The Naked Stark

Six dancers in grey jumpsuits sprawl across the top of a concrete wall in a large warehouse-like space. They fall on top of each other, with arms extending out in different directions, fingers and hair blurred as if caught in motion.
Photo: Ben Bloodwell
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Filling Empty Pools

Zoe Farnsworth

The Naked Stark flows between performance and interactive experience at the Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center.

Photo: Aubrey Donisch
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“Falling Up” is Buoyantly Joyful

Madeline Shuron

Rolling and twisting, pulling and pushing, they rotate in a circle.

Photo: Jen Kertis
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The Naked Stark Warps Time at Clark Park

Lu Donovan

A cellist, a percussionist, and two dancers create a public performance collage.

Photo: JH Kertis
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Visible and Invisible Power

Jonathan Stein

We see the dynamics of power shaped by historic narrative, social conventions, and our own unselfconscious playfulness.

Photo: Leanne Grieger
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Sliding Into the Light

Individuals began confronting one another in primal, circular patterns. A fight for change has begun.

Photo: Kathryn Raines
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Falling Through Narrative

Jonathan Stein

"Falling into Here or The Importance of Normal" is a welcome dance work among the talking heads presentations of the First Person Arts Festival.

Photo: John Huber
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Facing Off at Jumpstart

Lisa Kraus

How performers use their faces colors audience engagement with their art.

Photo credit: Jacques-Jean Tiziou
  • News

Jumpstarting new work with Live Arts Brewery

Amelia Longo

I recently had the opportunity to tour the future home of the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe. While they don’t anticipate moving until fall 2013, they’re jumpstarting this year-round approach with, well, Jumpstart, a mini-festival of finished work by local performers.