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Helpful Hints for Strength and Health for Busy People

Rhonda Moore + Ben Grinberg | Almanac Projects

Circus, Dance, Theater

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"We are living in times that demand more and more of our nerves and physical energy, of our brains and muscles. Only those that are strong, and know how to keep so, can stand the wear and tear."


Rhonda is 69 year old Black woman. Ben is a 35 year old queer Jewish man. How can they even the score? As Ben teaches Rhonda acrobatics, and Rhonda teaches Ben how to dance, they share the triumphs and the failures, painting a playful portrait of a loving relationship.


Helpful Hints for Strength and Health for Busy People is inspired by the 1901 book "Illustrated Hints for Strength and Health for Busy People". In 1901, wealth inequality was skyrocketing, and culture and society were being reconfigured by massive technological advancements, bringing major changes to the way life was lived. Just like today. As "business" became a condition of the majority of (working-class) Americans, the need to stay physically ready was ever present. Today, we find ourselves in similar times, yet the desire for "strength and health" is often more about an image than a habit or a feeling.

With over 100 offerings from rebellious circus, delicious dance, fearless theatre and activist art to workshops, parties, and more Cannonball pushes the boundaries of live performance at four different venues this Fringe. Come as you are and stay past bedtime at cannonballfestival.org.

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Details
Run Time: 60 mins
Ticket Price: $25

PWYC Options $5+

Venue: The Louis Bluver Theatre at the Drake

Dates: September 23, 2025 - September 27, 2025

September 23, 2025 5.30pm

302 S Hicks St

General Admission: $25

PWYC Options

September 26, 2025 8.00pm

302 S Hicks St

General Admission: $25

PWYC Options

September 27, 2025 9.30pm

302 S Hicks St

General Admission: $25

PWYC Options


About the Artist

Almanac Projects is an award-winning dance circus theatre company turned project producer. Find out more at www.thealmanac.us.

Rhonda Moore is a dancer, performance artist, educator, and a founding member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. Moore has danced with Jamie Cunninghams ACME Dance Company and began her dance career with intensive training in Dunham technique, performing with the Akosua Afro-Haitian Dance & Drum Troupe. Currently a teaching artist for the award-winning Pierre Dulaines Dancing Classrooms Program, Moore previously served as Choral Director for the Singing City-in-the-Schools Program. Moores extensive international and domestic portfolios include conducting professional sound and movement workshops; creating site-specific interdisciplinary installations that integrate sound, movement and visual art through shared experience collaborative elaboration; teacher-specific professional development laboratories geared to generate curriculum development with a focused, integral inclusion of visual art, design, movement; and music and vocal concerts as jazz soloist in small combos as well as with chamber and full orchestral formations. She holds a BFA from SUNY Purchase, a diploma in classical piano performance from Hoff-Barthelson Music School in Scarsdale, NY, and full, permanent certification in Italian as a second language, conferred by the Foreign University of at Sienna, Italy. Ms. Moore serves as adjunct professor, dance faculty at Boyer College of Music and Dance, teaching a variety of courses spanning from dance composition to the study of the development of jazz music and dance in the United States.

Ben Grinberg (he/they) is a Philadelphia-based performing artist, director, educator, and festival producer. For over ten years, they have created community-based platforms for artistic presentation and exchange both in Philadelphia and abroad. He is a company member, co-founder, and director of Almanac Projects (formerly Almanac Danc

  • Rhonda Moore Creator/Performer
    Ben Grinberg
    Creator/Performer

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This event is appropriate for ages 7+

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