About the Artist

Founded in 2004 by choreographer Nichole Canuso, Nichole Canuso Dance Company (NCDC) is a Philadelphia based performance platform dedicated to creating performance experiences that embrace the complexity and absurdity of humanity. NCDC reimagines dance aesthetics by blurring the roles of audience and performer, bringing performance to unconventional spaces and engaging audiences in adventurous ways. Projects often sit at the crossroads of movement, visual art, and theater. The company is currently exploring the interfaces of live, embodied presence with emerging technologies to challenge our definitions of human relationship. We are propelled by the interplay of each performer’s energy, memory, and physicality. This ensemble-driven experimental work is grounded by workshops, open rehearsals, and dialogues shaped by the needs and interests of the surrounding community. In a world that feels increasingly divisive, NCDC asks how dance can build inviting spaces for people to practice bridging the distances, both actual and perceived. Recent Philadelphia presentations include Being/With: Live, in the 2021 Fringe Festival and The Garden: Invisible Branches at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. nicholecanusodance.org

Accessibility & Content Considerations

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

Audience Interaction

During a performance of The Garden: River's Edge, each audience member is invited to explore one of five distinct paths within the Arch Street Meeting House. Due to the infrastructure of a historic building, four of the paths require limited use of stairs. The Garden: River's Edge also offers a wheelchair accessible path, as well as options for Audio Description and ASL interpretation. To reserve these paths, please select "Accessible Path" at checkout and choose the access offering(s) you would like from the check-box menu.

You will wear over the ear headphones on your ears and there will be gentle instructions to guide you from place to place. As part of the performance, you will interact with dancers and other audience members. Please note that all interactions will be from a distance and the level of physical activity will be minimal.

Access
• Disposable headphone covers are available and can be requested at check in.
• If you would like to reserve the wheelchair accessible path and/or other accessible offerings, please select "Accessible Path" when you reserve your ticket.
• ASL interpretation will be available for all three shows on 9/15.
• Arch Street Meeting House has a designated area for service animal relief.
• Audience members with disabilities who are supported by a Personal Care Assistant (PCA) will receive a complimentary ticket for their PCA. Please check the "Companion Seating" box when you purchase your ticket to indicate you will be bringing your PCA

The Garden: River's Edge also offers options for Audio Description (for all shows) and ASL interpretation (on 9/15). To reserve these paths, please select "Accessible Path" at checkout and choose the access offering(s) you would like from the drop-down menu. Italian audio description paths are limitedly available, please call the box office ahead of the show.

Covid-19 Safety policy

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