Collaborators & Colleagues

Roko Kawai

2003 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2003
Dance

References

Roko Kawai's Facebook page

GRANTS & GRANTEES

Kulu Mele African Dance and Drum Ensemble

Founded in 1969, Kulu Mele African Dance and Drum Ensemble seeks to preserve, present, and build upon the dance and music of Africa and the African Diaspora.

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Lucinda Childs

Lucinda Childs is one of America's most important modern choreographers and an original member of the Judson Dance Theater in New York.

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LaVaughn Robinson

LaVaughn Robinson (1927–2008) was a tap dancer and a 1992 Pew Fellow.

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Carnival, a New Work by Mark Morris

Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble celebrated its 40th anniversary with the world premiere of Carnival, an original dance piece by contemporary choreographer Mark Morris.

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Local Dance History Project

Philadelphia Dance Projects produced the Local Dance History Project, reuniting five prominent Philadelphia dancers to examine the development of contemporary dance in the city.

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Nicole Cousineau

Nicole Cousineau (Pew Fellow, 2007) makes multimedia dance theater based in strong, rigorous movement investigation.

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Endless Shout

This timely, interdisciplinary, experimental series of dance, music, poetry, mixed media installations, and interactive programs—from acclaimed artists and scholars such as choreographer taisha paggett, designer Raul de Nieves, and composer George Lewis— invites audiences to consider African American performance aesthetics and the role of performance in museum spaces.

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This Town Is a Mystery

Headlong Dance Theater brought dance directly into the private homes of Philadelphia citizens, where the members of those households became the dancers.

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Nuevo Flamenco: The Galván Legacy

In the centerpiece of its 2014 Flamenco Festival, Pasión y Arte will presented two dances choreographed by Israel Galván, winner of the 2012 Gold Medal in Fine Arts from the Spanish Ministry of Culture.

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Urban Echo

Leah Stein, the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, and composer Pauline Oliveros collaborated on a new music and dance work.

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Pennsylvania Ballet: William Forsythe's Artifact Suite

Artifact Suite by choreographer William Forsythe features 29 dancers in choreography that pushes them beyond their perceived physical limits, demanding sharp timing, precise syncopation, and coordination.

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Trisha Brown In the New Body Lectures Judson Dance Theater

Wendy Perron, former member of Trisha Brown Dance Company presents a slide lecture on this pivotal moment in dance history.

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Lie to Me and Shorter Stories

Miller Rothlein commissioned choreographer Antony Rizzi to create a multidisciplinary work inspired by the writings of Franz Kafka.

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Ogun & the People

Through movement and music, a new interpretation of a traditional Afro-Cuban Yoruba parable takes shape, under the direction of Dorothy Wilkie, and during a company residency with the Cuban performance troupe Ballet Folklórico Cutumba.

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ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury

The immersive installation work of Lebanese artist Tania El Khoury is highlighted in a multi-part performance project that shares the narratives of Syrian citizens and refugees and addresses displacement, oppression, and justice.

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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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Questions of Practice

Pew Fellow of the Week: An Interview with Choreographer Leah Stein

Choreographer Leah Stein (2018) spoke to us about the origins of her site-specific choreography, her present-day process, and the “inexhaustible” qualities of Philadelphia.

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Thomas DeFrantz

Thomas F. DeFrantz directs SLIPPAGE: Performance|Culture|Technology and teaches in dance and African and African-American Studies at Duke University.

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Jerome Robbins’ In the Night

Pennsylvania Ballet presented Jerome Robbins’ ballet masterpiece, In the Night, as part of its 2007 program dedicated to the work of Robbins.

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Master Class Two with Pastora Galván

The Philadelphia Flamenco Festival offers a free master class with flamenco master Pastora Galván at Drexel University on March 15.

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