Saturday, February 7 10:00AM
Philadelphia Art Museum | 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19130
10:00AM-10:30AM Pre-Panel Reception | Learning and Engagement Center
10:30AM-11:30AM Panel | Learning and Engagement Center
12:00PM Performance | Great Stair Hall
The Philadelphia Ballet, Moore College of Art & Design, and the Philadelphia Art Museum come together for a unique interdisciplinary collaboration celebrating the artistry of dance costume design.
This special event explores the theme of dancewear inspired by Romeo and Juliet, highlighting how classical ballet storytelling is translated into fabric, form, and movement. Guests will gain insight into the creative process behind ballet costumes, with a particular focus on the construction and design of dancewear and headpieces, from concept sketches to finished wearable art.
Through this collaboration, students, designers, and ballet professionals showcase the intersection of dance, fashion, and fine art, offering an intimate look at how costume elements enhance character, emotion, and narrative on stage.
Panelists and Moderator
Morgan Porter
Panelist
Morgan Porter holds a BFA in theatre design and technology from the University of South Dakota and currently resides in Philadelphia as a freelance costume designer, technician and educator. Examples of Porter’s work can be found on stage during the 2023 season at Opera Philadelphia’s O23 festival and at Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theater.
Cathy Young
Moderator
Cathy Young is the eleventh president of Moore College of Art & Design. She brings more than 35 years of experience as a choreographer, arts educator, academic leader, and entrepreneurial artist to her role at the nation’s first and only historically all-women’s college for art and design
She earned her BA in sociology and women’s studies magna cum laude from Harvard University, where she was first exposed to dance as an art form. Young spent the next 20 years building a national and international career as a dancer, choreographer, artistic director and dance educator. She returned to academia to earn her MFA in dance at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and became a tenured associate professor of dance at Ursinus College, where she cofounded the dance program, and chaired the Theater and Dance Department.
From 2011–2017, Young led the dance division at Boston Conservatory as dean. Her emphasis on diversity, innovation, collaboration and community as core values attracted the top students, faculty, and guest artists in the field.
In 2017, Young was named to the dual role of senior vice president of Berklee and executive director of Boston Conservatory at Berklee, following a national search to replace the former president, and charged with leading the Conservatory through the highly complex merger with Berklee College of Music.
In February 2022, Young was unanimously confirmed as president by Moore College of Art & Design’s Board of Trustees, following a comprehensive national search led by a 13-member, Board-appointed search committee. She officially joined the Moore community on June 30, 2022.
Cindy Lozito
Panelist
Cindy Lozito is a muralist, illustrator, and teaching artist based in Philadelphia, originally from Queens, New York. Her work is rooted in drawing and painting, which she explores through scales as small as comics to as massive as building-wide murals. Her first illustrated book, What Kind of Queen? A Royal Biography of Drag Queen and Activist José Sarria comes out with Abrams Books in April 2026. Her artwork has appeared in the World Trade Center, New York Times, NYC Health + Hospitals, and LA Times. Lozito co-teaches the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Teen Sketch program alongside Andrew Chirstman.
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