Triggered
Danse4Nia (Conservatory) in collaboration with Grounded Theatare presents “TRIGGERED”, a youth production that focuses on the gun violence in the city of Philadelphia. Written by Sha’von Smith, directed by Diane S. Leslie, “TRIGGERED’ tackles the issues of why gun violence plagues our city while seeks to ask the question, “how can it stop?” This original youth production premieres in the 2022 Philly Fringe Festival at the Performance Garage September 30…
Trouble the Water
The Philadelphia Jazz Tap Ensemble presents Trouble the Water, a new tap dance, movement, music, vocussion and spoken word performance diving into the social, political, and personal implications of the two spirituals, Deep River and Wade in the Water. Throughout the piece, the audience will learn the stories of three people traveling towards safety and a place of revolutionary rest. All in attendance will also be invited to join in…
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table–Does That Work for You?–Sure, One Check Is Fine
Yes, We’re Ready, We’ll Split an Order of Fries for The Table–Does That Work for You?–Sure, One Check Is Fine A table-top show about diners and the people inhabiting those spaceCreated by Mike Durkin and Nick Schwasman Part of FringeArts FestSeptember 9-17 Yes, we’re ready, we’ll split an order of fries for the table. Does that work for you? Sure, one check is fine. The clanking of the spoon against…
Jérôme Bel (2021)
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Ladies at a Gay Girls’ Bar, 1938-1969
20th-century fem(me)/butch lesbian bars come to life in a solo dance/theatre performance. Maggie Cee explores her years as a teenage gay rights activist, her own identity, and fem history – illuminating the feminine women whose stories are too often forgotten, but whose strength and determination made whose strength and determination paved the way for LGBTQIA+ rights decades before Stonewall.Called a “major highlight” of the Hartford Fringe Festival by Christopher Arnott,…
Your Show
The non-binary son of God tries to convince their dad to use their pronouns. Which God? They aren’t sure. He was an absent father. Heads up: this show uses rock and roll music and power points to blow your mind.
Vehement
VEHEMENT is an evocative dance show that is a love letter to all our former selves. A troupe of 7 dancers clad in stiletto heels will perform 12 new works that document how we process trauma and accept all parts of ourselves, even the ugly ones. Dark, sexual and passionate. Come on a journey that will capture the facets of growing up- fighting personal demons, breaking generational cycles, and navigating…
vapors
Thursday 8:30PM and Friday 7PM (September 1 and 2) Show Description: vapors is a science fiction dance theater piece about time travel. The dancers embody the past, present, and future while pausing and rewinding each other. Movement imagery comes from music box mechanics, cartoonish infomercials, the physics of freewill, and substances diffused in air. Built using imaginative improvisation practices and rhythmic text, vapors blends crackpot futurism and contemporary dance. Evening performances contain adult themes…
Wine in the Wilderness
Wine in the Wilderness examines race, gender, and class against the backdrop of the 1964 race riots in Harlem. The plot unfolds in the apartment of a painter creating a triptych to illustrate the phases of Black Womanhood. When friends introduce him to a potential model for the final painting, assumptions unravel and the true power of Black women is acknowledged and celebrated. Under AlexandraEspinoza’s direction, the production will feature…
When All Else Fails: or, Why Not Choose Me?
Ashley W. is looking for the one and she’s tired of settling – but you sure could! Taking cues from ABC’s “The Bachelor” and other reality dating shows, When All Else Fails is a clownish exploration on love and our human tendency to overromanticize it. Through this semi-immersive piece, audiences will be delighted with Shuron’s signature mix of dance, theatre, film, and puppetry that grips at the heartstrings through its…
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