in collaboration, in connection with the moment.
LSDC is on the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour roster.
Join Leah Stein Dance Company for a journey through the 17th Century Shofuso Japanese House and Garden in Fairmount Park with collaborators dancer/choreographer Roko Kawai, percussionist Toshi Makihara and, from Tokyo, performance artist Hideo Arai and vocalist Mika Kimula. Building upon a 2007 collaboration that began in Japan, the artists examine tradition and history against contemporary dialogue and aesthetics. Site-specific in nature, the performance will incorporate the permanently installed contemporary screen paintings of Hiroshi Senju and acknowledge the 150th Anniversary of the Iwakura Mission, one of the earliest Japanese delegations to visit America and Philadelphia. The production of Japan House/Philadelphia is supported by a generous grant from the Japan Foundation.
PERFORMANCES
Thursday, September 9, 6 PM
Friday, September 10, 6 PM
Saturday, September 11, 4 PM and 6 PM
Tickets $20, available through Philly Fringe Festival Box Office and at Shofuso
An evening in the Garden with
Leah Stein Dance Company
September 7, 2010, 6-8pm
Save the date for an intimate evening with an informal presentation by Leah Stein, her company members and Mika Kimula and Hideo Arai, special guest artists from Japan at the beautiful home and gardens of Walter Crimm and Deenah Loeb.
Email kate@leahsteindance.org for details.
LOCATION
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
4301 Lansdowne Drive
West Fairmount Park
Philadelphia, PA 19131
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
Japanese Vocal Music, given by Mika Kimula
Monday, September 13, 5:30 PM
University of Pennsylvania
Amado Recital Hall, Irvine Auditorium
3401 Spruce St
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Movement Workshop for Families & Children, led by Hideo Arai
Tuesday, September 14, 3:30-5:30 PM
$10 adults, $5 children
Summit Presbyterian Church
6757 Greene Street
Philadelphia, PA 19119
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Leah Stein Dance Company and Science Leadership Academy presented student and LSDC site-work along the Schuylkill River Park as part of Art in the Open (AiO). This project marked LSDC's second annual residency with the Science Leadership Academy.
See photos of the students' work.
LSDC performed Mill Tones on the lush grounds of Historic RittenhouseTown on May Day weekend. The site-specific piece included community members and students from Summit Church's after-school program. Historic RittenhouseTown was originally settled in 1690 and operated as the first papermaking mill in America on the wooded banks of Wissahickon creek. This special project was supported in part by the Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation, the Samuel S. Fels Fund and the Philadelphia Cultural Fund.
LSDC premiered the film GATE by Anastacia Wilde at the Little Theater in Mt Airy, Philadelphia. The documentary chronicles the choreographic process of the 2007 On Site Philadelphia production at Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site.
THANK YOU to local businesses and individuals for their generous donations:
Tiffin Indian Cuisine, Night Kitchen, Little Herban Spa, Rothe Florists, Infusion Cafe, Trolley Car Diner; Eastern State Penitentiary; Marjory Levitt, Amy Hirsch, David Konyk, Terry Fox, and Deenah Loeb
Leah Stein Dance Company returned to Susan Hess Modern Dance Studio, where Leah Stein began her Philadelphia career, to present an introspective concert of dance. The evening featured excerpts of Battle Hymns (2009), new improvisational scores, and video footage of Departure (1993) and Bardo (2005).
Leah Stein Dance Company performed Of Grass and Gravel under the trees at The Schuylkill Center's stone pavilion.
Marking their third collaboration, Leah Stein and Alan Harler teamed up again to present Battle Hymns at the 23rd Street Armory in Center City Philadelphia. Battle Hymns combined the historic resonance of the armory with Leah Stein's site-specific choreography for singers and dancers with a co-commissioned score by Pulitzer Prize winning composer David Lang, performed by the Mendelssohn Club Chorus. Over 90 performers - singers, dancers, and percussionists performed to sold-out audiences.
READ OUR REVIEWSLeah Stein returned to Japan for IZU HOUSE: Part 2 with movement artist Roko Kawai in collaboration with Hideo Arai, Toshi Makihara and Mika Kimula. Watch video and read the blog from the project at Chichan Art Project.
Urban Echo: Circle Told premiered at the 2008 Live Arts Festival in Philadelphia, a successful collaboration with composer Pauline Oliveros and Mendelssohn Club Chorus. See photos by J.J. Tiziou at Flickr.
GATE at the Eastern State Penitentiary
Read a review of GATE from the Broad Street Review.
Now Available! The documentary and video of GATE by filmmaker Anastacia Wilde.