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Nice and Fresh February: Theater, Dance + Circus!

With

Almanac Dance Theater Circus

Freshblood/KC Chun-Manning in collaboration with Camilla Dely

Asya Zlatina (featuring Ashley Searles)

Josh McIlvain/Automatic Arts (featuring Ezekiel Jackson and Sara Vanasse)

Hosted by

Sarah Knittel

with special guest The Joseph Davenport Experience featuring musical accompaniment by Betty Smithsonian

DATES

Friday February 24 at 6pm and 8pm

Saturday February 25 at 6pm and 8pm

Venue

Moving Arts of Mount Airy
6819 Greene Street (at Carpenter La.)
(Mount Airy) Philadelphia, PA 19119

Photo (above) by Daniel Kontz

Nice and Fresh brings new works of theater and dance by Philly’s most exciting performing artists and companies to unique venues in Northwest Philadelphia neighborhoods.

Artists need to create.
Performers need to perform.
Audiences need to see new work.

Nice and Fresh Spring Series at Cliveden!

Nice and Fresh: May

performances of new theater and dance

Friday May 22 at 7pm

Saturday May 23 at 6pm + 23

Thanks for coming!

Home/Bastard
by Annie Wilson
The bastard is bedridden. Bastard is in pain.

National Park
Text, direction, and video by Josh McIlvain, dance by Deborah Crocker, original score by Andres Villamil
Dancer: Deborah Crocker. Actors: Lauren LeBlanc and Jonathan Steadman.
A multimedia extravaganza that takes you from the Rocky Mountains to a man’s bathroom.

The Mystery of Jean
Created by {HTP}: Manon Manavit and Julius Ferraro. Written by Jean Cocteau.
There’s something in the suitcase.

A Prairie Dance, For Now!
by Laura Vriend. Dancer: Rachel Carrico
She followed me from my hometown of Winnipeg, Canada. Her name is Prairie Girl.

Cliveden

6401 Germantown Avenue (enter on Cliveden)
Germantown, Philadelphia

Read up on the artists!

Nice and Fresh is a monthly performing arts series that features new works from Philadelphia-based (and beyond) theater, dance, and circus arts companies at venues in Northwest Philadelphia. Each show features four artists/companies performing new and original 10- to 15-minute works in a variety of styles and artistic disciplines. Read the reviews and press.

“‘Nice and Fresh’ curated show series gains popularity in Northwest Philly.” read the article about January’s show by Alaina Mabaso in WHYY NewsWorks!

Cliveden, one of America’s most well-preserved historic sites, is located in Historic Germantown, Philadelphia, on 5 acres of land right off of Germantown Avenue. The 1767 building, site of the Battle of Germantown, remains one of the nation’s best-documented and least-altered colonial houses. Performances are in the Carriage House, below.

Nice and Fresh January 2015

It’s a new year and we’ve got a new . . .

Melissa Krodman, photo by Chris Chen

Nice and Fresh January

Pop Up Performances of New Theater, Dance and Circus Arts

Missed the show? Read all about it in this article by Alaina Mabaso in NewsWorks!

At the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts 5900A Greene St (entrance on Rittenhouse) Germantown, Philadelphia Enjoy these new creations . . . The Beauty Of The Program Is SmokeyScout Productions Performed by Deborah Crocker, written and directed by Josh McIlvain. “McIlvain’s plays are snapshots of the lives that lie behind the lighted windows of the houses we walk by at night. They are about the coping mechanisms people develop to handle everyday pressures.” Jake Blumgart, The Philadelphia Inquirer LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE HAS LEFT Murmuration Theater Performed and created by Nell Bang-Jensen, Brian Ratcliffe, and Isa St. Clair; directed by Craig Getting; written by Jessie Bear. Touch and Unwind Rewind Created and performed by Tangle Movement Arts Tangle Movement Arts is a circus arts company with an interdisciplinary focus. “Tangle Movement Arts has a record of quality-yet-accessible shows—simultaneously lovely and exhilarating.” Julie Zeglen, Philadelphia City Paper Sunny Days with Sea-Side Simon Created and performed by Melissa Krodman. All works are about 15 minutes. Entire show is 65 minutes. Advisory: For mature audiences. Not a kids show!