Friday, February 6 6:00PM and Saturday, February 7, 2026 12:00PM and 3:00PM
Philadelphia Art Museum | 2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19130
Join us at Philadelphia Art Museum to watch Philadelphia Ballet artists perform Connection, choreographed by Juliano Nunes, in the Great Stair Hall!
The Saturday 12:00PM program will also feature a panel as part of Philadelphia Ballet’s costume collaboration with Moore College of Art & Design. Guests are welcome to join a pre-panel reception in the Exhibition Hall from 10:30-11:00AM, followed by a panel discussion in the Education Center from 10:30AM-11:30AM. Panelists will include Jennifer Tierney, Philadelphia Ballet Wardrobe Manager, Cathy Young, Moore College President, Morgan Porter, Moore College Fashion Design Faculty, and Cindy Lozito, Muralist, Illustrator, and PhAM Teaching Artist.
FREE event included with PhAM admission. Tickets for museum entry can be purchased the day of the event. Space is limited for the Costume Collaboration panel.
Connection
Choreography Juliano Nunes
Music Ezio Bosso
Costume Design Hogan McLaughlin
Choreographer
Juliano Nunes
Juliano Nunes trained at the Brazilian Dance Conservatory in Rio de Janeiro, Juliano Nunes (b.1990) furthered his studies at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts in Germany with a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts. Joining Companies such as Royal Ballet of Flanders, Leipzig Opera Ballet, Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe and Stuttgart Gauthier Dance.
He has worked with choreographers such as William Forsythe, Christopher Wheeldon, Hans van Manen, Jirí Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Yuri Grigorovich, Akram Kahn and among others.
He has gone on to receive critical acclaim for his own choreography and has created pieces for the Royal Ballet in London, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theatre 2, Rome Opera House, Acosta Danza, Philadelphia Ballet, Mariinsky Theatre, Ballet Zürich Opera House, Ballet Jazz de Montreal, Staatstheater Hannover, Atlanta Ballet, Ballet West, Origen Festival Cultural, Teatro San Carlo, and Netflix’s “ Tiny Pretty Things.” Nunes has created visual works with artists such as Penelope Cruz, Residente, and FKA twigs.
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