Photos from a preview performance of SCRAP Performance Group’s “TIDE” at the 2009 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival
Sep 11th, 2009 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Images of DancePhotos & Montage by JJ Tiziou
Posts Tagged ‘ 2009 Philadelphia Live Arts & Philly Fringe ’
Three frames, one picture
Sep 2nd, 2009 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Dance at Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly FringePhoto by Bill Hebert
As the audience filters into their seats, on stage sit three framed young women, each beginning her character’s transformation, at the hands of professional make-up artists. In their eloquently styled, movement accentuating costumes, these three women set “The Scene”, each in her own frame, performing in bold spotlights. These solos are but [...]
An experiment in movement
Sep 1st, 2009 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: ReviewsSubmitted by Barry Englert
benglert7@gmail.com
So what happens if you put a group of dance students (and in some cases former dance students), ranging in age from 14 to 21, with varying skill levels, styles of dance, backgrounds and experiential levels, in a dance studio, take away all the rules and tell them to create movement?
Well that [...]
Live Arts: Mortal Engine – Chunky Move
Aug 27th, 2009 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Dance at Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly FringeMortal Engine
Chunky Move
Dance, 55 minutes
http://www.livearts-fringe.org/details.cfm?id=6845
Beautiful, unique and absolutely unforgettable.” —Metro
“Utterly captivating and utterly unique.” —The Scotsman
Chunky Move’s highly acclaimed, cutting-edge fusion of technology and dance is on full display in Mortal Engine. This intensely physical, sensual, and visually daring work uses movement- and sound-responsive projections that morph human figures into light and sound and back again. [...]
