Confluence and The "Dancers" - Philadelphia Fringe Festival

Confluence and The “Dancers”

Loren Groenendaal, Benjamin Lloyd, Anna Neu

Theater, Comedy & Improv, Dance

A Dance-Improv Double Bill!

Confluence’s source is improvisation with many tributaries. One is the dance form of contact improvisation: bodies connecting, sharing weight, flowing. Another is long form improvisation from the comedy/theatre tradition: stories being told, characters discovered, relationships explored. Come and meet Loren and Ben at the confluence of these two tributaries. Hilarious, poignant, mysterious - an improvised language/movement mashup to delight and amaze.

The “Dancers” combines music, dance, and improv comedy into one unique performance piece. Philly improv comedians with and without dance backgrounds come together to build duets, group dances, and improvised scenes into an entirely one of a kind form. Everything is built from an audience suggestion, is made up, and will never be performed again. Dance and comedy alone are great art forms, why not marry the two?

Details

Run Time: 60 mins

Ticket Price: $20

Venue: Mascher Space Cooperative, Rear Studio
Dates: September 6, 2024 - September 7, 2024

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September 6, 2024 8.00pm

1170 S. Broad St.

General Admission: $20

September 7, 2024 8.00pm

1170 S. Broad St.

General Admission: $20

About the Artist

Loren Groenendaal (they/she) is a Philadelphia-based professional dance artist and educator, specializing in contact improvisation (CI), contemporary modern and creative dance who has recently extended their improvisational pursuits into long form comedy improvisation and clowning. They have been improvising and dancing their entire life, but their formal studies in CI began at Oberlin College with Ann Cooper Albright. Loren is the artistic director of Vervet Dance through which they make choreographed and semi-composed dance works which are steeped in CI and often inspired by nature. Consistently an animated, playful, and silly person, Loren is delighted to be combining multiple improvisational passions in Confluence with Benjamin Lloyd.

Benjamin Lloyd (he/him) has been acting, improvising, teaching and directing in Philadelphia since 1994. Most recently he led the nonprofit Bright Invention which used improvisation to empower people and organizations to unlock their potential. Through that organization he developed his consulting practice serving companies and nonprofits, and his creative work with people with disabilities. You can learn more about Ben at bxlloyd.com. Thanks to Loren for jumping in these waters with me!

Anna Neu is an improviser, dancer, voiceover artist, and personal trainer. She is a performer on the Armando Diaz Experience at the Magnet Theater. She went to school for Kinesiology (the study of movement), and works as a personal trainer and group fitness instructor. Anna’s voice has been featured in several episodes of The Truth Podcast and a WNYC radio spot, and is a Moth Story Slam winner. Anna is a trained dancer studying everything from ballet and modern, to hip hop and improvised dance. She lives for making movement achievable for non-dancers, performers and people who want to become more in touch with their body.

Loren GroenendaalCreator/Performer Confluence
Benjamin LloydCreator/Performer Confluence
Anna NeuDirector The Dancers

Accessibility & Content Considerations

Contact the Fringe Festival Box Office for up to date accessibility information.

This event is appropriate for ages 13+

Adult Language

Must walk up short staircase to get to venue.

Covid-19 Safety policy

This event does not require proof of vaccination to attend or masks to be worn