Gazelles & Garters: A Song of Songs Burlesque!
“My lover is like a gazelle…” The steamiest part of the Hebrew Bible is now the steamiest offering from Theatre Ariel! Join us for a mischievous night of sacred sensuality as we celebrate the Song of Songs through the bold, boisterous, and bawdy interpretations of some of Philly’s best burlesque artists! You won’t want to miss witnessing this ancient love poem brought to life in all its lyrical — and…
CANCELED: Game Time
This show has been canceled. Two athletes, an unidentified sport, a 20-foot pole, and the highest-stakes game of these twins’ lives. Jump into the arena as twins Aviva & Molly Rose-Williams jump, flip, climb, contort, and sweat their way towards the gold. Let the games begin!
GALATEA
GALATEA is a modern adaptation of “Pygmalion and Galatea”, told from Galatea’s perspective, and follows her gradual realization of imprisonment and abuse by her male creator. It explores the limited freedom of expression she experiences while under his control and follows her fight for independence.
Free to Be
You are not alone. I am not special. This is messy. Let’s Go. In a solo dance show presented as a collage of stories through lip syncing, monologue, and conversation, Katherine Kiefer Stark lays out her awkward, ongoing process of unlearning and searching for answers. “I am investigating our everyday ideas around ‘specialness,’ how these spiral out to larger justifications, and even farther out to distort our own humanity. Where…
Frankenstein’s Body
Before it was a monster, they were people. These are their stories. Frankenstein’s Body is an improvised Gothic Horror inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Philadelphia’s real history of mass grave robbings that saw hundreds of human bodies unceremoniously taken from cemeteries to local medical schools and hospitals. We welcome the audience into the surgical theater of mad scientist Dr. Benjamin Frankenstein, who has prepared a lecture concerning his ongoing experiments…
Fracture
This is an evening length dance piece for three dancers that focuses on how the patriarchy and outside forces are constantly trying to fit female identifying bodies into ill fitting roles that have never embraced the wild and multifaceted nature of the feminine experience. The three dancers each represent a different part of the feminine mind and together makeup one whole feminine body. This body and mind fracture, split, and…
Flux/Joy
“Happily ever after may not exist but joy is yours now”- pearls of wisdom from Khonrad, everyday man turned guru. After surviving a series of crises and break downs, he host “sessions” for the lost, helpless, and curious; to help them find their way back to joy. His unorthodox methods of rituals, incantations, and manifestation will either transform you or rattle you. Will you spit into the bowl or whisper…
Flow State
UMA’s Flow State is a new performance series premiering in Philly Fringe 2025. The event features physically daring and artistically adventurous dance works, fusing the worlds of street, contemporary theater and folkloric dance. Performance material is generated via workshops led by three teams of Philly based choreographers: OreOluwa Badaki, Jonathan Van Arneman & Anna Martone; Allison Smith & Kayliani Sood; Chloe Marie & Alex Brazinski. The choreographic teams share an…
Flamencodanza Show
Flamencodanza, “Best show of Dance and physical theatre Hollywood fringe 2022″, is a dance and guitar duo that has toured internationally at festivals in Europe, Australasia and the US since 2021. The show combines the characteristic elements of rhythm, beauty and artistry of Flamenco adding a contemporary flair. “Flamencodanza is an incredible presentation of passion, energy, and community, complete with incredible music and electric dance.” Fringereview.co.uk
Flamencodanza
An inspired, powerful and elegant piece, with Flamenco dance and guitar. Aylin Bayaz’s contemporary flamenco dance combines strength, elegance and beauty. Raul Mannola’s music draws on Flamenco, Brazilian music and jazz, giving depth and colour. Bayaz’s dance and Mannola’s music fuse together to produce an unique show of beauty and inspiration. ‘Flamencodanza is hot… you won’t see anything else like it’ (TheStageRaw.com). ‘Manola is amazing to watch. He does not…
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