Collaborators & Colleagues

Amy Smith

2006 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2006
Dance; joint Pew Fellowship with David Brick and Andrew Simonet

References

Headlong Dance Theater website

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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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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Silvana Cardell

Silvana Cardell is a choreographer, dancer and, educator, whose choreographic impulses are defined by her experience as an Argentine expatriate living, working, and raising a family in the United States.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Judy Hussie-Taylor

Judy Hussie-Taylor has served as executive director and chief curator of Danspace Project since 2008, where her theme-based Platform series has mobilized artists as advocates and curators within the field.

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The Quiet Circus: River Charrette 3

Headlong presents the third performance in its series of River Charrettes, featuring artist Martha McDonald and Headlong co-founder David Brick, who will lead an audience through the grounds of The Andalusia Foundation.

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Midway Avenue in New York

Philadelphia choreographer Nichole Canuso presents a solo performance, originally Center-funded, that uses personal reminiscences and universal yearnings to explore the relationship between memory and self.

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Free Simulcast Screening of Supper, People on the Move at Independence Mall

A simulcast of the Supper, People on the Move performance at the Icebox, screened outdoors at Independence Mall, free and open to the public.

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In the New Body: Deep Dive

In conjunction with the ongoing retrospective Trisha Brown: In the New Body, Bryn Mawr College hosts a master class with Eva Karczag.

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The Dance Apocalypse by Gabrielle Revlock and Nicole Bindler

Gabrielle Revlock and Nicole Bindler star in this dance collaboration about two female artists in a spectacle-driven world.

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Grounds That Shout! (And Others Merely Shaking): Processional Series

Choreographer Reggie Wilson curates performances by Philadelphia-based artists at three Society Hill religious sites: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church, and Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Grants & Grantees

The Flight Attendants

Jumatatu Poe developed The Flight Attendants, a satirical commentary on the service industry, during summer workshops with members of his company, idiosynCrazy productions.

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Artifact Suite

Featuring Forsythe's signature choreography, this production pushed the physical limits of Pennsylvania Ballet dancers, demanding sharp timing, precise syncopation, and coordination.

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Kate Watson-Wallace

Kate Watson-Wallace is a Philadelphia-based choreographer, 2007 Pew Fellow, and the co-director of anonymous bodies.

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News

Pew Fellows News: James Ijames Wins Kesselring Prize, Susan Lankin-Watts Premieres Soul Songs: Inspiring Women of Klezmer, Alex Da Corte’s Carnegie International Installation Featured in ARTNEWS, and More

In October, our Pew Fellows news roundup includes a Bessie Award and Kesselring Prize, the premiere of a new musical composition, artists on tour around the country, and more. See the latest updates in our news roundup below.

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Body of Text

Choreographer Nichole Canuso and her ensemble will engage in an interdisciplinary discovery process with an oral historian, a writer, and a vocal teacher to develop new performance techniques that integrate movement, voice, and personal history.

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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Writer and Cultural Scholar Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Writer and cultural scholar Brenda Dixon Gottschild on her artistic journey, her interest in the presence and influence of the black dancing body in America, and more.

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In the middle, somewhat elevated

The Pennsylvania Ballet acquired William Forsythe's contemporary dance masterpiece In the middle, somewhat elevated.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Peggy Baker

Peggy Baker is one of Canada's most treasured modern dancers and choreographers, and the artistic director of Peggy Baker Dance Projects.

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Firebird: Reimagined

Russian folktales and South African music and puppetry united in a multidisciplinary interpretation of Igor Stravinsky's composition for the 1910 ballet The Firebird, featuring The Philadelphia Orchestra, Grammy Award-winning South African vocal ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and larger-than-life puppets by Janni Younge of South Africa's renowned Handspring Puppet Company.

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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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The School for Temporary Liveness

An eight-day pop-up performance experience, presented in the format of a school that occupies the Philadelphia Art Alliance building, features artists Nora Chipaumire and Isabel Lewis and generates new forms of spectatorship and participation.

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