Jumpstart, a showcase that identifies new and emerging talent, rocked the Painted Bride on Monday and Tuesday nights. We at FringeArts Blog had the pleasure of interviewing each of the lead artists who created and are performing short works. Here’s a quick run down of the artists and shows with some choice quotes and links… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Jumpstart
Rooster and Snowball, Two Crazy Mofos Come To Jumpstart!
On May 13 and 14, FringeArts presents our second annual Jumpstart, a showcase designed to identify new and emerging talent in the field of live performance. 2013 will feature six artists/companies performing short works, and we here at FringeArts Blog thought we’d catch up with them. Chelsea Murphy and Magda San Millan will be performing… Read more »
Jumpstart Rejects Live At Mascher
What’s better than black market performing arts? Ben Grinberg and Mascher Space Co-op have put together their own performing arts showcase of performers and creators who were not chosen for the official Jumpstart here at FringeArts (Monday May 13 and Tuesday May 14 at 7pm at the Painted Bride). What a fantastic idea! As FringeArts… Read more »
Marina Libel and The Supervisors
“If you think of a gesture as a word or of a dialogue as a movement phrase, the performance can open up new possibilities.” Here comes Marina! On May 13 and 14, FringeArts presents our second annual Jumpstart, a showcase designed to identify new and emerging talent in the field of live performance. 2013 will… Read more »
Scott Sheppard’s Living History
“I’m mostly trying to get out of my head and into a really, really stupid place.” On May 13 and 14, FringeArts presents our second annual Jumpstart, a showcase designed to identify new and emerging talent. 2013 will feature six artists and companies performing short works, and we here at FringeArts Blog thought we’d catch… Read more »
Jenna Horton And The Birth Of Etna
“I never thought I’d be doing solo-performance. I have a love/hate relationship working alone.” Jenna Horton, a Philadelphia-based performing artist, brings her one-person performance work Mounting, Etna, May 13 and 14 to Jumpstart, the annual FringeArts showcase designed to identify new and emerging talent in the field of live performance. 2013′s Jumpstart features six artists/companies… Read more »
Seth Lepore And Higher Art
On May 13 and 14, FringeArts presents our second annual Jumpstart, a showcase designed to identify new and emerging talent in the field of live performance. 2013 will feature six artists/companies performing short works, and we here at FringeArts Blog thought we’d catch up with them. So we turn to humorist and solo performer Seth… Read more »
Alyesha Wise: Poetry and Performance
“Poetry started off as the feeling I got when I screamed in the pillow.” On May 13 and 14, FringeArts presents our second annual Jumpstart, a showcase designed to identify new and emerging talent in the field of live performance. 2013 will feature six artists/companies performing short works, and we here at FringeArts Blog thought… Read more »
No Muss, No Fuss, Just Art: The SoLow Fest
Have you heard of SoLow? The name means what it sounds like. The festival, now in its third year, is all about solo acts, and the more experimental, the better. It also means what it’s spelled like: so low-tech, low-cost, and low-stress that most of the shows have happened in apartments. Performances also pop up… Read more »
Opening Tonight! Jumpstart Profiles: Meet Jamarr Hall
Opening tonight! At the Live Arts Studio, we are launching our new performing arts program, Jumpstart, which showcases the work of six emerging artists based in the region: Jamarr Hall, Sahar Javedani, Jessica Morgan, The Brothers Beffa (Justin Rose and Scott Sheppard), The Naked Stark (Katherine Kiefer Stark, Megan Stern, and Barbara Tait), and Ilse Zoerb…. Read more »
Jumpstart Profiles: Meet Sahar Javedani
This spring (May 31–June 2), at the Live Arts Studio, we are launching our new performing arts program, Jumpstart, which showcases the work of six emerging artists based in the region. Choreographer and dancer Sahar Javedani left Iran with her family when she was a young child, and grew up in San Diego. Sahar recently… Read more »
Jumpstart Profiles: Meet Jessica Morgan
This spring (May 31–June 2), at the Live Arts Studio, we (the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe) are launching our new performing arts program, Jumpstart, which showcases the work of six new (to us) artists from the region. Choreographer and dancer Jessica Morgan is bringing her solo Dress and Disappearance—a dance inspired by… Read more »






