The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Germaine Ingram
Parallel Destinies
2010 Grantee: Individual
$20,000
Support for Parallel Destinies, a multidisciplinary project involving original music, choreography, and visual environment, commemorating the nine Africans enslaved in George Washington’s house during his presidency. A veteran of the jazz tap scene as well as a public interest attorney and education reform advocate, Ingram has performed with celebrated tap artists such as Gregory Hines and Buster Brown, and practiced under the mentorship of Philadelphia tap legend, the late LaVaughn Robinson, for over two decades.