GRANTS & GRANTEES

Greg "Hodari" Banks

1992 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 1992
Dance

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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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News

In Print: The Sentient Archive: Bodies, Performance, and Memory

How does the body serve as a repository for knowledge? On June 26, 2018 we see the release of our latest publication, The Sentient Archive: Bodies, Performance, and Memory.

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Event

Endless Shout: Jumatatu Poe's Let 'im Move You: A Study and This Is a Success

The Institute of Contemporary Art presents a performance of Pew Fellow Jumatatu Poe’s Let ‘im Move You, organized by Danielle Goldman.

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Grants & Grantees

Available Light

FringeArts will produce a re-imagined production of this seminal multidisciplinary work by choreographer Lucinda Childs, architect Frank Gehry, and composer John Adams at its September 2015 festival in Philadelphia.

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Philadelphia Flamenco Festival Performances of Pastora

Flamenco dancer Pastora Galván performs in this self-titled work, choreographed by her brother, Israel Galván.

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Grants & Grantees

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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Trisha Brown In the New Body: Proscenium Works, 1979–2011

Bryn Mawr College presents a retrospective of selected dances by Trisha Brown, an internationally known leader of post-modernism and an enduring renegade whose work has rarely been seen in Philadelphia.

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Modupúe | Ibaye: The Philadelphia Yoruba Performance Project at The Barnes

Intercultural Journeys presents an interactive performance exploring the Yoruba culture of West Africa and the Caribbean, at the Barnes.

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The Dance Apocalypse/Solos

Revisit Center-funded The Dance Apocalypse in Brooklyn with The Dance Apocalypse/Solos. Creators Gabrielle Revlock and Nicole Bindler describe the piece as " a radical challenge to the paltry circumstances in which artists seek funding and a heart wrenching end-of-the-world love story with pizazz."

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Pennsylvania Ballet Presents "In the middle, somewhat elevated" at "50th Finale" Celebration

Pennsylvania Ballet will perform In the middle, somewhat elevated by choreographer William Forsythe as part of its 50th anniversary celebration. The Ballet originally acquired this piece for performances in 2010, with Center support.

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Facing Front: Lectures and Performances by Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion

Anna Drozdowski hosts European duo Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion for a two-week retrospective of their collaborative career. In addition to performances, the two-week period includes workshops on June 19–20.

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Grants & Grantees

John Jasperse's Fort Blossom

Bryn Mawr College presented noted contemporary choreographer John Jasperse's Fort Blossom Revisited, created in 2000 and previously performed only at The Kitchen in New York City.

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Trisha Brown In the New Body Classes

To acquaint Philadelphia dancers with Trisha Brown's explorations, a series of free classes and workshops will be offered at area Universities and art spaces.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Boris Charmatz

Boris Charmatz is a choreographer, dancer, and director of Musée de la danse (Museum of Dance).

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Supper, People on the Move at Drexel University URBN Center Annex

Following a national tour, Silvana Cardell’s large-scale performance Supper, People on the Move returns to Philadelphia with three performances at Drexel University.

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Malavika Sarukkai in "The Eternal River—A Journey in Bharatanatyam"

Malavika Sarukkai, a leading Bharatanatyam dancer who challenges traditions of Indian classical dance, performed at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in April 2014.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Faustin Linyekula

Congolese dancer Faustin Linyekula is a leading contemporary African choreographer and the founder of Studios Kabako.

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Grants & Grantees

Crossing

Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers developed a new contemporary dance work that explores the significance of “crossings.”

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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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Master Class with Israel Galván

The Philadelphia Flamenco Festival offers a free master class with flamenco master Israel Galván at the Kimmel Center's Innovation Studio on March 12.

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