Annenberg Center

Announcing our spring 2021 digital season of live performances! Designed specifically for the virtual stage and captured live by four HD cameras, our livestream performances feature legendary musicians, beloved dance artists and rising stars performing numerous world premieres, Philadelphia debuts and more. See our line-up and subscribe now: https://bit.ly/ACspring2021

ACF Philadelphia's Artist to Artist talks feature composers and instrumentalists with ties to Philadelphia, many of whom also have ties to the University of Pennsylvania. The April 8 talk features Kinan Abou-afach, who we look forward to welcoming with cellist Thomas Kraines in March. View the ACF line-up: http://bit.ly/3axJ4wO

The Institute of Contemporary Art and Ars Nova Workshop are currently screening The Griot as part of its Mondays with Milford series. Musician, visual artist and researcher Milford Graves is best known for his devotion to music education, serving as a music consultant for the Board of Education in New York City. Learn more: http://bit.ly/2XqZdfu

In lieu of its annual Crossing @ Christmas performances, The Crossing released "You can Plan On Me." Conceived by conductor Donald Nally, the film project focuses on the experience of aloneness during the pandemic and pays homage to The Crossing's long history of commissioned world premieres. Learn more and watch: http://bit.ly/3riwkA1

Chloe Gong's "These Violent Delights" has been described as a "must-read" by Kirkus Reviews. The University of Pennsylvania senior first started uploading her stories to the internet when she was just 13 years old. Read more about Gong and her debut novel: https://bit.ly/3lvK0Uk

"At a time when many are binging TV and TikTok...and the classes themselves are being conducted online, how does [Rahul Mukherjee] teach digital media?" Learn more about how this University of Pennsylvania professor looks at the big picture of our digital life as he teaches classes on digital media and its underpinnings. http://bit.ly/37DXF84

Happy New Year from all of us at the Annenberg Center!

University of Pennsylvania professors Mauro Calcagno and Eva Del Soldato connected with Teatro delle Albe founders Marco Martinelli and Ermanna Montanari to chat about the legacy of Dante Alighieri and fedeli d'Amore (Love's Faithful), their show that celebrates the poet. Watch the discussion on our blog: https://bit.ly/34AlhJn

Committed to providing for our Philadelphia community, we aimed to maintain the "ephemeral nature of live performance" as we pivoted to the digital realm. Read more about our transition and how our virtual stage has presented new artistic opportunities. https://bit.ly/3m9AV49

Created, filmed and scored over the summer, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago presents free screenings of A Tale of Two, a reflection on youth vulnerability in a violent world. Learn more about the brand-new work and tune in this weekend: https://bit.ly/3m98kvO

Wishing the extraordinary Philadanco! The Philadelphia Dance Company team well as it starts a remarkable new chapter! We look forward to next week's livestream performance and post-show Q&A with the phenomenal Joan Myers Brown. https://bit.ly/3dPwVmq

Virtuosic, spiritually uplifting, and socially conscious. (Philadelphia Inquirer) On Oct 29, Philadanco! The Philadelphia Dance Company returns to our stage for an evening of solos and duets followed by a Q&A with the company's founder and executive and artistic director, Joan Myers Brown. Get streaming access: https://bit.ly/32Fj2mN

Our thanks to ThINKingDANCE for spotlighting Pam Tanowitz Dance's unique use of our audience-free Zellerbach Theatre. The company's world premiere of Annenberg Solos: Sites 1-4 paired our empty seats and backstage areas with deliberately angled camera shots to "explore dialogue between abstract dances" from new visual perspectives.

Gather your goblins and ghouls! We've rounded up a bunch of frightfully delightful treats for you and your monstrous crew. Discover your family's next Halloween activity on our blog: https://bit.ly/31u6Y7a

If you have not yet tried livestreaming dance, I recommend the Annenberg’s events." We thank Broad Street Review's Melissa Strong for tuning in to last week's Philadelphia debut of Pam Tanowitz Dance. Read more about the performance and the unique livestream experience we have to offer: https://bit.ly/2HbQZUl

It's Family + Culture day for National Arts and Humanities Month. How does your family experience arts and culture together? Tell us in the comments or post a photo! #ShowYourArt2020

Mezzo-soprano and University of Pennsylvania Department of Music artist-in-residence Meg Bragle returns to our stage on November 15 alongside lutenist Richard Stone, co-director of Tempesta di Mare - Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra. Discover more about Meg in just five questions: https://bit.ly/3kjXuTo

WRTI's most recent Jazz Album of the Week features the soulful sounds of saxophonist Tivon Pennicott. Read more about Gregory Porter's All Rise album and don't miss Tivon's Annenberg Center debut, streaming live this Thursday at 7 PM. https://bit.ly/3505imG