Fringe Festival 2024

Top 20 Articles of Year 2024

Kalila Kingsford Smith

Our top reviews and thINK pieces from the past year

Five people wearing blond wigs and dark-rimmed glasses stand around a couch, where another person lies, relaxed and singing. They’re on a brightly lit stage and wear loose, comfortable, bright clothing.
photo: Eli Eisenstein

We need to talk (and sing)

Megan Mizanty

A breakup as richly layered as vanilla soft serve

A blurred image of a body in motion and in the air. The body is wrapped in a white fabric (potentially a bathrobe) and bent in a V-shape as if falling onto the bed beneath. Tossed fabrics above them are brown, baby blue, grey, and white - possibly other clothes. The bed is made but rumpled and evokes a hotel room.
Photo: Erin Walker

In endings, beginnings; in presence, healing

Ellen Miller

Moving through grief

Movement Research at the Judson Church. In the foreground, Jungwoong Kim kneels. They are sitting back on their heels with their palms resting on their thighs. They wear black pants and a red sleeveless top. In the background of the church, another dancer, out of focus, walks behind the kneeling dancer. They wear a purple jacket. Neither dancer’s face is turned towards the camera; they both look away in opposite directions.
Photo: Rachel Keane

Sound takes us back: an exploration of audio memories

Ellen Miller

Sound memories connect performers and audience members.

A young Black woman (Arianna Polite) holds a wooden bowl glowing with warm white light. She looks downward, sprinkling marbles of light onto the ground as darkness falls after sunset.
Photo: Daniel Madoff

Homage to the Passed

Ellen Miller

A candle-lit performance offers a meeting and honoring of Black Philadelphians.

evan ray suzuki dancing on the floor with a horse plushie attached to his face
Photo: Elyse Mertz
The image shows the dancer Eun Jung Choi in a green shirt and striped pants balancing on one leg with her other leg bent and raised. She is framed by an open doorway with the outdoor setting of the Arch Street Meeting House visible behind her, including a bench and brick wall, suggesting a serene environment for the dance.
Photo: Christopher Ash

The Garden Flows in You

Ziying Cui

As a site-specific performance, The Garden: River's Edge’s participatory nature provides audience members with a meditative a

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