Contact:
Darcy Lyons
505-577-7653 | darcy@lyonsandtigers.org
Photos available upon request
PHILADELPHIA, PA- Lyons and Tigers presents Proceed with Caution, a performance in the 2018 Philadelphia Fringe Festival September 7-9 at The Iron Factory in Kensington. This new full evening length dance theater work is created by Darcy Lyons in collaboration with the performers and explores security through the mediums of dance, recorded and spoken text, and projected video. Continue reading
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Dara J. Meredith
215-868-7848 | jomani00@yahoo.com
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International Solo Tanz Theatre Festival’s People Choice Awardee and Eleone Dance Theatre’s Assistant Artistic Director and Rehearsal Director, Dara Meredith presents her own groundbreaking debut project, “Beneath the Surface”. “Beneath the Surface” focuses on mental illness, specifically Schizophrenia, Bi-Polar Disorder, Depression, and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in soldiers of war, in a 6 part 90 minute evening of dance theatre. Meredith is collaborating with dancers from Eleone Dance Theatre, Philadanco!, Temple University students and Independent Artists. Continue reading
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Loren Groenendaal | Vervet Dance
2152807166 | lorengroenendaal@gmail.com
http://www.vervetdance.com
Photo for download at https://bit.ly/2MxFhnE
Vervet Dance presents In the Light, a semi-composed durational music and dance performance lasting from sunrise to sunset directed by Loren Groenendaal. Each season a large ensemble of skilled improvisers fill the space and the daylight hours with movement and acoustic sounds. The fall performance of In the Light is part of the the Philly Fringe festival on Saturday, September 15, 2018 with a 13 hour and 6 minute duration from 6:42am to 7:48pm. The ensemble will perform at The Iron Factory located in Kensington at 118 Fontain Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Continue reading
Contact:
Loren Groenendaal | Vervet Dance
2152807166 | lorengroenendaal@gmail.com
http://www.vervetdance.com
Powered by humans and sun, the music is acoustic, the dancing is live and the lighting “design” is by the sky. This semi-composed improvisation from sunrise to sunset explores natural rhythms while expanding our senses of art, time, and humanity. Continue reading
Contact
Rachel Dukeman | Group Motion / R&R Creative, LLC
Tel. 2676141559 | Email rdukeman@rrcreativegroup.com
https://www.groupmotion.org/
Since 1968, Group Motion’s original work has contributed greatly to the Philadelphia dance community and beyond. They have touched the lives of countless people through their performances, which have included the presentation of and collaboration with local, national, and international artists, and through their workshops, which include international retreats and the ongoing Friday Night Workshop at the Community Education Center. Continue reading
Contact
Dawn Marie Bazemore | dbdanceproject
Tel. 215-432-3491| db.danceprojects@gmail.com
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Philadelphia – Dawn Marie Bazemore and her dance collective #dbdanceproject presents The Browder Project on Saturday, May 19, 2018, 7 pm at The Performance Garage. The Browder Project is a collaborative dance work inspired by the experiences of Kalief Browder who, at 16 years of age was falsely arrested and forced to spend three years of his life in one of the worst prisons on Rikers Island. Kalief endured abuse at the hands of the gang-affiliated inmates and the corrections officers who forced him to spend the majority of his stay in solitary confinement. Continue reading
Contact
Manfred Fischbeck | Group Motion
Tel. 215-387-9895| company@groupmotion.org
www.groupmotion.org
Photos available at https://www.groupmotion.org/photos
Group Motion, Philadelphia’s longest running contemporary dance company, will present New Voices on February 24th and 25th, 8pm at the CEC’s Meetinghouse Theater. This will be the latest iteration of the Spiel Uhr Series, which has featured works by Group Motion and guest artists since 1983. For this series, Co-Artistic Director Manfred Fischbeck has curated the evening to include dances by new voices to the city. It will showcase senior dance majors from the University of the Arts Juliette Bernstein, Breyanna Maples, and Meredith Pellon, along with choreographer Paige Phillips, who had until recently been making work in Bangkok, Thailand. Continue reading