Sonic Dances at Opening Night
GROUP MOTION DANCE COMPANY Eight dancers adorned with iPods and speakers will bring a “moving-music” performance to Center City, turning some of Philadelphia’s favorite public spaces into an outdoor stage. Follow the dancers of Group Motion Dance Company as they make their way down Broad Street to celebrate Opening Night at the Festival. Choreographed by Manfred Fishbeck, in collaboration with Group Motion dancers, Sonic Dances will conclude in front of the Suzanne Roberts Theatre as audiences gather for the August 29 opening performance of Karen Getz’ Disco Descending. Free · 60 minutes Begins at City Hall Courtyard |
The Rocky Awards
HOSTED BY JAAMIL KOSOKO + MEGAN MAZARICK Put on your Jennifer Beals suit and join Philly’s dance and physical theater community on Labor Day for the 8th Annual Rocky Awards Party! Madi Distefano directs this creative celebration where we’ll honor and enjoy the works of Philly’s finest physical performers. This year’s theme: dance movies of the 1980s. Free · All Night Festival Bar Sept 1 at 8pm |
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Feet of contemporary choreographers
A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION BY WILLI DORNER + LISA RASTL Modern dance started in Europe at the beginning of the twentieth century when barefooted dance was discovered. To strip the feet established a new orientation that moved away from classical aesthetics and ballet shoes. In dance, the foot becomes a symbolically charged, essential means of expression. A collaboration between Austrian choreographer Willi Dorner and photographer Lisa Rastl, Feet features the extremities of contemporary choreographers such as Amanda Miller, Steve Paxton, Meg Stuart, and Jérôme Bel, attempting to capture something essential about each artist’s character. Adapted from Helmut Ploebst, text for the exhibition at Österreichisches Theatermuseum Wien, June 2000 |
Free · Ongoing Painted Bride Art Center Aug 29-Oct 18 Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat, 12-6pm This exhibition is presented with the support of the Cultural Office of the City of Vienna; the Federal Chancellery KUNST; Österreichisches Theatermusem Wien; International Dance Weeks Vienna; Austrian Cultural Forum New York; Painted Bride Art Center; Philadelphia Live Arts Festival; and Dance Advance, an artistic initiative of the Philadelphia Center for Arts and Heritage, funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts andadministered by the University of the Arts.
This exhibition has been previously mounted at Österreichisches Theatermuseum, Vienna, Austria; Springdance Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands; Deutsches Tanzarchiv, Köln, Germany; Kulturtage Vils, Tirol, Austria; Festival Madrid En Danza, Madrid, Spain; Berner Tanztage 03, Bern, Switzerland; International Dance Festival Ireland 06, Dublin, Ireland; and Maltafestival, Poznan, Poland. |
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