March 28th through April 27th, Philadelphia embarks on an month-long adventure as the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) asks audiences “If you had a time machine…” PIFA’s 2013 theme asks a diverse group of artists to make daring explorations of a specific moment in time and create exciting, thought provoking new works that [...]
Following are two audience members’ accounts of “SoMos,” a large-scale site-specific work choreographed by Merián Soto. “SoMos” was performed in the North Philadelphia barrio as part of Taller Puertorriqueño’s free performance series, Café Under the Stars: Spotlighting the Arts in El Barrio. photos by Lindsay Browning Reflection 1 by Robert Bingham, a Doctoral Fellow in [...]
Taller Puertorriqueño presents Merián Soto’s Triangulations: Revisiting OYWPP at the Lorenzo Homar Gallery, from Dec 7, 2012 – January 19, 2013. Triangulations is presented as part of Taller’s 2012-13 series of exhibitions titled Claiming Spaces. The opening reception will take place Friday Dec 7 from 5:30-8PM. Admission is FREE. The Lorenzo Homar Gallery is located [...]
Photo credit: Lindsay Browning By Alexi Davenport for The Dance Journal Choreographer and associate professor of dance at the Esther Boyer College of Music & Dance at Temple University, Merián Soto offered a culmination of her seven year work on the Branch Dance Series with the presentation of Somos. Staged in an abandoned parking lot [...]
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