The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage
Painted Bride Art Center
Presentation of Fly: Five First Ladies of Dance
2010 Grantee: Company
$80,500
Support for the presentation of Fly: Five First Ladies of Dance, featuring Germaine Acogny, Carmen de Lavallade, Dianne McIntyre, Bebe Miller, and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Collectively, these five artists span a huge range of African American dance experience. To amplify the public impact of this project, Painted Bride will also initiate a program of interviews with Philadelphia dance artists who work in traditions represented by the guest artists. These interviews will be made available on a special website.