The Naked Stark

Three women in faded blue and white jumpsuits stand supporting or leaning into each other. Marcie Mamura stands in the middle; she looks down and away, the only face visible in the group. Chloe Marie embraces Mamura from behind. Katherine Kiefer Stark supports Mamura from the front, also in an embrace. The three women create a quiet, intimate, peaceful tableau. Bright light illuminates their bodies against a dark, shadowed background.
Photo: Bridgette Ivkovic
  • Reviews

The Naked Stark’s Deep Dive Enchantment at the Water Works

Jonathan Stein

‘swimming through the stars or schools of fish’

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.