Questions of Practice: Choreographer Stephen Petronio on Performance and Ephemerality
Choreographer Stephen Petronio on how his past dances and embodied memory influence future creations.
Questions of Practice: Writer and Dancer Wendy Perron on the Meaning of "Contemporary"
Writer and dancer Wendy Perron evokes Trisha Brown to explain why contemporary dance is open to multiple meanings.
Questions of Practice: Visiting Scholar Kristy Edmunds on Philadelphia's Collaborative Arts Ecology
Visiting Scholar Kristy Edmunds on Philadelphia's Collaborative Arts Ecology
Questions of Practice: Writer and Dancer Wendy Perron on Trisha Brown and the Body
Writer and Dancer Wendy Perron on Trisha Brown and the Body
Questions of Practice: Composer and Pianist Vijay Iyer and Librettist Mike Ladd on Improvisation
Composer Vijay Iyer and librettist Mike Ladd on how improvisation functions within their creative process.
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Filmmaker Rea Tajiri
We spoke to filmmaker Rea Tajiri (2015), who is devising new approaches to storytelling that embrace the murky spaces of memory, history, and public consciousness.
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Visual Artist Benjamin Volta
We spoke to visual artist Benjamin Volta (2015), who creates intricate public murals and sculptures through participatory methods, often involving education, restorative justice, and urban planning.
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Choreographer Merián Soto
We spoke to choreographer Merián Soto (2015), whose 40-year career in performance has been marked by a concern for the body—most recently manifested in a somatic, conceptual, and process-based practice that investigates the living body and its relationship to consciousness.
Fellows Friday: Q&A with Visual Artist Micah Danges
We spoke to visual artist Micah Danges (2015), whose work hovers between image and object and pushes the limits of what a photograph can be.
Questions of Practice: Centrala's Michał Zadara and Barbara Wysocka on Intersecting Contemporary Theater and Classical Music in Performance
Director Michał Zadara and actress Barbara Wysocka on creating an innovative adaptation of Fryderyk Chopin's two piano concertos performed without a piano.