Walls Behind Walls

Eleone Dance Theatre

2007

$20,000

Eleone Dance Theatre commissioned choreographer Abdur-Rahim Jackson to create the new ballet Walls Behind Walls. Jackson’s new work combined ballet and hip-hop dance styles, and featured music by Groundtruther and Daft Punk. Walls Behind Walls premiered during Eleone's 2007–08 season and went on to become part of the company's touring repertoire.

Recipients

Eleone Dance Theatre

Performance

Dance

Event

Alias Ellis MacKenzie September 11–13

Thaddeus Phillips' new bilingual performance work for theater, inspired by his experience working on Colombian telenovela *Alias El Mexicano*, premieres as part of the 2015 Fringe Festival, September 11–13.

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Grants & Grantees

Heiner Goebbels: Imaginary Stages

The Philadelphia premiere of two works by Heiner Goebbels—an internationally acclaimed German composer and director—merges theater, performative installation, and experimental chamber music.

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22nd New Edge Residency

Theater artist Justin Jain, theater artist Adrienne Mackey, and choreographer Olive Prince developed new work in the CEC’s New Edge Residency program.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Alex Temple

Alex Temple is a musician, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who creates works for voice, electronics, keyboards, and synthesizer.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Meiyin Wang

Meiyin Wang is the associate artistic producer of The Public Theater's Under The Radar Festival and Symposium in New York, which presents new and cutting-edge theatrical work from the U.S. and abroad.

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Sophia’s Forest

Composer Lembit Beecher presents a multi-disciplinary chamber opera that focuses on the experience of childhood.

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OutBeat Jazz Festival: Fred Hersch Trio

The William Way LGBT Community Center presents *OutBeat: America's First Queer Jazz Festival*. The Festival continues with the Fred Hersch Trio.

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Grants & Grantees

In Plain Air

A new composition by Nathan Davis and Phyllis Chen, performed by the highly acclaimed International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), activates Christ Church’s historic campus and celebrates the installation of a new custom-built pipe organ.

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Endless Shout: Mouth of Darkness by Travis

The ICA presents Mouth of Darkness, a performance by musician Travis, organized by Endless Shout collaborator The Otolith Group.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Visual Artist Jeanne van Heeswijk on the City as Subject

Visual artist Jeanne van Heeswijk on creating work within and for an urban environment.

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Gardens Speak from ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury

Bryn Mawr College presents Gardens Speak, the centerpiece of ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury.

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Silent Night

Opera Philadelphia presented the East Coast premiere of a new opera by composer Kevin Puts and librettist Mark Campbell, which went on to win the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for music.

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Hello Blackout!: WTF (Welcome: The Future!) Sessions

New Paradise Laboratories presents a series of discussions that invite audiences to participate in conversations with thinkers and art makers to explore the philosophical themes within Hello Blackout!.

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News

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage Announces 2019 Grants for Philadelphia Artists, Organizations

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage today announced 39 grants today in support of the Philadelphia region’s cultural organizations and artists.

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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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Maryanne Amacher: Perceptual Geographies

The multimedia compositions and visceral, large-scale installations of pioneering sound artist Maryanne Amacher are illuminated through concerts, workshops, and a performance installation.

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Le Cargo

In conjunction with its presentation of Brett Bailey's Macbeth, FringeArts presents Le Cargo, a dance work by Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Taylor Mac

Taylor Mac is an award-winning playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, performance artist, director, and producer.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Honors for Musicians Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Diane Monroe, Bobby Zankel; Joy Feasley and Paul Swenbeck Collaborate on Exhibition and Book; and More

The summer months haven’t slowed down for our Pew Fellows who are busy with exhibitions, publications, murals, performances, and more. Catch up with their newest projects below.

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Center-Funded Projects from Madhusmita Bora, Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture, Orchestra 2001, Penn Museum in The New York Times, NPR, Hyperallergic & More

A number of Center grantees have recently garnered national and regional media attention for their performances and exhibitions.

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