LA-based company Diavolo brought two acrobatic pieces to PIFA 2016.
View More ARCHITECTURE IN MOTION (PIFA/Diavolo): Dance reviewTag: Philadelphia International Festival of Arts
ATTACK POINT (PIFA): Innovative and experimental
Among the many experimental performances at PIFA this year, this could be one of the most unique and successful.
View More ATTACK POINT (PIFA): Innovative and experimentalPIFA Returns: A full schedule of the 2016 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts
The 16-day celebration of art showcasing a breadth of local and international performances and installations presented at locations across Philadelphia.
View More PIFA Returns: A full schedule of the 2016 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts60-second review: FUTURE FEST (Luna)
“One generation’s Orwellian dystopia is the next generation’s comfort-inducing lifestyle.” J. Ferron Hiatt, FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI TOY AND NOVELTY. The six short plays in Luna Theater’s…
View More 60-second review: FUTURE FEST (Luna)60-second review: THE HAND OF GAUL (Inis Nua)
A pleasingly unpretentious comedy, THE HAND OF GAUL is something of a departure for Inis Nua, which generally produces serious works by contemporary Irish and…
View More 60-second review: THE HAND OF GAUL (Inis Nua)60-Second Review: EVERYONE AND I (Azuka)
“I go back where I came from to 6th Avenue/ and the tobacconist in the Ziegfeld Theatre and/ casually ask for a carton of Gauloises…
View More 60-Second Review: EVERYONE AND I (Azuka)PIFA 2013: HSP’s ArkHIVE and other theatrical highlights
“[H]alf-way up the hill, I see the Past Lying beneath me with its sounds and sights,— A city in the twilight dim and vast, With…
View More PIFA 2013: HSP’s ArkHIVE and other theatrical highlightsBastille to Broad Street: The French influence on Philadelphia architecture
Paris’s reputation as a a city of architectural beauty is long-held and its emblematic structures have influenced generations of Philadelphia architects and designers. This cultural…
View More Bastille to Broad Street: The French influence on Philadelphia architectureWorld War What? Did PIFA forget a little something in its celebration of Paris 1910-20?
IS it just a little strange that in a festival with a theme of Paris 1910–20, few of the shows and none of the literature seem to mention that there was a little war going on
View More World War What? Did PIFA forget a little something in its celebration of Paris 1910-20?