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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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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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Ernesto Pujol on Reciprocal Relationships with Communities

Social choreographer Ernesto Pujol on creating group performances based on reciprocal relationships with communities.

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Faith Project

A new dance work contemplates the relationship between religious practice and contemporary dance, taking inspiration from exchanges with an interfaith group of community participants.

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Collaborators & Colleagues

Linda Caruso Haviland

Dr. Linda Caruso Haviland, associate professor at Bryn Mawr College, is the founder and director of its dance program as well as the chair of the arts program.

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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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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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Questions of Practice

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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Private Places

jumatatu m. poe's Private Places examined everyday interactions with service providers through the choreography of J-Sette, an underground dance style.

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Faith Project/The Door Performances

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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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ear-whispered: A Conversation with Artist Tania El Khoury at Twelve Gates Arts

In advance of the presentation of Embody the Art: Works by Tania El Khoury, Bryn Mawr College will host a conversation with El Khoury at Twelve Gates Arts.

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Pew Fellows News: CAConrad Receives Lambda Literary Award, Leroy Johnson’s Work at the Barnes Foundation, Stacy Levy’s Installation Enlivens the Schuylkill River, and More

Our June Pew Fellows news roundup highlights awards and honors for artists in film, poetry, and media arts; a memorial concert that pays tribute to a beloved Klezmer musician; and several new print and musical releases.

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In Print Soon: 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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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Meg Foley

Foley, a 2012 Pew Fellow, explores how every movement, no matter how ordinary or seemingly inconsequential, informs a responding movement, and so on, in an ongoing creative feedback loop.

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Brindabani Jatra: Weaving Dance and Divinity

In conjunction with Threads of History: Resurrection of a Textile, dance artist Madhusmita Bora presents a classical Indian dance performance in collaboration with the Dancing Monks of Assam on their first US tour.

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Dance Happens Here 2007

The sixth iteration of Dance Happens Here showcased two percussive dance ensembles, Germaine Ingram and Ensemble and Flamenco del Encuentro.

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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

Annie Wilson

Investigating what she describes as “public vulnerability and intimacy,” Wilson’s performance work intertwines experimental dance, humor, feminist practice, and audience interaction.

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Performance Lecture by Malavika Sarukkai at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Bhratanatyam dancer and choreographer Malavika Sarukkai will present a performance lecture that ties the language of Indian classical dance to its interpretation in the visual arts.

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The Life of a Just Sole

Kyle “JustSole” Clark presents an autobiographical dance-theater performance blending street dance techniques with spoken word narration and video.

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