Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society

Updated
1 Dec 2016

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Kang Wangsheng. Photo by Wenge Wang.

The Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society (PCOS) is the only organization in the Philadelphia region devoted to the study, teaching, and performance of Beijing opera. In 2010, PCOS was awarded Center support for a performance of three traditional Beijing operas, two dramas and a love story: The Case of Chen Shimei (a Philadelphia premiere), The Wild Boar Forest, and The Jade Bracelet.

References

PCOS website

Event

Kasten in Context: New Peers with Kasten and special guests

The second in a series of events programmed around the exhibition Barbara Kasten: Stages, the ICA hosts a conversation between Kasten herself and representatives from a younger generation of artists who have found inspiration in her work and process.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Jennifer Kidwell

Kidwell's poignant, performer-driven theater work addresses the complexities of race and notions of American history with sharp intelligence and wry humor.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Jennifer S.B. Calienes

Jennifer S.B. Calienes is an independent consultant and senior advisor for the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC) at Florida State University, where she served as founding director (2004–14).

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The Breaks

Poet, dancer, and playwright Marc Bamuthi Joseph engaged in a series of workshops with Philadelphia-area dance companies, which led to the creation of his work the break/s.

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Musician Chris Madak

Musician and Pew Fellow Chris Madak on artistic motivation, the notion of "perfection," and more.

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The History Truck W.I.C. Work/Shop in Kensington

The History Truck visits Kensington, where the public is invited to share their experiences with the Women, Infants, and Children (W.I.C.) nutritional assistance program.

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Jane Golden

Jane Golden is the founder and executive director of the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.

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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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reFORM Installation Opening

Join Temple Contemporary for the opening of reFORM, a major installation by artist and Pew Fellow Pepón Osorio that pays tribute to Philadelphia school closings.

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Lydie Breeze Cycle: Cold Harbor

EgoPo Classic Theater presents Cold Harbor, the first of three performances in Tony Award-winning playwright John Guare's Lydie Breeze Trilogy.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Kelsey Halliday Johnson

Kelsey Halliday Johnson is an independent curator whose work brings to light alternative and underrepresented histories and voices.

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Our Show of Shows and Laughter on the 23rd Floor

1812 Productions produced two shows in repertory, a first for the all-comedy theater company.

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Joy Feasley

"The major concern of my work is to paint the invisible," says Joy Feasley, a painter and a 2011 Pew Fellow.

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Engaging Contemporary Artists at Independence Seaport Museum

Artist and Pew Fellow Teresa Jaynes leads an inquiry into the potential of a contemporary art-making program to increase audience engagement with the Seaport Museum and deepen the public’s understanding of the region’s waterways.

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Discovering the Selinsgrove Center

An artist residency model takes shape in this public history project designed to illuminate the first-person narratives of people with intellectual disabilities and their experiences of institutionalization at Selinsgrove Center in Central Pennsylvania.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Hanna Khoury

Hanna Khoury (Pew Fellow, 2010) was trained in Western classical music and has performed with several orchestras. His passion, however, lies in Arab classical music.

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Alien She: Zine Workshop

As part of the programming related to the Alien She exhibition at Vox Populi, artist Beth Heinly will run a two-day zine workshop at Philadelphia Photo Arts Center.

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Don Juan Comes Home from Iraq

The Wilma Theater developed a new play with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel and a full company of actors, charting a Marine's complicated return home from war.

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Settlement Music School

Settlement Music School is one of the country's oldest and largest community music schools, founded in 1908.

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Alien She: Panel Discussion

A panel discussion organized around Alien She, an exhibition examining the lasting impact of the Riot Grrrl movement, currently on view at Vox Populi.

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