersten

Jenny Gersten is producing consultant for the Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center in New York.

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The Persians

Ellen McLaughlin's adaptation of the ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus included original music by sound designer Daniel Kluger.

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PRISM Quartet Presents Color Theory: Composers Forum

PRISM Quartet's Color Theory features a series of performances, lectures, and workshops that investigate the concept of "musical color," including a Composers Forum.

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Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Yannick Nézet-Séguin is the music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the Orchestra Métropolitain in Montreal, as well as honorary conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Trisha Brown In the New Body Lectures Crossroads of Dance and Visual Art

Setting the stage for the performances of Trisha Brown's Early Works at the Barnes Foundation, Susan Rosenberg, scholar-in-residence at the Trisha Brown Dance Company, offers an overview of Brown's career at the crossroads of dance and visual art.

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Master Class with Israel Galván

The Philadelphia Flamenco Festival offers a free master class with flamenco master Israel Galván at the Kimmel Center's Innovation Studio on March 12.

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The Crossing's Seven Responses at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival

Seven Responses will travel to New York City for two performances at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival.

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Composing the Tinnitus Suites: 2016

Informed by personal experiences with tinnitus, this collaborative performance series and electroacoustic installation will explore hearing damage, anchored by a handcrafted 20-foot long instrument of piano strings, amplifiers, and a mixer.

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Radio Silence

Internationally noted artist Michael Rakowitz wove the stories of local Iraq War veterans and Iraqi refugees, cultural traditions, music, and found sound into a participatory performance at Independence Mall, combined with a 10-episode radio program for a national audience, providing an intimate, multifaceted, and sustained portrait of Iraq.

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Philadelphia Assembled Discussions and Workshops

The Philadelphia Museum of Art presents a series of discussions and workshops addressing social and community issues.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the Joy Inherent in Live Music

Philadelphia Orchestra Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin explains what makes live music distinct among art forms.

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Timo Andres

Timo Andres is a Brooklyn-based composer and pianist.

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Modupúe | Ibaye: The Philadelphia Yoruba Performance Project at The Barnes

Intercultural Journeys presents an interactive performance exploring the Yoruba culture of West Africa and the Caribbean, at the Barnes.

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Boris Charmatz

Boris Charmatz is a choreographer, dancer, and director of Musée de la danse (Museum of Dance).

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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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PRISM Quartet Workshop with Rudresh Mahanthappa, Greg Osby, and Matthew Levy

Speakers Rudresh Mahanthappa, Greg Osby and Matthew Levy share their thoughts on record production and establishing artistic identity.

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Supper, People on the Move: National Tour

Silvana Cardell's Supper, People on the Move will tour the East Coast this fall with an international engagement in the Dominican Republic.

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After the Rehearsal/Persona by Toneelgroep Amsterdam

FringeArts presented the US premiere of After the Rehearsal/Persona by director Ivo van Hove and his Dutch theater company, Toneelgroep Amsterdam, at the 2015 Fringe Festival.

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