Penn Live Arts is taking 'the arts' to the next level, with a new season that commemorates the organization's 50-year legacy. The season will showcase 10 dance companies, from contemporary and ballet to hip hop and tap.
PHILADELPHIA -- Penn Live Arts is taking 'the arts' to the next level, with a new season that commemorates the organization's 50-year legacy.
"It's one for the record books," says Christopher Gruits, Executive and Artistic Director of Penn Live Arts."Pam Tanowitz Dance Company's coming down from New York," says Gruits,"One of the most influential choreographers operating today.""Alice Coltrane, in so many ways, has been underrepresented," says Gruits."Alice & John: A Coltrane Festival" will explore the power couple's musical collective.
"They're getting together the most prestigious in this field," says Benjamin,"I also will play John Coltrane's Love Supreme, we'll play a bunch of stuff.""They'll be presenting a one act play festival," says Gruits,"as well as a world premiere of a new theatrical work based on 1960s Civil Rights Era poetry.""Which invites audiences to join us to hear new music from composers working today," says Gruits.
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