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<b>8</b> eight choreographers / eight new works  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12726' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Bang on a Can Marathon</b>  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12728' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Cankerblossom - A Dark Fairytale for Kids Aged 9 to 90</b> by Pig Iron Theatre Company  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12730' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Cédric Andrieux</b> by Jérôme Bel  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12732' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>CHICKEN</b> by Charlotte Ford  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12734' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>DANCE</b> by Lucinda Childs  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12736' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Decadere</b> by BoánDanz Action  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12738' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>¡EL CONQUISTADOR!</b> by Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12723' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>TAKES</b> by Nichole Canuso Dance Company  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12748' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>First Love by Samuel Beckett</b> by Conor Lovett  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12740' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>FREEDOM CLUB</b> by New Paradise Laboratories & The Riot Group  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12742' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Romeo and Juliet</b> by Nature Theater of Oklahoma  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12744' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Sanctuary</b> by Brian Sanders' JUNK  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12746' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>The Sun Also Rises- Based on the Novel by Ernest Hemingway</b> by Elevator Repair Service  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12750' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Journey to the West - Reinterpreting Tradition Series</b> by Danny Yung  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12860' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Release: Vijay Iyer Live</b> by Vijay Iyer and Bill Morrisson  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12754' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Decasia</b> by Bill Morrison  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12857' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Stew and the Negro Problem with Heidi Rodewald</b>  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12856' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko
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Festival Guides Are Here! And Near You! Go Get One! Now!
Heyo, the Festival Guides are here! For a fancy-pants virtual guide, hit up our website, and "turn" the "pages" to browse what's on offer at the 2010 Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe. Need a print guide? Watch for us on First Friday in August, when we're running around passing 'em out. [More]
Philly Fringe Recipe: Tiny Dynamite For Toads In Holes
Emma Gibson, the Philadelphian-by-way-of-Britain producer of Abi Morgan's Tiny Dynamite at this year's Philly Fringe, sends us this recipe: Because of the British connection I thought it might be pertinent to include a very British meal, Toad in the Hole. Not, I should add, what it sounds. [More]
The Weekender: What You're Doing and Why
We'll be down the street enjoying the live local music, moon bounce, venders, and, oh yeah, four beer gardens at the NoLibs 2nd Street Festival. Stop by our table and say hi! --Ellen Freeman [More]
Featured Live Arts Shows
¡EL CONQUISTADOR!
¡EL CONQUISTADOR!
Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental
An ingenious mash of live theater and film, ¡El Conquistador! follows the telenovela (soap opera) adventures of a doorman and the crazy and exotic residents who ensnare him into their devious plots. [More]
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises - Based on the Novel by Ernest Hemingway
Elevator Repair Service
In this world premiere staging from acclaimed New York ensemble Elevator Repair Service, Hemingway's novel comes to life on a stage littered with liquor bottles, cafe chairs, and a table that become a snarling, matador-charging bull. [More]
Decasia
Decasia
Bill Morrison
Created from a trove of old, decaying film stock, the movie is an expressionist collage of past images that have become subverted by the striking visual consequences of the decomposing film. Scored by Michael Gordon of Bang on a Can. [More]
Bang on a Can Marathon
Bang on a Can Marathon
Come and go all day long as 12 hours of nonstop music by modern composers is performed by a roster of more than 20 acts of known and should-be known artists. [More]