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Archived dance articles from 2009 – 2018 republished with permission from the FringeArts Blog.

Fringe at 20 Profile: Lauren Rile Smith of Tangle Movement Arts

Name: Lauren Rile Smith Type of Artist: Trapeze artist and circus-theater producer Company: Tangle Movement Arts List of Fringe shows I’ve participated in: Ampersand, Tangle Movement Arts, 2011 – Producer/Performer You Don’t Say, Tangle Movement Arts, 2012 – Producer/Performer Break/Drift/Resist, Tangle Movement Arts, 2013 – Producer/Performer Loop, Tangle Movement Arts, 2014 – Producer/Performer The Girl’s Guide to Neighborly…

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Meet the dancers of Levée des conflits’ professional workshop, Pt. 3

On September 9th and 10th FringeArts and Drexel University’s Westphal College will present Levée des conflits, a dance in the round from world-renowned choreographer and dancer Boris Charmatz, as part of the 2016 Fringe Festival. Beginning September 7th, Westphal is hosting a series of lectures and workshops—professional and community—around the performances as part of a…

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A CITIZEN Reading List, provided by Reggie Wilson

Reggie Wilson creates choreography drawing from the spiritual and mundane traditions of Africa and its Diaspora. His company, Fist and Heel Performance Group—described on it’s website as “Not your mama’s post-modern dance company”—derives its name from practices of enslaved Africans in the Americas who reinvented their spiritual traditions into a deep, soulful art form dismissed…

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Meet the dancers of Levée des conflits’ professional workshop, Pt. 2

On September 9th and 10th FringeArts and Drexel University’s Westphal College will present Levée des conflits, a dance in the round from world-renowned choreographer and dancer Boris Charmatz, as part of the 2016 Fringe Festival. Beginning September 7th, Westphal is hosting a series of lectures and workshops—professional and community—around the performances as part of a…

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Meet the dancers of Levée des conflits’ professional workshop, Pt. 1

On September 9th and 10th FringeArts and Drexel University’s Westphal College will present Levée des conflits, a dance in the round from world-renowned choreographer and dancer Boris Charmatz, as part of the 2016 Fringe Festival. Beginning September 7th, Westphal is hosting a series of lectures and workshops—professional and community—around the performances as part of a…

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Belonging and not wanting to: An interview with Reggie Wilson

Reggie Wilson creates choreography drawing from the spiritual and mundane traditions of Africa and its Diaspora. His company, Fist and Heel Performance Group—described on it’s website as “Not your mama’s post-modern dance company”—derives its name from practices of enslaved Africans in the Americas who reinvented their spiritual traditions into a deep, soulful art form dismissed…

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Fringe at 20 Profile: Bethany Formica

Name: Bethany Formica Type of Artist: Dance/Theater Artist, Choreographer, Wood Artisan Company: Currently dancing with Cardell Dance Theater List of Fringe shows I’ve participated in: Love After Death, Julia Ritter’s Performance Group, 2000 – Dancer/Actress The Gathering, Melanie Stewart Dance Theatre, 2003 – Dancer/Actress Multi-Family Garage Sale, Reactionaries and The Bald Mermaids, 2004 – Dancer/Collaborator Babel, Melanie Stewart Dance…

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Fringe at 20 Profile: Megan Bridge

Name: Megan Bridge Type of Artist: Dance, performance Company: <fidget> Fringe shows I’ve participated in: In the early 2000’s I co-produced, choreographed, and performed in several shows in the curated Fringe which at that point was application based. I was matched up by the festival with other choreographers and we shared double and triple bills….

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Rejected Thoughts Emerge at SoLow Fest

“It’s almost like kindergarten in a way because we give ourselves full permission to just be in awe or repulsed by what we’re sharing.” SoLow Fest begins soon and June 22–25, Mira Treatman and Irina Varina present Rejected Thoughts, a result of the performers’ exploration of what makes them vulnerable, joyous or angry. Through dance…

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