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.

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PRISM Quartet

Two-time winners of the Chamber Music America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, PRISM Quartet has become known as one of the foremost chamber ensembles.

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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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Christ Church Preservation Trust

Christ Church Preservation Trust supports the preservation, restoration, and maintenance of three historic sites: Christ Church, Christ Church Neighborhood House, and Christ Church Burial Ground.

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Nichole Canuso

Canuso’s choreographic practice spans genres and experiments with the participation of audience bodies, personal narratives, and what she describes as “the kinesthetic intellect.”

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Anna Halprin

Anna Halprin is a pioneering choreographer whose work has led to a reconsideration of dance as an art form.

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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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Tell Me What I Can Do from ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury

Bryn Mawr College presents Tell Me What I Can Do, part of ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury.

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The Accountant

Theater artist Trey Lyford premieres a visual theater piece that tells the story of a life remembered and the frailty of human experience.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Raphael Xavier’s Hip-Hop Practice in Visual Art Exhibition, James Ijames’ ‘Kill Move Paradise’ at The Wilma Theater, and Leah Stein’s Site-Specific Dance at Woodmere Art Museum

This month, Pew Fellows offer premiere performances and exhibitions with works in photography, film, theater, dance, and music.

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Boris Charmatz: Levée des conflits Performances

Drexel University's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design presents acclaimed French choreographer Boris Charmatz's experimental performance piece Levée des conflits, as part of the 2016 Fringe Festival.

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Mendelssohn Club Presents Anthracite Fields by Julia Wolfe

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The Accountant

This visual theater work blends vaudeville routines, illusion, origami, and kinetic set elements to tell the story of a life remembered and the frailty of human experience.

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Rennie Harris Performance Retrospective

The Kimmel Center presented a 15-year retrospective of the Philadelphia-based hip-hop dance company Rennie Harris Puremovement.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Hellmut Gottschild on a Life of Dance, with Tania Isaac

Pew Fellows Hellmut Gottschild and Tania Isaac sat down for an extended conversation about Gottschild’s artistic history and practice.

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A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach: Eastertide

Choral Arts Philadelphia presents the final installment of its concert series, 1734–1735: A Season in the Life of J.S. Bach.

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OutBeat Jazz Festival: The Bill Stewart Quartet

The William Way LGBT Community Center presents *OutBeat: America's First Queer Jazz Festival*. The Festival continues with the Bill Stewart Quartet at Painted Bride Art Center.

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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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Person of the Crowd: Tania Bruguera’s Displacement

Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera will present her 1998 performance work Displacement.

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Holding It Down: The Veterans' Dreams Project

The experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans will be illuminated in this multimedia work created by MacArthur Fellow and jazz pianist/composer Vijay Iyer and poet/librettist Mike Ladd, in combination with a publication of local veterans' writings produced through a partnership with the veteran-focused arts organization Warrior Writers.

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Vijay Palaparty

Vijay Palaparty is a bharatanatyam and kuchipudi dancer and choreographer, whose performance works have traveled throughout the US, Canada, India, and Australia.

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