GRANTS & GRANTEES

Jaamil Kosoko

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Jaamil Kosoko describes himself as an "author, arts manager, poet, choreographer, performance artist, curator, experimental vocalist, and comedian." In addition to his work as a solo performer, Kosoko is also co-director of anonymous bodies and the founder and executive producing director at the Philadiction Movement in Philadelphia.

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Questions of Practice

Fellows Friday: Q&A with Choreographer and Movement Artist Lela Aisha Jones

Choreographer and Pew Fellow Lela Aisha Jones on the importance of “creative spirits” in her family, what motivates her to create, the Philadelphia arts scene, and more.

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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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Collaborators & Colleagues

Cynthia Oliver

Cynthia Oliver is a New York Dance and Performance Award ("Bessie")-winning choreographer whose work has been presented nationally and internationally.

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Questions of Practice: Choreographer Nora Chipaumire on a Dancer’s Skin

Choreographer Nora Chipaumire discusses the “baggage” audiences project onto a dancer’s appearance.

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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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Faith Project/The Door Performances

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Grants & Grantees

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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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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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Choreographer and Performer Nora Chipaumire on Art and Advocacy

Nora Chipaumire on how advocacy and the principles of law figure into her artistic practice.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Jérôme Bel

An experimental choreographer, Bel provokes his audiences with witty, cerebral presentations that pose questions about virtuosity and the nature of dance.

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Grants & Grantees

Les escailles de la memoire (The Scales of Memory)

Les escailles de la memoire (The Scales of Memory), a dance collaboration that explores African-American and African cultures, was presented by Bryn Mawr College's Performing Arts Series.

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The Quiet Circus: River Charrette 1

As part of its year-long project, Headlong presents a series of River Charrettes—performances and participatory conversations—at various sites along Philadelphia's waterfronts.

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Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Choreographer Nichole Canuso

Choreographer and performer Nichole Canuso on improvisation, audience participation, and what she describes as “the kinesthetic intellect.”

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Contemporary Flamenco, Cultural Legacy + Experimental Imperative with Michelle Heffner Hayes

Michelle Heffner Hayes will lead a discussion on the history of flamenco and its cultural significance in its contemporary form.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Dixon Gottschild’s 50-year career as a writer and cultural scholar surveys the presence and influence of the black dancing body in America, in what she calls “choreography for the page.”

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Grants & Grantees

Supper, People on the Move

This large-scale performance, inspired and informed by the immigration process, will premiere in June 2015. The second performance will be simulcast live for a public audience at Independence Mall.

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bb/he and dg/together again

New York choreographer David Gordon, a founding artist of New York's Judson Dance Theater, worked with Susan Hess Modern Dance to re-envision his 2009 piece Uncivil Wars: Moving with Brecht & Eisler.

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The Quiet Circus: Reflection Event 3

Headlong presents a reflection event, part of a series of happenings occurring alongside the project’s ritual performance practice.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Raphael Xavier

Raphael Xavier (Pew Fellow, 2013) has practiced "breaking," an acrobatic street dance style commonly known as breakdancing, since 1983.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

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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