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Score for Lucinda Childs' Melody Excerpt. This score represented all the possible pathways that each dancer may traverse during the course of performing Melody Excerpt, along with stage measurements in feet. Each dancer is represented by a discrete color. Courtesy of Lucinda Childs.

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From "An Art of Refusal: Lucinda Childs' Dances in Silence, 1973–78"

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Tania Isaac, 2011 Pew Fellow, dancing in 2007.

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Questions of Practice: Pew Fellow Tania Isaac on Audience Expectations

Pastor Harry Moore, Sr. of Mount Olive Baptist Church approaches the lectern remodeled with 3711 Melon Street’s front door, as his choir performs at the funeral service for the row home. Interior detail of Temple Contemporary’s publication for Funeral for a Home.

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"The Home Going Celebration": An Excerpt from Funeral for a Home

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Jason Rhoades, UNTITLED (FROM MY MEDINAH: IN PURSUIT OF MY ERMITAGE…), 2004, installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. Photo: Aaron Igler/Greenhouse Media.

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In Perpetual Motion: An Excerpt from Jason Rhoades, Four Roads

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Merce Cunningham, Ocean, 2008. Rainbow Quarry, Waite Park, Minnesota. Photo by Cameron Wittig.

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Questions of Practice: Visiting Scholar Kristy Edmunds on the Role of Audiences in Preserving Performance

Mendelssohn's original Bach St. Matthew Passion full score. Throughout the score, Mendelssohn made dynamic and articulation marks in light pencil, preserving the original manuscript. Photo courtesy of the Bodleian Library, Oxford University.

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Susan Bernofsky on Artists as Translators

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On the set of Colombian telenovela Alias El Mexicano. Photo by Thaddeus Phillips.

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Act IV: The Layover by Jay Kirk

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Matteo Scammell in New Paradise Laboratories' The Adults, at the Painted Bride Art Center (detail). Photo by Plate 3 Photography.

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Questions of Practice: Whit MacLaughlin on Responsibility

Chris Forsyth, 2011 Pew Fellow. Photo by Colin Lenton.

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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Chris Forsyth

Interview with Freehaven Masjid in Lawnside, NJ. Photo by Diana Soukhaphonh, courtesy of Scribe Video Center.

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Questions of Practice: Louis Massiah on Technology and Storytelling

Tim Portlock, 2011 Pew Fellow. Photo by Colin Lenton.

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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Tim Portlock

Catie Rosemurgy, 2012 Pew Fellow. Photo by Colin Lenton.

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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Catie Rosemurgy

Sarah Sanford, Katherine Powell, and Mary Tuomanen, in Three Sisters at the Arden Theatre Company. Photo by Mark Garvin.

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Questions of Practice: Mary Tuomanen on "Timefulness"

Barbara Kasten: Stages, 2015, installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), University of Pennsylvania. Photo by Constance Mensh. Courtesy of ICA.

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"Pictures and Props:" An Excerpt from Barbara Kasten: Stages

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Jumatatu Poe, 2012 Pew Fellow. Photo by Colin Lenton.

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Fellows Friday: Q&A with Jumatatu Poe

The Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia in rehearsal for the Bach/Mendelssohn St. Matthew Passion. Photo by Sharon Torello.

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"Whose Passion Are We Hearing?:" On Mendelssohn's Revival of the St. Matthew Passion

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The Magic Flute, LA Opera. Photo by Robert Millard.

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Questions of Practice: Opera Philadelphia's David Devan on Excellence and Accessibility

Up Hill Down Hall: An Indoor Carnival, 90-minute processional performance guest curated by Claire Tancons for the BMW Tate Live Series, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London, August 23, 2014. Featured: Marlon Griffith’s No Black in the Union Jack under Gia Wolff’s Canopy. Photo by Oliver Cowling © Tate, 2014.

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Questions of Practice: Claire Tancons, Independent Curator, On Resistance and Artistic Practice

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Peter Saul, Mondrian Duck, 60” by 72”, acrylic/canvas, 2015. © Peter Saul. Courtesy of Mary Boone Gallery, New York.<br />

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Marginal and Contemporary

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Barbara Kasten: Stages, 2015, installation view, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), University of Pennsylvania. Photo by Constance Mensh. Courtesy of ICA.

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When Are We Contemporary?

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Detail from J.B. Murray, Untitled, c. 1978–1988, ink, marker on paper. Courtesy of Cavin-Morris Gallery.

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Text Made Visible in the Works of Self-Taught Artists

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Wise Blood by Chris Larson and Anthony Gatto, co-commissioned by the Walker Art Center and The Soap Factory, June 2015. Photo by Jordan Rosenow.

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Questions of Practice: Walker Art Center's Philip Bither on Curatorial Choices