Philadelphia Dance Projects Summer 2018:
THE OLD CITY ARTS HISTORY PROJECT
PDP has received a Discovery
Grant from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to research the
legacy and history of artists and their activities, who were living and working
in Old City circa 1975-1985. This
discovery process grows out of PDP’s Local Dance History Project (2010)- which pursued an understanding of the roots of contemporary
dance in Philadelphia. A significant number of dance artists were at the core
of founding and/or creating and presenting work through Old City Arts during
that era. Critical to understanding this evolution is the interplay with other
artists in other disciplines particularly music, theater or performance art and
the visual arts. By exchanging this
information and ideas about this history, artists and audiences may come to
appreciate the depth of work being created today, not only in terms of style
and interdisciplinary interaction, but also the social and urban nexus with
which art connects.
The Discovery process activities will entail identifying the artists, neighbors,
audiences and others who shared in the experience of Old City as an organic
arts phenomenon. We will be working with
scholars, artists and community partners as advisors and participants in
research process.
A CALL for information, materials or personal stories for this history
project, please contact PDP.
OCA Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2110247489298667/
Email: info
philadanceprojects [dot] org
Support for the research and development of THE OLD CITY ARTS HISTORY PROJECT has
been provided byThe Pew Center for Arts
& Heritage
1977 Old City Arts Poster
Performers: Terry Kreuzer, Rochelle Raditz, Peter Baker, Anne-Marie Mulgrew
Scene from Living Room At The Bottom Of The Lake, directed by Jeff Cain at ETAGE 1978
BILATERAL: Budapest/Philadelphia Dance Artists Exchange
Trust for Mutual Understanding supports the
BILATERAL: Budapest/Philadelphia Dance Artists Exchange.
Continued support from Trust of Mutual Understanding will enable PDP to invite two dance artists from Budapest for a
3 week cultural and creative residency in Philadelphia this Fall 2018. In the planning for the BILATERAL Exchange this year will be workshops and presentations
that will also include Philly artists who a have participated in the Exchange
in Budapest, Nichole Canuso, Jungwoong Kim, Tori Lawrence, Megan Mazarick,
Guillermo Ortega and Gabrielle Revlock.
The BILATERAL is also a timely exchange for
artists to share experiences and viewpoints around navigating unfavorable
national political environments in each of their countries. Local community of
artists and audiences will be invited into participation and discussion. More info soon….
Dance TAG (Teaching Artists
Group) will resume in the Fall 2018.
Right: Mady Cantor, Dance TAG Director leads a TAG
session Spring 2017. Left: Erica Brown, leads a TAG session Winter 2016.
Other exciting news: PDP has received a grant
from The Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation to assist Cardell Dance Theater to
participate in the International Festival of Contemporary Dance (EDANCO) in the
Domincan Republic through the USArtists International. The company will present their very beautiful
and relevant work “Supper, People on the Move.” http://cardelldancetheater.com
PDP
Director has curated a dance on film/video program Something Happens When
Everybody Moves: Dance as ritual, protest, and aspiration as part of a special event at the Barnes Foundation October 6. See the Philadelphia Museum of Dance
Celebrating
over 20 years of Dance enthusiasm!
Dancers: Gregory Holt, William Robinson, Scott
McPheeters, John Luna
“What
We’re Made Of” Michael
Biello, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Dan Martin
PDP’s Local Dance History Project 2010
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