Collaborators & Colleagues

Roko Kawai

2003 PEW FELLOW

Updated
30 Nov 2016

Pew Fellow, 2003
Dance

References

Roko Kawai's Facebook page

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The Sentient Archive and Knowing Dance More

The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage and The University of the Arts School of Dance present scholar and writer Jenn Joy and choreographer and dancer Maria Hassabi in conversation on March 27.

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open notebook: crazy beautiful

Dancer, choreographer, and 2011 Pew Fellow Tania Isaac presented a performance installation in June 2013, at which audiences were encouraged to share their thoughts through photos, writing, and self-recordings.

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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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Body Against Body

Painted Bride Art Center presented the seminal duets of Bill T. Jones and the late Arnie Zane—challenging works that remain some of the most significant examples of postmodern dance to date.

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Master Class 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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Endless Shout: Virago-Man Dem In-Process Showings by Cynthia Oliver

The Institute of Contemporary Art presents in-process showings of Cynthia Oliver’s dance-theatre work Virago-Man Dem, organized by Danielle Goldman.

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Free CardioCreativity classes from the creators of Dance Apocalypse

Professional dancers Gabrielle Revlock and Nicole Bindler, creators of The Dance Apocalypse, will lead participants through an all-levels class that includes wild music, hearty laughter, and opportunities to create.

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GRANTS & GRANTEES

Drexel University Westphal College

Drexel University's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design fosters the study, exploration, and management of the arts: media, design, the performing, and visual.

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Questions of Practice

Excerpt from The Sentient Archive: Artist Sarah Crowner on Painting and Dancing

Artist Sarah Crowner questions the idea of a painting as “fixed and static,” and proposes that a painting is “an archive of all the actions and gestures that surround it.”

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Carmina Burana

Leah Stein Dance Company fused improvisational dance with live music to create a new interpretation of composer Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.

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News

Pew Fellows News: Jennifer Higdon Awarded Nemmers Prize in Music Composition, King Britt’s Orchestral collaboration, Plays from Jennifer Kidwell and Bruce Graham in the News, and More.

This month’s Pew Fellows news includes new exhibitions and performances from coast-to-coast, critically-acclaimed plays, and a national award in music composition.

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FringeArts

FringeArts presents, develops, and commissions a range of high-quality contemporary performing and visual arts in Philadelphia.

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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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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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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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Saayujya (The Merging)

Two of India's preeminent artists, Carnatic vocalist T.M. Krishna and bharata natyam dancer Priyadarsini Govind, will fuse classical South Indian music and dance in a world premiere that is the culmination of a two-year artistic collaboration, and is inspired by themes of liberty and freedom drawn from Philadelphia's history.

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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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Questions of Practice

Questions of Practice: Choreographer and Performer Nora Chipaumire on Connecting with Her Audience

Nora Chipaumire talks about engaging with the audience and creating “a democracy” as a performer.

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2006–07 Choreographers Project

Susan Hess Modern Dance continued its annual Choreographers Project program for four emerging independent choreographers.

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Faith Project/The Door Performances

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