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Takes on “TAKES”

Sep 2nd, 2010 | By Live Arts and Fringe Festival Blog | Category: Dance at Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe

When Dito Van Reigersberg first entered the cube, as the set for the 2010 Live Arts Festival show TAKES has come to be called, he had just stepped off a plane to an early rehearsal in Los Angeles. “I come into this space, watching my image fly around, and I almost ralphed,” Dito says. “We [...]



Megan Mazarick Gets Dirty And Dark For “8″

Aug 4th, 2010 | By Live Arts and Fringe Festival Blog | Category: Dance at Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe

by Nicholas Gilewicz Megan Mazarick missed the surprise Lucinda Childs performance at the last Susan Hess Modern Dance event in its old space this spring. She was cleaning up from her own dance. “Ben [Asriel] and I did this piece in dirt. We got stuck in the stairwell, spitting dirt into a bucket of water.” [...]



Eun Jung Choi and the Reconstrucion of Memories

Jul 20th, 2010 | By Live Arts and Fringe Festival Blog | Category: Artist Profiles

When you move around the globe as much as Eun Jung Choi has–she’s lived in her native Seoul, as well as New York, San Diego, Colorado, North Carolina, Philly, and takes frequent trips to Mexico–you tend to lose stuff. Eun Jung’s new work All My Socks Have Holes, which will be featured in the 2010 [...]



Forever Young: Jumatatu Poe Explores the Immortal Image

Jul 9th, 2010 | By Live Arts and Fringe Festival Blog | Category: Artist News

Posted By : Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe 28-year-old Jumatatu Poe is ready to be old. “It’s a tactile thing–I want to know what it feels like,” he explains. But growing old doesn’t sound so bad when you think about immortality as much as Jumatatu does. It’s a topic he’s exploring in his new [...]



Jaye Allison Taps Into the Nicholas Brothers’ Philly Roots

Jul 6th, 2010 | By Live Arts and Fringe Festival Blog | Category: Dance Stories

Posted At : July 6, 2010 7:19 PM | Posted By : Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe Recently I was introduced to the sensational moves of the Nicholas Brothers, a world famous tap-dancing duo from a time when it was difficult for African-American artists to cross over, who got their start in Philadelphia. Last [...]