INSIGHTS
Performance Enhancement Events
Enhance your experience with provocative enhancement events featuring Penn faculty members, area experts and artists. Designed to illuminate the work on stage, INSIGHTS events, including pre- and post-show chats, are free for all ticket holders.
12/13 INSIGHTS Events
Dance Theatre of Harlem*
May 17
Stay after the performance for a talk back with the company.
12/13 Past INSIGHTS Events
red, black & GREEN: a blues
Public Forum: The Creative Eco-System: Re-viewing Sustainability
September 20 @ 5:30 PM
Join us for an interactive forum led by artist/educator/activist Marc Bamuthi Joseph featuring a respected panel of community leaders, artists, urban planners and scholars aimed at exploring new modes of collaboration, community engagement and creative artistic responses for at-risk communities that have been ravaged by environmental depredations that affect their health and welfare. The panel will feature:
Katherine Gajewski, Director of Sustainability, City of Philadelphia
Amy Hillier, Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Aaron Levy, Executive Director, Slought Foundation
Kira Strong, Vice President of Community and Economic Development, People’s Emergency Center
Admission is free, but a ticket is required. Click here to reserve your seat.
This event is presented as part of red, black & GREEN: a blues, September 21-22.
red, black & GREEN: a blues
September 21 @ 6:30 PM
Join us for a mini poetry slam by members of Philly Youth Poetry Movement. 10% of your ticket purchase will benefit Philly Youth Poetry Movement when you sign up for our Artist & Audiences Changing Lives program. Click here to learn more.
red, black & GREEN: a blues
September 21
Join the cast after the performance for an informal conversation on stage.
red, black & GREEN: a blues
September 22 @ 7 PM
Enjoy a StorySlam featuring the four finalists of the First Person Arts Online StorySlam Video Contest. Click here for the details on how to enter and to vote for your favorite entry!
red, black & GREEN: a blues
September 22
Join the cast after the performance for an informal conversation on stage.
The Giant Squid
September 28 @ 7 PM
Enjoy a pre-show performance in the Main Lobby by iNtuitons Experimental Theatre, the University of Pennsylvania’s only student-run experimental theatre group.
Royal Drummers & Dancers of Burundi
October 3 @ 6:30 PM
Join us for a pre-show Taste of Burundi featuring complimentary appetizers in the Main Lobby. This event is first come, first served.
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company*
October 12 @ 7 PM
Join us for a pre-show Artists & Audiences Changing Lives chat on the topic of HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention and its ties to the artistic world. The chat will feature Kevin Burns and Patricia Bass of ActionAIDS Philadelphia, Chris Bartlett of the William Way Center, Philadelphia choreographer Brian Sanders and Lar Lubovitch himself. 10% of your ticket purchase will benefit ActionAIDS Philadelphia when you sign up for Artists & Audiences Changing Lives.
October 13 at 2 PM
Stay after the performance for a talk back with the company.
Kenny Barron Trio
October 20 @ 7 PM
Join us for a pre-show chat with Kenny Barron.
Rama Vaidyanathan
November 3
Join us for a post-show chat with Rama Vaidyanathan hosted by Raji Venkatesan of Sruti.
Acoustic Africa: Afropean Woman
November 10 @ 7 PM
7:30 PM: Join us for a pre-show performance by the Penn student a cappella group, The Inspiration.
Spellbound Dance Company*
November 16
Stay after the performance for a talk back with the company.
Dianne Reeves: Christmas Time is Here
December 1 @ 7 PM
Join us for a pre-show Taste of the Holidays featuring hot chocolate and cookies. This event is first come, first served.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo*
December 14
Stay after the performance for a talk back with the company.
Tribe of Fools
December 14 @ 6:30 PM
Join us before the show for a tap dancing demo by Soundworks Tap Factory.
Cherish the Ladies: Celtic Christmas
December 16 @ 6 PM
Join us for a pre-show Taste of the Holidays featuring hot chocolate and cookies. This event is first come, first served.
Pilobolus Dance Theatre*
January 18
Stay after the performance for a talk back with the company.
Red Baraat
January 26 @ 7 PM
Join us for a pre-show talk with Red Baraat bandleader and dhol drummer, Sunny Jain and David Dye, host of World Café on WXPN.
Red Baraat
January 26 @ 7 PM
Join us for a pre-show Taste of India featuring complimentary desserts by AMR Catering in the Main Lobby. This event is first come, first served.
Chimera
January 31
Join us for a post-show talk with the creators.
Motionhouse*
February 8
Stay after the performance for a talk back with the company.
Miguel Zenón
February 16 @ 6 PM
Join us for a pre-show Artists & Audiences Changing Lives chat with Miguel Zenón and Carmen Febo of Taller Puertorriqueño hosted by Luis Hernandez, friend of and volunteer for Taller Puertorriqueño. 10% of your ticket purchase will benefit Taller Puertorriqueño when you sign up for Artists & Audiences Changing Lives.
Parsons Dance*
March 1
Stay after the performance for a talk back with the company.
Natalie MacMaster
March 15 @ 7 PM
Audience members can enjoy pre-show fiddling in the Main Lobby by McDermott’s Handy and friends.
Jane Monheit
March 16 @ 7 PM
Come early for a pre-show talk with Jane Monheit hosted by Jeff Duperon of WRTI.
River North Dance Chicago*
April 4
In partnership with Penn’s Abramson Cancer Center around the presentation of Eva, free walk-up skin cancer screenings will be offered on April 4 from 5:30 PM-7:15 PM in the Annenberg Center Main Lobby.
River North Dance Chicago*
April 5
Stay after the performance for a talk back with the company.
Hugh Masekela
April 14
Stay after the performance for a chat with Hugh Masekela.
Lila Downs
April 28 @ 6 PM
Join us for a pre-show Taste of Mexico and enjoy complimentary appetizers with other audience members. This event is first come, first served.
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*The Dance Celebration Series is presented by Dance Affiliates and the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. |
