Philadelphia Dance Projects

From its inception in 1993, Philadelphia Dance Projects (PDP) has engaged stellar dance artists many of whom were enlarging the modern and postmodern vocabularies with personal and/or cultural explorations in both technique and content. Under the aegis of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 1993-96 the Projects included local, national and international guests in creative residencies and performances. When The Pillow concluded its aegis, Terry Fox, then PDP Coordinator, and Joan Myers Brown Executive Director of Philadanco , a renowned repertory company in the original PDP, decided to keep what was the most valuable of the Projects for the dance community at that time. PDP, as an independent organization, was set in motion to provide creative and learning opportunities that most often involved artist to artist interaction.