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PIMA Group--"Look!"
PIMA Group is a non-profit dance and music company based in Philadelphia that performs and presents innovative live music and dance, developing new approaches to the integration of dance, music and visual art. PIMA Group is currently undertaking a residency with Landmarks Contemporary Projects that will result in an original, site-specific performance piece at the Powel House Museum in February 2008.
Come share in the experience as PIMA performers take an intimate-sized group through the historic home in which Benjamin Franklins daughter, Sarah, shared in a dance with George Washington. As the audience moves throughout the rooms of the house, the gentle movement of the dancers creates an immersive experience. The setting of the Powel House Museum offers a multitude of inspiring intrigues, inviting the audience to interact with and examine this historic home through contemporary dance. The challenge of commenting upon the historical while maintaining a refreshing and new artistic aesthetic is of utmost interest to PIMA choreographer Melisa Putz. Look! is inspired by the colors, furniture and the beauty of a historical time perioda time when the Powel House hosted some of the most elegant dancing of the age.
About
PIMA Group explores the edges of works ranging from improvisational performance art work to more formal choreographed and composed pieces. PIMA Group regularly collaborates with outside artists and organizations. As part of its mission, PIMA Group also offers dance classes and workshops throughout the year. PIMA Group was founded in 2001 by choreographer Melisa Putz and musicians Michael Barker and Thomas Clark. PIMA Group has performed at numerous venues nationally and internationally. Most recently, PIMA Group was a part of the 2007 Sibiu Dans Festival in Sibiu, Romania offering a seven-day dance technique and composition workshop along with a performance. PIMA Group has received two Temple University Space Grants, selection for Susan Hess Choreographers Project, a New Edge Dance Residency at the Community Education Center and most recently Artist-in-Residence as part of the Bowerbird@Landmarks Series. PIMA Group has received support from the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, Fractured Atlas and Dance Theater Workshops Suitcase Fund.
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LocationPowel House Museum
244 S. 3rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
United States
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