PDP Presents

In 2009 Philadelphia Dance Projects launched Philadelphia Dance Projects Presents, a presenting series featuring dance performances, workshops, and “Informances” by individual dance artists and companies. PDP Presents provided an adventuresome series in contemporary dance within a broader local and global context through 2014. In 2015 the series was curtailed due to diminished funding support. From 2015-2018 PDP continued to do special presentations under PDP Presents. The full series is being re-instituted in 2020.

2017 PDP WOLF-IN-SKINS Dance/Opera Creative Residency with choreographer CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS and composer GREGORY SPEARS

Counter-tenor Anthony Roth Constanzo with Wolves in “Wolf-in-Skins” PDP Presents Fall 2017 photo credit: Steven Pisano

“Dance and opera certainly have been blended over the centuries, but not often with the sort of intensive interaction demanded by [choreographer] Williams and composer Gregory Spears, both seemingly fearless about striking out in new direction.” David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Inquirer

“Operatic elements tell the story while dance explores the dreaminess of the mythology…it’s a visual feast.” - Merilyn Jackson, Philadelphia Inquirer

If you were one of the lucky audience to see the Philadelphia Dance Projects’ sold out performances of Wolf-In-Skins, Act 1 in 2013 you know how exciting this work is!

A PDP special residency will begin in 2017 and culminate with a script in hand presentation in the Fall when some of those marvelous singers, wolves and hounds, along with new puppets will return.

PDP has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for a creative residency with choreographer, Christopher Williams and composer Gregory Spears to work towards finishing this wonderful dance opera.

“Operatic elements tell the story while dance explores the dreaminess of the mythology…it’s a visual feast.” - Merilyn Jackson, Philadelphia Inquirer

If you were one of the lucky audience to see the Philadelphia Dance Projects’ sold out performances of Wolf-In-Skins, Act 1 in 2013 you know how exciting this work is!

A PDP special residency will begin in 2017 and culminate with a script in hand presentation in the Fall when some of those marvelous singers, wolves and hounds, along with new puppets will return.

PDP Presents DANCE UP CLOSE

The full series is being re-instituted in 2020.

Artists presented in DANCE UP CLOSE have included among others; Headlong Dance Theater, Levy Dance, Miguel Gutierrez, Ellen Fisher, Shinichi Iova Koga/Ink Boat, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Lisa Kraus, Gabrielle Revlock, Lionel Popkin, Body Cartography, Faye Driscoll, Leah Stein Dance Co., Christopher Williams & Gregory Spears, Nichole Canuso, Subcircle, Nora Gibson, John Scott.

Calendar Archive

Reassembling Corporeal Knowledge, an evening of short videos and live solos and duets. March 18 and 19

March 18, 2020 - 7:00pm

March 19, 2020 - 7:00pm

The program features dance by Danielle Currica, Kat Sullivan and Paige Phillips, with videos by Chamecki/Lerner, Amalia Colon-Nava and Anne-Marie Mulgrew.

Danielle Currica will perform a new dance solo currently in process. The movement qualities of the work are an amalgamation of free form movements influenced by dance styles house, African, ballet, modern with a nod to vaudeville and aspects of audience engagement and eye connection informed of Burlesque.

MEGAN MAZARICK & MARION RAMIREZ Feb. 26 and 27

February 26, 2020 - 7:00pm

February 27, 2020 - 7:00pm

Megan Mazarick & Marion Ramirez: Two Philadelphia based artists share a program.

Tori Lawrence JUNKSPACE February 22 and 23

January 22, 2020 - 7:00pm

January 23, 2020 - 7:00pm

Wednesday January 22 and Thursday January 23 at 7PM

WOLF-IN-SKINS ACT 2 A WORK IN PROGRESS SHOWING…

November 29, 2017 - 7:30pm

November 30, 2017 - 7:30pm

WOLF-IN-SKINS excerpts from the dance opera

NOVEMBER 29 & 30 at 7:30PM
SEI Innovation Studio, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad Street
Tickets $10 at the Kimmel Box Office

Feelings are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer and Lecture

October 19, 2016 - 6:00pm

October 19, 2016 - 8:00pm

FEELINGS ARE FACTS: THE LIFE OF YVONNE RAINER Wednesday, October 19 6PM
Philadelphia premiere of new documentary film by JACK WALSH
post screening discussion with Jack Walsh and Yvonne Rainer