Body as an Archive - Tuesday, September 22 at 5:30 PM in Kensington, Old, Philadelphia

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Body as an Archive

Tuesday, September 22 at 5:30 PM·5:30 p.m.·Kensington, Old

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Body as an Archive

Body as an Archive - Tuesday, September 22 at 5:30 PM in Kensington, Old, Philadelphia

Fringe Festival Arts

Kensington, Old

Posted to Kensington, Old on September 1, 2026

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Tue, Sep 22 at 5:30pm

This solo performance is a deeply autobiographical journey that traces the artist’s childhood shaped by military circus training and joining Cirque du Soleil at nine, and the journey from obedience to owning her body and voice. The show opens with a nine-year-old girl making her premiere with Cirque du Soleil before tracing backward to a four-year-old child mesmerized by a contortion act at her un...

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