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Gas & Electric Arts

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5 May 2017
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  • Cabinet of Wonders, An Impossible History
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    Lembit Beecher

    Praised by The New York Times for his "alluring, emotive" work, composer Lembit Beecher creates intimate and dramatically potent musical experiences.
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    Taylor Mac

    Taylor Mac is an award-winning playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, performance artist, director, and producer.
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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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    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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    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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    Departure and Discovery: New Directions at the Apex of Creativity

    A trio of concerts from the world-acclaimed pianist Jonathan Biss, tenor Mark Padmore, violist Hsin-Yun Huang, and the Brentano String Quartet provided new insights on the forms of expression found in the late stages of the lives of nine great composers, including Bach, Kurtág, Mozart, and Schubert.
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    Martin Hartung

    Martin Hartung is a doctoral fellow at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, where he researches the exhibition history of architectural projects on the art market.

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    Whitman at 200: Art and Democracy

    Cultural events across the region mark Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday with exhibitions, a tribute performance by singer-songwriter and poet Patti Smith, and four newly commissioned works by artists Carolyn Healy and John Phillips, The Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Homer Jackson, and Spencer Finch.
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    Three Sisters

    Arden Theatre Company premieres a new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters, the culmination of a two-year exploration into the playwright and his work.
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    A Billion Nights On Earth

    Performance art, pop-up storybook design techniques, and a cinematic score will combine in a visual theater work for children and adults devised and performed by Phillips, in collaboration with visual artist Steven Dufala and composer Juan Gabriel Turbay.
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    Destiny Estimate

    Playwright MJ Kaufman debuts an experiment in narrative structure that combines several forms of storytelling, physical language, and a cappella choral music.
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    Soundtrack to Immigration: An Evening of Music from Adapt!

    The Wilma Theater, in partnership with Intercultural Journeys and the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society of Pennsylvania (HIAS), presents an evening of music from the world premiere of the play Adapt!.
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  • Questions of Practice
    On Frank Zappa’s “Relentless Pursuit of Interesting Sounds:” An Interview with Orchestra 2001’s Jayce Ogren and Zappa Expert Joseph Klein

    In conjunction with Orchestra 2001’s Philadelphia premiere of Frank Zappa’s The Yellow Shark, Jayce Ogren and Dr. Joseph Klein consider the Zappa’s legacy and the process of bringing scores to life for a contemporary audience.
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    PRISM Quartet: Color Theory Workshops

    PRISM Quartet's Center-funded project Color Theory features a series of performances, lectures, and workshops that investigate the concept of "musical color."
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  • Collaborators & Colleagues
    C. Spencer Yeh

    C. Spencer Yeh is recognized for his interdisciplinary activities and collaborations as an artist and composer, as well as his music project Burning Star Core. Yeh served as an LOI panelist in Performance in 2015.
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    Stories of Refuge from ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury

    Bryn Mawr College presents Stories of Refuge at Twelve Gates Arts, part of ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury.
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    Taylor Mac: A 24-Decade History of Popular Music: Part II

    Part II of Taylor Mac's performance work A 24-Decade History of Popular Music covers 12 decades from 1896–Present as part of the 2018 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts.
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  • Questions of Practice
    Questions of Practice: Choreographer Maria Hassabi on Dancing in Museum Spaces

    Choreographer Maria Hassabi on how performance work changes from a theater to a museum setting.
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    Modupúe | Ibaye: The Philadelphia Yoruba Performance Project: Singin’ Movin’ Talkin’ Osun Oxum Ochún

    Intercultural Journeys presents a distinctive movement, song, and dialogue-based workshop featuring facilitators Dr. Nzinga Metzger (Nigeria), Cleonice Fonseca (Brazil), and Gilset Mora (Cuba).
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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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