Leah Stein Dance Company / The Art Room Studio
Outdoor event featuring LSDC Artists + community with featured performances, Deep Listening,interactive practices, food+drink,
mixing in between performances.

WHAT: Open Page, an immersive gathering of performance and video
WHEN: Sunday, September 25th 3:00-6:00pm
WHERE: The Art Room Studio + Parking Lot, 2329 S. 3rd Street, Philadelphia, 19148

Leah Stein Dance Company invites audiences to an interactive, multimedia event that will run for three hours inside and outside of the Art Room Studio in South Philly.

Open Page offers a fluid structure that provides space for guests to mingle, participate in improvisational movement scores, and witness live performance and video works from local artists including Shannon Brooks, Keila Cordova, Crux, Caitlin Green, Toshi Makihara, Leah Stein.

Leah Stein Dance Company will also introduce ‘Carry with you this Place’, a research project with artists Shannon Brooks, Germaine Ingram, Kimya Jackson and Leah Stein. The multigenerational collaboration uses dialogue and improvisation to explore the question ‘What do I/we carry’ in relation to culture, personal history, dream state, and memory.

There will be food and drink and space in between performances for the audience to engage in dialogue with artists and each other.

Appropriate for all ages

Content Considerations

This performance references disability, systems of oppression.

Credits

Artists: Shannon Brooks, Keila Cordova, Crux, Caitlyn Green, Germaine Ingram, Kimya Jackson, Toshi Makihara, Leah Stein

About the Artist

Leah Stein Dance Company connects people from a wide spectrum of backgrounds, age groups, and communities through the creation of site-specific dance that enlivens a sense of place. LSDC creates site-specific performances that invoke and illuminate the living histories of built and natural spaces. LSDC integrates improvisational methods and invites audiences to be part of the performance space; this shared experience among performers and audience is at the heart of LSDC dances. The company investigates interrelationships between body, sound and site, and develops and maintains strong collaborations with musicians, singers, visual artists and local communities. LSDC supports dance artists through residency and performance programming at the Art Room Studio and engages in ongoing educational programs with young people throughout the region.