BABYBABYBABY - Philadelphia Fringe Festival

BABYBABYBABY

Laila J. Franklin

Dance

BABYBABYBABY is a dance about dances about love. Interested in the human impulse for connection, this dance work taps into feelings of budding romance, when falling in love is silly and fast and sexy and devastating and you are brilliant and stupid and spellbound. With reference points ranging from early aughts romantic comedies and So You Think You Can Dance duets, to archival footage of live performances by Roberta Flack and Nina Simone, to obstacle course TV game shows and clowning, the work stumbles through shades of silliness, irrationality, passion, and grief, calling into question the role of sincerity, earnesty, and truthfulness in performance, and the power of physical states.

BABYBABYBABY seeks to explore how we contend with the precarity of trust, impulsivity, and continuity via malleable agreements and disagreements, in its physical acts and in its overarching theme. It is a work that is interested in companionship and partnership, exploring the ways we give and receive care.

Details

Run Time: 55 mins

Ticket Price: $20

Venue: Performance Garage

Dates: September 13, 2025

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September 13, 2025 2.00pm

1515 Brandywine Street

General Admission: $20

September 13, 2025 7.00pm

1515 Brandywine Street

General Admission: $20

About the Artist

Laila J. Franklin is an independent, multidisciplinary dance artist based in Boston, MA by way of Washington, DC. Recently featured as one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” (2024), Laila's work is interested in meta-commentary, deconstruction, and bits, approaching themes surrounding the human experience with complexity, nuance, curiosity, and humor. She has been commissioned by Brown University and Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and shared through Public Space One (IA), Loculus Collective’s Sideways Door Festival (MA), Cotuit Dance Festival (MA), School of Contemporary Dance and Thought (MA), and Movement Research at The Judson Church (NY). Her performance credits include projects with Miguel Gutierrez, Stephanie Miracle, and Melinda Jean Myers. She is an archival assistant to Jennifer Harge and research assistant to Stew Stewart. Laila holds an MFA from the University of Iowa, a BFA from The Boston Conservatory, and is a proud alumna of Duke Ellington School of the Arts.

Laila FranklinChoreographer/Performerlailajfranklin@gmail.com
Michael FigueroaPerformerMFig23@gmail.com
Jenna GrossPerformerjenna.w.gross@gmail.com
Marissa MolinarPerformermarissa@middaymovement.org
Andrea MuñizPerformerandreamuniz.move@gmail.com
Sarah PachecoPerformersarah.pacheco96@gmail.com
Sasha PetersonPerformersasha.petey@gmail.com
Marcel Santiago MarcelinoPerformermarceljsantiago@gmail.com
Mira GökselRehearsal Directormiragoksel@gmail.com
Kate GowProduction Assistant/Dramaturgkchiemig@gmail.com

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This event is appropriate for ages 13+

Adult Language

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This event does not require masks to be worn