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Performances
Wednesday, September 9 at 9:30 pm
Thursday, September 10 at 9:30 pm

Painted Bride Art Center
230 Vine Street (in Old City)
Philadelphia, PA 19106
 
Tickets: $15
On-line ticket purchase may be made at www.livearts-fringe.org

Festival Box Office will open for phone and walk-up sales on August 24
Box Office at The Hub/ SW Corner of 5th + Fairmount
Northern Liberties
Free parking!
tel: 215.413.1318
fax: 215.413.1342

PHILADELPHIA, August 21, 2009 – The 2009 Philly Fringe and keila cordova dances are pleased to announce the world premiere performances of GOLD, Happy Inside and Meteorologica, on Wednesday, September 9; Thursday, September 10, 2009 at the Painted Bride Art Center in Old City at 230 Vine Street.  


GOLD
Deconstructing old movies and modern day videos, keila cordova dances digs into the classic trinity of love, sex and money, taking audiences on a dance theater merry-go-around exploring the price of desire in the war of love. The company collaborates with Philadelphia tap artist, Pam Hetherington; sound designer, Troy Byker; lighting designer Melissa Mizell and set designer, Andrew Thompson, merging the company’s celebrated fusion of powerful dance, text, and humor.

Keila Cordova works with mostly local dance and theater artists, finding inspiration in movies of the 20's and 30's; in modern music videos that market female sexuality and ambition; and in magazines that romanticize luxury: images of women draped in glamour and jewelry; and books by authors who share similar obsessions: Tisa Bryant, Jerome Charyn, Tricia Rose. The company weaves together a breathtaking visual narrative of movement using original dance, text and song and unearthed movement and text.


Happy Inside
In times of crisis and economic struggle, we often remember to look at the simple things in life to remind us of the celebration of living. Happy Inside is a jumble of lists, memories, regret, pain and hopeful possibilities. 


Meteorologica
Keila Cordova Dances has been exploring the modern dance possibilities of weather reporting for a few years, which has created opportunities to converse with the people who dedicate their lives to their passion: meteorology. This work is a conversation on the collision of dance and weather.
 

FESTIVAL INFORMATION

The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe runs from September 4 to September 19, 2009. Tickets can be purchased online beginning in early August at www.livearts-fringe.org or after August 20th by calling (215) 413-1318. Festival guides which include dates, times, and venues for all performances for both Festivals, will be avail-able in the Philadelphia City Paper on August 23rd, at all Festival venues, and other locations throughout the city.

The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe were originally founded in 1997 as the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Today, the Live Arts Festival serves as a series of selected cutting-edge, boundary-breaking performing arts events, created by some of the most renowned contemporary artists from our region and around the world.

The Fringe serves as a collective home for artists bringing their work to audiences in every conceivable form - in traditional and untraditional venues, using new artistic forms and established ones, breaking rules or refining them.