SUSpacious
SUSpacious is an improvised space-adventure comedy with a traitorous twist. Taking the role of the Special Investigations Council, the audience must submit missions for the crew to perform throughout the show using their personal communications devices (your cellphone). Watch closely – a traitor is among the crew’s ranks, trying to sabotage the mission! As you observe the crew, you will be tasked with finding the traitor. Will the mission succeed…
Suddenly Last Summer
Suddenly Last Summer brings us into the teeming garden of Sabastian, an enigmatic aesthete who travels the world each summer in order to write a single piece of poetry. Last summer, on the beaches of Cabeza de Lobo, Sebastian died horrifically. Only his cousin, Catherine, knows why. She struggles to share the unbelievable truth before her aunt has the story cut out of her head. Die-Cast brings a radical deconstruction…
StoryUp
In this highly interactive showcase, our young audiences members are tasked with writing (or drawing) the story that our talented performers will bring to life though improv. We provide audience members with a story outline and encourage them to use their wildest imaginations. No experience necessary. A spirit of fun required. StoryUP! is an entertaining way to share ideas, educate, and empowers young children and their families through the interactive…
Stop the Bells Tolling
The Publick Pleasure presents: STOP THE BELLS TOLLINGMusic of Philadelphia and the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793Saturday, September 14th at 7pm • Tickets $30Gloria Dei (Old Swede’s) Church914 Swanson StPhiladelphia, PA 19147 Join us for a dramatic concert of befores and afters, as The Publick Pleasure explores changes in Philadelphia’s musical landscape caused by the city’s Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793. Concert life, performers, impresarios and musical tastes in Philadelphia underwent…
Special Topics
Special Topics is a site-specific experiential performance that bridges culture, history, and experimental contemporary performance art. This iteration is part of a two-year project between AniMalayaWorks and Marcel Santiago Marcelino, a MAPfund 2022-supported project called Primx (a non-gendered word for cousins), celebrating a shared culture between the Philippines and Puerto Rico. Historically, dance production and education have contributed to binary definitions of dance, limiting conversations to a US-centric Western dance….
Speak English
I’m telling stories that have no plot, no narrative, but they dont come from nowhere, that would be impossible, nor are they clever, which would be possible but incredibly boring. The stories are vicious and tender, without pretense, rebellious and vulnerable, passionately emotional and unconcerned with translation. SPEAK ENGLISH is a 60-minute solo performance which draws from dance and movement, performance, devised theater, experimental sound, and improvisation. Part fantasy, part comic,…
Sound Moves
Philadelphia’s Dancefusion and Casual Fifth with Jim May jointly present a concert of dance, percussion, and live music. Dancefusion will present The Wind (1947) a solo by legendary choreographer, Mary Anthony along with Daniel Maloney’s duet, Close Haven and Suite for Percussion, for the full company. Casual Fifth will present several works by choreographer Jim May set to live piano performed by John Heward. Additionally, they will perform a new…
Soul Song Soiree with Violinist Joseph Arnold
“His music will transport you to a dimension of peace & wonder.” – Earl Varley, Trombonist, PA Join violinist and author Joseph Arnold for his Soul Song Soiree, an evening of soulful violin music and an inspiring talk on the secret, sacred purpose of the arts. PLUS: Book signing for Joseph’s new book “Soulforce: How to discover you artistic purpose, create more freely, and make art that matters.” All profits…
sorry just seeing this
Our phones hold memories in data, photos, and apps. They track our steps and tell us where we are, who we are, and where we need to go. Yet the technology we have to connect us to each other has the potential to isolate us from the rest of the world. This work investigates the intimate relationship we have with these devices and our ongoing search to find one another.
SOPPI (CHANGE)
In this performance installation we wear large upcycled sculptures. Our dance is a moving meditation on change, water cycles, and migration. The audience is immersed in video and participatory actions. This transnational collaboration is supported from a residency at RAIR. Esther and Bamba met in Senegal in 2004 when Esther was a guest choreographer in Dakar. In June 2023 we collaborated with La Ville En Mouvment/Propelled Animals on a large-scale…
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