2009 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival
Line-up Announced for
Festival Run, September 4 – 19
13^th Annual Festival Showcases fifteen cutting-edge works of dance, theater
and music from the U.S.
and around the world

PHILADELPHIA – The 13^th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, which will run from September 4 – 19, 2009,will feature fifteen cutting-edge works of dance, theater, and music including 12 World or U.S. Premieres. Acclaimed U.S. artists from Philadelphia and New York, along with internationally renowned artists from Poland, Austria, and Australia will present innovative and highly interdisciplinary performing arts events, offering a snapshot of trends at the forefront of the international performing arts scene.

The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival has garnered critical praise, national grants, and numerous awards. The Festival runs for 16 days in conjunction with the Philly Fringe, which features more than 200 self-produced artistsin both traditional and unusual performance sites throughout the city. Together, the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe draw over 40,000 people who come to be a part of “Festival time” in the city – to see innovative work, meet new people, and interact with over2,000 artists performing in over 1,200 performances.

Tickets are on sale now for select shows within the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival at www.livearts-fringe.org. A full schedule as well as tickets for the Philly Fringe will be available in July.

The 2009 Live Arts Festival line-up features a survey of contemporary movement, experimental theater, and boundary-breaking performing arts from the U.S. and beyond. “We are extremely fortunate and excited to bring pioneering international artists like Australia’s Chunky Move to Philadelphia,” says Producing Director Nick Stuccio. “In addition to contributions from visiting artists, this year’s Live Arts Festival truly highlights the incredible art being made here in the City of Philadelphia. Over half of the Live Arts artists are Philadelphia-based companies, all of which are producing original new work for the Festival – a testament to the City’s thriving performing arts scene and creative energy.”

Philadelphia artists include Pig Iron Theatre Company, New Paradise Laboratories, kate watson-wallace/anonymous bodies, Headlong Dance Theater, Merián Soto/Performance Practice, and SCRAP Performance Group among others. International artists bringing a diverse range of world views to Philadelphia include Poland’s Michal Zadara, Austria’s Cie. Willi Dorner, and Australia’s Chunky Move and Back to Back Theatre.

A full schedule of additional festival events, performance dates, times, and locations will be announced soon.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival features performances by renowned contemporary performing artists from the U.S. and around the world who are selected and invited to the Festival by Producing Director, Nick Stuccio. The Philly Fringe is an unfiltered Festival, where new and established artists of all kinds present their own work, free of a selection process. Together, the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe establish Philadelphia as a city bursting with wild creativity, bringing audiences sixteen days of the most stimulating, provocative new art being created in Philadelphia, across the U.S., and around the world.

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