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Philly Fringe

A female circus artist with a brown ponytail leans back over a trapeze and stretches her arms. She wears a shiny blue leotard and flies high above a full audience.
Photo: E. Wallis Cain Carbonell
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Heartfelt Showmen

E. Wallis Cain Carbonell

“Clap! Holler! We want all the attention from you guys tonight!.”

A dancer with braids leans against the shoulder of another dancer in a dimly lit room with a red hue. Both wear black and seem to be enjoying each other's company.
Photo: Ally Wilson
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Grief Exhausted Is Made Lighter

Nadia Ureña

A turbulent exploration of how exhausting it feels to hold space.

ora chipaumire, a black woman with short hair and the creator of Dambudzo, is in the foreground wearing a black t-shirt and singing into a microphone with her eyes closed as another cast member sings into the background, amidst several audience members.
Photo: Jonathan Stein
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Chi Buku

E. Wallis Cain Carbonell

“We know all about you. You are here to know about us.”

Performer Daisie Cardona, dressed in a black long-sleeved top and black yoga pants with a blue and white patch on one leg, stands facing a building. Seen from behind, she holds the Honduran flag behind her. The flag pole rests on her shoulder.
Photo: Daisie Cardona
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Earnest beauty

Ellen Miller

Daisie Cardona’s love letter to Kensington shines.

A male presenting figure is laying , hogtied and topless on the black stage floor. Muscly, oiled, topless, bald white men strut past him in the space.
Photo: E. Wallis Cain Carbonell
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Variation on a Body-Slam

E. Wallis Cain Carbonell

There is a version of this where Bill Goldberg is the base of my desire.

Kay MacMaster wearing blue coveralls stands in the center of a wood paneled performance space. Their body is folded forward, knees slightly bent, and the head tossed sideways with their long blonde hair dramatically fanning out, capturing a feeling of wild abandon and emotional release.
Photo: Natalie Fiol
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Stripping the Dual West

Nadia Ureña

A haunting confrontation on the frontier.

In greyscale photograph, a hand emerges from the dark, fingers shades of white and grey like brushstrokes.
Photo: Rece Komorn
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Excavating the Imprint

E. Wallis Cain Carbonell

Imbued with the qualities of the surroundIngs, they are receivers.

A group of standing performers lean towards one another while gazing intently towards an unknown subject. One performer, wearing a maroon jacket and glasses, grips the body of the jacket of a performer with long hair wearing a baseball cap. Their facial expressions evoke intensity, but their bodies appear to be frozen in time.
Photo: Tiffany Bessire
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Can you keep looking?

Ellen Miller

Faye Driscoll’s "Weathering" provokes intimate introspection.

Three dancers in dynamic positions pose against a stark white background. On the left Annie Peterson wears a red bandana and a red pinnie is hunched over looking down. In the center a Vitche-Boul Ra dons a colorfully patterned shirt, has one arm akimbo and the other reaches out towards the lens. On the right Zeze Schorsch in a red tie dye tee with a black vest overlain leans back and looks towards the other dancers.
Photo: Melissa Simpson
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Consenting to Play

Nadia Ureña

Sometimes the performance is in fact play.

white person wears an astronaut helmet with the face shield down, though it doesn’t quite cover their chin. They stand with one foot in front of the other and hold up an arm, softly opening their palm to face forward as if waving or saying “hold up”. Turquoise light makes shapes on their open palm and their neck. They’re dressed in textures of blue, glimmering pants and a blue bomber with cinched ruffled seams along the arms. Two stage blocks rest behind them, one with a pair of plush white boots set atop.
Photo: William Frederking
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Calling All Querthlings

Xander Cobb

An extraterrestrial Gospel to absolve you of queer shame and anxiety – no promises.

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