39 stories from blog.fringearts.com
It is time to start placing more value on the "art" part of performing arts. When it comes to dance and theater and all the multidisciplinary performance hybrids, the support for performing …
A Conceit Give me your hand Make room for me to lead and follow you beyond this rage of poetry. Let others have the privacy of touching words and love of loss of love. For me Give me your ha…
What's come to our attention: Remember New Paradise Laboratories' hit performance 27 in the 2012 Fringe Festival? Whether you missed it the first time or are eager for more, 27 returns Thurs…
Here’s the “offending” video that got its six dancing Iranian participants sent to jail in Iran; they were then made to repent on national TV. As the  National Ira…
"The most I've ever made in a year is $23,000, and that year was filled with 60-hour weeks of overlapping work, which I was thrilled to have." Philadelphia's theater scene is better than eve…
Communitas is a Latin noun that describes an unstructured society where humans are equal. It also has a sociological connotation of a society that is greater than the sum of its parts. For t…
This weekend, May 16"18, BRAT Productions continues its tradition of rock cabaret with Always Coming Soon: The Future at the Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine Street, Philadelphia. Set to …
FringeArts, May 8, 2014: Megan Bridge, Jaime Maseda, Melissa Krodman, Mark McCloughan, Kelly Bond in rehearsal for an as-yet-untitled work by Melissa Krodman and Kelly Bond. Photo: Sai…
Remember all those corporate sponsored competitions for philanthropy dollars going to your favorite non-profit, should you vote for them and sign up for the company newsletter? They were the…
Julius Ferraro is a little nervous about performing in his first show since graduating from college"six year's ago. But he is going all in because he is the only performer in the show MICROM…
Dance USA recently posted an article about the announced end of the Trey McIntyre Project, the dance company which is based in Boise, Idaho, and has been a vehicle for choreographer Tr…
"It's kind of an apocryphal story," Adrienne Mackey says about being in a bar with some friends, agonizing over what to name her company, and finally asking the waitress for advice. "In my m…
Nichole Canuso is drawn to what people choose to embrace and what they try to erase from their memories, especially as relates to spaces. In her new solo dance performance (at FringeArts …
What happens when you combine Philadelphia choreographers with dance makers from across the country, give them less than 10 hours to remix and recreate each other's works, and ask them to sh…
