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The Medea Project, Birthright, directed by Pew Fellow Rhodessa Jones, 2015, performed at the Brava Theater Center, San Fransico, CA. Photo by David Wilson.
Dinita Clark, 2019 Pew Fellow.
Milford Graves, Milford Graves: A Mind-Body Deal, 2020, installation view, presented by Ars Nova Workshop, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. Photo by Constance Mensh.
Pew Fellow Sonia Sanchez. Photo by Erika Vonie.
Allegra Kent, 2018, frame from reading for The Sentient Archive. Video by Dave Tavani.
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Pig Iron Theatre Company, Superterranean, 2019. Pictured: Rolls André, Isaac Calvin, Pew Fellow Dito van Reigersberg, and Chelsea Murphy. Photo by Johanna Austin.
Spit Spreads Death parade, presented as part of Spit Spreads Death: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19 in Philadelphia, The College of Physicians/Mütter Museum. Photo by Leo Manning.
Gregory Maqoma, Exit/Exist, 2012. Photo by John Hogg, courtesy of Vuyani Dance Theatre.
Lisa Marie Patzer, 2019 Pew Fellow. Photo by Andrew Biordi.
Pew Fellow Jonathan Lyndon Chase, Big Wash, 2020, installation view, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Photo by Carlos Avendaño. 
Pew Fellows Mark Thomas Gibson and Alex Smith.
Pig Iron Theatre Company, The Path of Pins or the Path of Needles, directed by Josephine Decker, 2022, Rigby Mansion, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Johanna Austin. 
Kristina Van Dyke.
Adriel Luis.
Dr. Suse Anderson, 2018 Visiting Technologist, photo by Dave Tavani.
The Industry and L.A. Dance Project, Invisible Cities, 2013, Union Station, Los Angeles, California. Directed by Yuval Sharon. Photo by Dana Ross
Artists improvise to a Wesley Hymn performed by Ellen Gerdes and Dave Burrell during Germaine Ingram's Where Heaven’s Dew Divides, a project that grew out of her Discovery Grant. Photo Nathea Lee.
Avital Ronell. Photo by Britt Harwood.
Jérôme Bel's The Show Must Go On. Photo by Lorenz Seidler, courtesy of Tanzquartier Wien.
Dan Murphy and Anthony Smyrski, a.k.a. Megawords, 2012 Pew Fellows. Photo by Colin Lenton.
Reconstructie (1969), a morality, composed together with Louis Andriessen, Reinbert de Leeuw, Misha Mengelberg, and Jan van Vlijmen. Libretto: Hugo Claus, Harry Mulisch. Duration: 130 minutes. Photo by Maria Austria.
Kevin Varrone, 2012 Pew Fellow. Photo by Colin Lenton.