Arthur Lee Hall
(1934 – 2000)
Pioneering African American dancer and choreographer.
Hall’s innovative infusion of African dance, drumming, and culture
into his productions transformed American modern dance.
The Ile Ife Black Humanitarian Center, which was here,
serverd as his home and studio.
December 27, 2011
Arthur Hall Tribute
December 21, 2011
Dance: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane
Story/Time
World Premiere!
Montclair State University, New Jersey
All Tickets $15!
The Company kicks off 2012 with the World Premiere of Story/Time, inspired by legendary artist and composer John Cage’s Indeterminacy (1958). Bill T. Jones returns to the stage with his celebrated dancers in an enticing and reflective new work that layers movement, music, and 70 one-minute short stories written and read live on-stage by Jones. Original music by Ted Coffey.
Peak Performances @ Montclair State (NJ)
Jan 21, 28 at 8pm
Jan 22, 29 at 3pm
Jan 26, 27 at 7:30pm
Info & tickets
Body Against Body
The Hague, Netherlands
Body Against Body premieres overseas! This program revives the challenging, groundbreaking works that launched the careers of Bill T. Jones and the late Arnie Zane. Some of the most significant examples of the postmodern aesthetic, these pieces redefined the duet form and changed the face of American dance.
Holland Dance Festival
Feb 1 – 2
info & tickets
June 16, 2011
Celebrated Philadelphia choreographer Rennie Harris
We are proud to announce the Philadelphia debut of Rennie Harris RHAW July 16,2011 @ The Suzanne Roberts Theater. RHAW will feature the choreographic works of Rodney Hill of the “Untouchables,” Moncell Durden of Moptop Crew , Raphael Xavier of Olive Dance Company and Rennie Harris of Rennie Harris Puremovement.
Performance July 16, 2011: Matinee @2:30 & Evening@ 7:30pm Conceived 2007 Rennie Harris Awe-inspiring Works is a youth organization driven by community outreach, education i.e. lectures and classes as well as mentorship. Harris’ inspiration for this youth driven company was inspired by the overwhelming interest from teens and young adults to join his internationally renowned company Rennie Harris Puremovement. RHAW will forge new paths for young hip hop hopefuls as well as present hip hop in its “RHAW-est.” form. As we take it back to basics.
“I am inspired to commune with the humanitarian conscious of us all. My hope is to communicate to ones primal self, acknowledging one’s spirit, one’s right to experience, to love, to worship freely as it was intended. I am awestruck; I am inspired to continue touching people’s lives. Challenging realities through my work. This is my small but necessary contribution to the world at large. RHAW will carry on the legacy of freedom by using hip hop & funk dance as a free expression. Proving once again that we the people have a right to be heard and to be loved…”- Rennie Harris- For Pre-View & Review: Contact company manager Rodney Hill@267-236-4097 email: Rhill@rhpm.org
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June 9, 2011
Odunde Festival
Festival Weekend: Friday, June 10th – Sunday, June 12
ODUNDE, has gained a reputation as one of Philadelphia’s brightest cultural jewel. The word ODUNDE originates with the Yoruba people of Nigeria, West Africa. It means “Happy New Year”. The ODUNDE festival is an occasion marked by joy and hope, a joy which is highlighted by a colorful procession to the Schuylkill River (at noon) where offerings of fruits and flowers are made to Oshun, the Goddess of the River.
June 4, 2011
Bill T. Jones/ Arnie Zane Dance Company
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Save the date! A Good Man will be broadcast on PBS AMERICAN MASTERS on November 11, 2011. The documentary film chronicling the creation of the Company’s most ambitious work to date, Fondly Do We Hope…Fervently Do We Pray, can be seen before the broadcast date at one its festival screenings.
Watch the Film Trailer A Good Man is a co-production of Kartemquin Films, AMERICAN MASTERS, ITVS and Media Process Group, in association with Ravinia Festival. Photo by Russell Jenkins/Ravinia Festival |
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The New York Times
The Company’s program at the International Festival of Arts & Ideas is a summer dance highlight. Read More The Huffington Post Gothamist Photo by Paul B. Goode |
June 3, 2011
Art Sanctuary: Celebration of Black Writing
http://artsanctuary.org/celebrationofblackwriting/
Saturday, June 4, 2011:
Saturday morning will be filled with fun, free family activities for children! Make-and-take arts and crafts, storytelling, face painting, and Hip Hop Dancing Clowns entertainment.
The afternoon is for the young people, with young adult author readings, bucket drumming, and breakdancers. And meet extreme sports snowboarder Brian “Deka” Paupaw!
CBW Main Stage
Live music, comedy, poetry, hip-hop, and more!! Throughout the day we will keep the party going with serious fun on the main stage. Exciting performances with a DJ will make literature come alive all day long. Featuring performances by comedian Anthony “Tmor” Morris, poet “Just Greg” Corbin, trumpeter Hannibal Lokumbe, DJ and MC MH The Verb and a special performance by rocker Res!
May 15, 2011
Artists with Audience Responding to Dance
The A.W.A.R.D. Show! (which is an acronym for Artists with Audience Responding to Dance) is an opportunity to see 12 different local dance artists/companies over three nights (May 18-20). Each night four different dance artists will present their work and afterwards the audience will have a chance to engage in discussion of the work with the artists and fellow audience members; and to chose a finalist by popular vote to advance to the “final round.” Culminating on Saturday, May 21st, the three finalists will perform again for a panel of judges that teams with the audience to determine the grand prize winner of $10,000.
So come out see a great show, partake in some lively conversation, enjoy the light eats at the after performance reception and vote to empower an artist to create and dream bigger. You could make a difference in the life of the arts in Philadelphia and have a great night out to boot, all for a low ticket price of $15.
Tickets are $15 per show or $40 for four shows and can be purchased at Ticket Philadelphia; 215-893-1999 phone 9 am-8 pm or in person Kimmel Center Box Office, 300 S. Broad St. 10am-6pm. All performances are at the Arts Bank, 601 South Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19147
The May 18th program features Eric Bean, (Koresh Dance Company member) in Prime set on the dancers of Eleone Dance Ensemble. Eleanor Goudie-Averill (dancer for Group Motion and founder of Stone Depot Dance) presents the premiere of Convictions 1-111. Meredith Rainey (retired PA Ballet dancer and director of Carbon Dance Theatre) will perform This Is It/It Is This, a duet with Sun-Mi Cho. Brian Sanders (MOMIX Alum and founder of Junk) will show excerpts from his latest creation Dancing Dead.
The May 19th program features Zane Booker (Philadanco, White Oak, Complexions and NDT dancer and artistic director of the SLJ Initiative) in Black Power, a trio to Zoe Keating’s music. Bronwen MacArthur (international performer, a Susan Hess Choreographers Project resident and founder of MacArthur Dance) premieres Interrupt Rondoset to the music of Curtis Institute faculty member David Ludwig. Gabrielle Revlock (Jeanne Ruddy Company member and founder of Mano/Damno) debuts I Made This For You for 15 performers. Yu Wei (principal dancer of the Wuhan Song and Dance Theater and founder of Yu Wei Chinese Dance Collection) performs a recreation of her solo Water to music by Chinese composer Wan Li.
The May 20th program features Tyger B in the premiere of Autobiography/Rehearsal, a large ensemble work. Sarah Konner (dancer for Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Co. and Olive Prince) performs the Philly premiere of Heavy is Good, Dead is Tender featuring seven dancers and two singers. Rain Ross (founder of Rain Ross Dance and Assistant Professor at Stockton College) debuts Composition #43, a collaborative work with composers Robert Alexander and Patrick Whitehead. Raphael Xavier (Rennie Harris Alum) presents Black Canvas, an autobiographic story of his introduction to Breaking.
The final program on Saturday, May 21 will be announced after Friday evening’s performance, featuring the finalists from the previous three programs.
The A.W.A.R.D. Show! is administered by The Joyce Theater Foundation. The Philadelphia Awards have been generously underwritten by The Boeing Company. General program support is also provided by Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Philadelphia Cultural Fund. The Philadelphia presentation is in partnership with University of the Arts and DanceUSA/Philadelphia.
May 5, 2011
PHILADANCO! The Philadelphia Dance Company at the Kimmel Center
Kimmel Center presents
PHILADANCO
Featuring the Philadelphia premiere of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner 
Milton Myers: Violin Concerto
Christopher Huggins: Cottonwool
Ray Mercer: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Rennie Harris: Philadelphia Experiment
Beloved for its dazzling, visceral style and devotion to promoting African-American traditions in dance, Philadanco returns to the Kimmel Center with works by stellar contemporary choreographers, including the Philadelphia premiere of Ray Mercer’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, based on the controversial 1967 film.
‘The company style…is visceral…fierce and sensuous by turns…elegant and ingratiating.’ —New York Magazine
Following the May 6 performance at the Perelman Theater stage, Philadanco will participate in an Artist Chat moderated by Joan Myers Brown.
March 26, 2011
PHILADANCO at the Joyce Theater
Join PHILADANCO at the Joyce Theater in New York for a program of premieres and favorites!
The World Premiere of Ray Mercer’s Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
The New York Premiere of Bolero Too! by Christopher Huggins
The New York Premiere of By Way of the Funk, by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
And back by popular demand, Christopher Huggins’ Enemy Behind the Gate
Performance Schedule:
Tuesday, March 29–Wednesday, March 30 at 7:30pm
Thursday, March 31–Friday, April 1 at 8pm
Saturday, April 2 at 2pm & 8pm
Sunday, April 3 at 2pm & 7:30pm
To purchase tickets call JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800 or visit www.joyce.org
March 14, 2011
Join Koresh Dance Company Behind the Scenes!
Join Koresh Dance Company Behind the Scenes as we prepare for our upcoming Philadelphia performances! Every other week, we will post an episode online giving viewers a glimpse into the process of creating a new work. Watch as the dancers sweat, push their bodies to the limit and reveal what it’s like to dance full-time. See all the drama unfold as the company gets closer to the premiere!
Roni’s newest piece, Through the Skin,
will premiere at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in Philadelphia, May 5-8, 2011.