Philadelphia Dance Projects – Celebrating 25 years of PDP

Celebrating the accomplishments of dance and movement artists through 29 seasons –

we look forward to a future that welcomes such artistic endeavors as insight into making the world more peaceful, kind and generous.

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Events

CATCH DANCE UP CLOSE’26 on PhillyCAM -Sundays in June

New works by Curt Haworth and Tammy Carrasco
Sunday 8:00 PM
Putty Dance Project premiere “Dance Like It’s 1829…”
Sunday 9:00 PM
Francis Johnson’s Legacy
Historian Dr. Lynn Matluck Brooks discusses composer Francis Johnson, the boundary-breaking Black composer who shaped antebellum Philadelphia.
Sunday 10:00 PM

THANK YOU Artists and Audiences for another great DANCE UP CLOSE

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Emiliya Toncheva Adam Kerbel- Viola Lévai in Sofia May 2026TRILATERAL Artists Exchange ‘25-‘26 Finished in Budapest in June

Philadelphia Dance Projects – Philadelphia, Műhely Alapítvány / Workshop Foundation – Budapest and BodyMeld – Sofia hosted a three city artist-led international residency program that took place in Philadelphia (USA) September 2025 and in Sofia (Bulgaria) and Budapest (Hungary) in May and June of 2026.

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Philadelphiadanceprojects celebrates the accomplishments of dance and movement artists through 29 seasons – we look forward to a future that welcomes such artistic endeavors as insight into making the world more peaceful, kind and generous.

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PDP gratefully acknowledges support from:
The National Endowment for the Arts – Trust For Mutual Understanding – The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage – Philadelphia Cultural Fund – PA Arts Council/GPCA Flex Fund – American Online Giving Foundation – Individual Donors – Partner organizations: Philadanco! Műhely Alapítvány/Workshop Foundation, BodyMeld & PhillyCAM.

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PDP’s projects celebrate and support contemporary dance artists at various stages of their creative process and professional journey. Our projects remember, explore, and expand the connections between contemporary artists and audiences in Philadelphia.

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