2008 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival
Line-Up Announced
12^th Annual Festival Showcases International Collaborations; World and U.S. Premieres from Renowned International, Regional, and Philadelphia-based Performing Artists

PHILADELPHIA – The 12^th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, which will run from August 29 – September 13 will feature an innovative and highly interdisciplinary program of performances by acclaimed U.S. artists from Philadelphia and New York, and internationally renowned artists from Austria, Belgium, France, Norway, Poland, Spain, and Sweden. Celebrated international and Philadelphia area directors, choreographers, and performers will collaborate to create new work exclusive to the 2008 Festival. Twenty-two artists will present works of dance and theater, including sixteen world or U.S. premieres, which showcase a diverse range of styles and structures in a variety of traditional and unusual performance sites throughout the city.

Tickets are on sale now for the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival at www.livearts-fringe.org. A full schedule and tickets for the Philly Fringe, which runs in conjunction with the Live Arts Festival, will be announced in July.

Collaborations between international and Philadelphia artists will bring a world view to the Festival, exposing local artists and audiences to a diverse range of cultural influences. Festival Producing Director Nick Stuccio says, “We are extremely fortunate to have a group of world class artists in our city, and we’re excited to cultivate new collaborations between world renowned contemporary art makers and our hotbed of local talent. Among these projects are chances for a fantastically talented pool of Philadelphia-based artists to create work with two of the most sought after director/choreographers in the world, Jo Strømgren and Jérôme Bel.  This marks the first time they have created work with actors or dancers outside of their own companies, and it provides new opportunities to inspire one another and to continue to spread the word about the amazing art being made here in Philadelphia.”

PROGRAM INFO/TICKETS
The Philadelphia Live Arts and Philly Fringe Festival runs from August 29 – September 13, 2008. Tickets for most shows cost between $10 and $25. Some shows are free. This year, ticket buyers who purchase tickets to multiple shows can save 20% when they buy tickets to 2 or 3 shows and 25% for 4 or more shows. Students and Festival goers 25 and younger pay $15 for Live Arts Festival tickets and receive $5 off Philly Fringe tickets.

All Live Arts Festival tickets are available for purchase now at www.livearts-fringe.org, or after August 18 by calling the Box Office at (215) 413-1318, or visiting in person. The Festival Box Office location will be announced in early August. Philly Fringe tickets will go on sale online in July. The Festival guide, which includes descriptions of each performance, in addition to dates, times, locations, and other Festival information, will be widely available throughout the city beginning August 1, 2008.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival features performances by acclaimed contemporary dance and theater artists who are selected and invited to the Festival by Producing Director, Nick Stuccio. While some Live Arts artists are based in Philadelphia, many come from other parts of the U.S. and from around the world. The Philly Fringe is the “unfiltered” portion of the festival, where new and established artists of all kinds may choose to present their own work, free of a selection process. Together, the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe bring 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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