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ARE YOU READY? I’m here to make sure you are!
It is customary for the writer of the Daily Diary to have an excellent knowledge of what the Festival has in store for you - to prepare you for your Festival Planning - and perhaps give you some helpful hints from the inside. For the past four years Corrina Burns, previous Fringe artist and Fringe office administrator, did just that. With an ex-administrator, you were in good hands. And in that tradition, I, Lee Ann Etzold, also a previous Fringe artist and Fringe office administrator, gladly accept the responsibility of giving you the “inside scoop” on the Festivals.
The Philadelphia Live Arts and The Philly Fringe Festivals were inspired by and modeled after the Edinburgh International Festival and the Festival Fringe. I’ve just returned from the Edinburgh Festivals where I was submersed in a cacophony of over 3,000 shows and exhibitions. Trying to find even a handful of inspiring work was exhausting. I am so happy to be home! There’s something about the volume and diversity of our Philadelphia Festivals that are what Goldilocks calls “just right.” I could go on about why, but there just isn’t time!
I’m very excited about a number of shows and workshops that will come and go this weekend so I want to make sure you don’t miss them. There will be a list of shows that are about to close in each daily diary as well some fun tidbits about the artists and what they’re doing. Are you ready?
The double bill featuring NY choreographer Ann Liv Young and our own Charles O. Anderson and dance theatre x (pg. 42) promises to be one of the most diverse evenings of dance programming at the Live Arts Festival. Anderson’s gifted physical storytelling will bring you back down to earth after soaring into the whimsy of Young’s unpredictability; she has already changed her show from what is in the guide!
Jacek Luminski is a Polish choreographer who is collaborating with some of our favorite local dancers in a piece about breaking clichés. Coming Back to Roots will feature Alison D’Amato, Rene Robinson-Buzby, Kristen Shaverdian, and newcomer Christina Zani. “The piece is very physical but also has incorporated a lot of character work”, says D’Amato. Both Coming Back to Roots and the Young and Anderson double bill will close after this weekend and performances have moved to the Drake Theatre, 1512 Spruce St. (entrance on Hicks St.)
Be sure to check out the Festival Plus (pgs. 16 & 17) so you don’t miss the FREE discussions and workshops with visiting artists like Jacek Lumenski and 33 Fainting Spells. It’s a fantastic opportunity for audiences and artists to interact and explore with each other. That way you can also skip the small talk if you see each other at the Late Night Cabaret.
Speaking of Late Night Cabaret, don’t forget to check out that line-up on page 51. Those artists often perform ONE NIGHT ONLY!
I know. It’s a lot. But my job is to make sure you feel prepared for the next few days because FESTIVAL TIME IS HERE and the first weekend always goes by fast. So run down to the Box Office or jump on our website and get your tickets NOW!
Till Tomorrow, your ex-administrator,
Lee Ann Etzold
It is customary for the writer of the Daily Diary to have an excellent knowledge of what the Festival has in store for you - to prepare you for your Festival Planning - and perhaps give you some helpful hints from the inside. For the past four years Corrina Burns, previous Fringe artist and Fringe office administrator, did just that. With an ex-administrator, you were in good hands. And in that tradition, I, Lee Ann Etzold, also a previous Fringe artist and Fringe office administrator, gladly accept the responsibility of giving you the “inside scoop” on the Festivals.
The Philadelphia Live Arts and The Philly Fringe Festivals were inspired by and modeled after the Edinburgh International Festival and the Festival Fringe. I’ve just returned from the Edinburgh Festivals where I was submersed in a cacophony of over 3,000 shows and exhibitions. Trying to find even a handful of inspiring work was exhausting. I am so happy to be home! There’s something about the volume and diversity of our Philadelphia Festivals that are what Goldilocks calls “just right.” I could go on about why, but there just isn’t time!
I’m very excited about a number of shows and workshops that will come and go this weekend so I want to make sure you don’t miss them. There will be a list of shows that are about to close in each daily diary as well some fun tidbits about the artists and what they’re doing. Are you ready?
The double bill featuring NY choreographer Ann Liv Young and our own Charles O. Anderson and dance theatre x (pg. 42) promises to be one of the most diverse evenings of dance programming at the Live Arts Festival. Anderson’s gifted physical storytelling will bring you back down to earth after soaring into the whimsy of Young’s unpredictability; she has already changed her show from what is in the guide!
Jacek Luminski is a Polish choreographer who is collaborating with some of our favorite local dancers in a piece about breaking clichés. Coming Back to Roots will feature Alison D’Amato, Rene Robinson-Buzby, Kristen Shaverdian, and newcomer Christina Zani. “The piece is very physical but also has incorporated a lot of character work”, says D’Amato. Both Coming Back to Roots and the Young and Anderson double bill will close after this weekend and performances have moved to the Drake Theatre, 1512 Spruce St. (entrance on Hicks St.)
Be sure to check out the Festival Plus (pgs. 16 & 17) so you don’t miss the FREE discussions and workshops with visiting artists like Jacek Lumenski and 33 Fainting Spells. It’s a fantastic opportunity for audiences and artists to interact and explore with each other. That way you can also skip the small talk if you see each other at the Late Night Cabaret.
Speaking of Late Night Cabaret, don’t forget to check out that line-up on page 51. Those artists often perform ONE NIGHT ONLY!
I know. It’s a lot. But my job is to make sure you feel prepared for the next few days because FESTIVAL TIME IS HERE and the first weekend always goes by fast. So run down to the Box Office or jump on our website and get your tickets NOW!
Till Tomorrow, your ex-administrator,
Lee Ann Etzold
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