GRANTS & GRANTEES

Eric Schoefer

1999 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1999
Dance

Grants & Grantees

Grounds That Shout! (And Others Merely Shaking)

A series of performances curated by award-winning choreographer Reggie Wilson explores the African American religious experience and Philadelphia’s historic religious sites, in a collaboration between Partners for Sacred Places and Philadelphia Contemporary.

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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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Raphstravaganza: An Urban Kinetic Experience

Leading hip-hop artist Raphael Xavier brought together masterful street performers, extreme BMX riders, acrobatic contortionists, and live music by saxophonist and composer Bobby Zankel for a contemporary circus-style performance in City Hall's courtyard that paid tribute to the soul of the urban street.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Rennie Harris’ New Work for Alvin Ailey Praised, James Ijames and Major Jackson Featured in New York Times, Alex Da Corte Named to “Most Influential Artists of 2018”

As 2018 comes to a close, our Pew Fellows remain active with public art, exhibitions, performances, residencies, and national press coverage. See the latest news updates in our roundup below.

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Lucinda Childs' Dance

FringeArts presented Lucinda Childs's Dance at its 2010 festival and organized a film series about the life and career of Childs and collaborator Philip Glass.

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Roland Petit's Carmen

The Pennsylvania Ballet restaged Roland Petit's Carmen, a standard in European ballet that is rarely performed in the United States.

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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Choreographer and Dancer taisha paggett on the Relationship Between Art and Politics

Choreographer and dancer taisha paggett discusses how her artmaking engages with the “political landscape of being.”

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Dorothy Wilkie

Dorothy Wilkie's (Pew Fellow, 2007) choreography involves the re-staging and re-choreographing of traditional West African and Afro-Cuban dances.

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Fail Better

Nichole Canuso Dance Company engaged in an exploratory project with a team of collaborators to develop a multidisciplinary dance-theater work inspired by Samuel Beckett's play Act Without Words I.

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Braiding / Unbraiding / Rebraiding

Headlong completed a five-month-long research and choreographic project with choreographer Tere O'Connor.

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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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The Quiet Circus: Weekly Performances

Headlong presents outdoor performances every Saturday at the Washington Avenue Pier along the Delaware River.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Hellmut Gottschild

Hellmut Gottschild is a seminal figure in Philadelphia dance, and was part of the first generation of Pew Fellows in 1992.

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Re-Place-ing Philadelphia

Built on a foundation of public dialogue and interaction, the Re-Place-ing Philadelphia project used art as a lens for viewing the city and its history.

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Kulu Mele: *Wemilere: Parade of the Orishas*

Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble presents Wemilere: Parade of the Orishas, a dance program with a selection of works from Ogun & the People.

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Political Shenanigans Open Rehearsals

Choreographer and director David Gordon will participate in three public rehearsals as he develops POLITICAL SHENANIGANS: dancing w/ Brecht & Eisler.

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In Motion, In Place: Trisha Brown Dance Company: Performances in Fairmount Park

Fairmount Park Conservancy presents a series of site-responsive, outdoor performances in various locations in Fairmount Park and along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.

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Philadelphia Flamenco Festival TAPAS Performances

Flamenco master Rosario Toledo will present a series of performances entitled TAPAS: the culmination of a month-long residency with Philadelphia artists Eun Jung Choi, Meg Foley, and Germaine Ingram.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Stephen Petronio

Stephen Petronio has honed a unique language of movement that speaks to the intuitive and complex possibilities of the body.

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Guinea Residency

Kùlú Mèlé embarked on a two-week residency in Conakry, Guinea with traditional artists Mariama Touré and M'Bemba Bangoura.

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