Philadelphia, PA
The Garden: River’s Edge
a guided experience for 6 audience members at a time
The Garden: River’s Edge is a guided experience for 6 audience members at a time, leading participants on an intimate and expansive journey of connection, reflection, and gentle acts of participation. Since its premiere in 2013, The Garden has lived in many forms, locations, and languages. More than a performance, The Garden is a series of experiential, site-specific encounters that engages with the venue and manifests differently in each location. In this newest version of The Garden, audiences are led through the historic spaces of Arch Street Meeting House via prompts on headset, interacting with the architecture, the dancers, and one another through a series of playful and tender encounters. The Garden: River's Edge also offers options for Audio Description (for all shows) and ASL interpretation (on 9/15). To reserve these paths, please select "Accessible Path" at checkout and choose the access offering(s) you would like from the drop-down menu. Performed by Nichole Canuso, Eun Jung Choi, Beau Hancock, Simon C. Kiley, Rhonda Moore, Chelsea Murphy, Chloe Marie Newton, Dylan Smythe
Audience Role
As part of the performance, you will interact with dancers and other audience members. Please note that all interactions will be from a distance and the level of physical activity will be minimal.
Ages: All ages
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About FringeArts
FringeArts presents world-class, contemporary performing arts that challenge convention and inspire new ways of thinking. FringeArts is Philadelphia’s home for contemporary performance, presenting progressive, world-class art that expands the imagination and boldly defies expectations. Our programming exposes audiences to genre-defying performances and installations by accomplished and emerging innovators who push the boundaries of art-making and redefine the artistic landscape worldwide. Each September, the organization presents the annual Fringe Festival, a 3-week celebration that fills the city’s neighborhoods with more than 1,000 curated and independently produced performances. Year-round, FringeArts presents an equally compelling line up of performances at its state-of-the-art venue on the Delaware River Waterfront—a renovated historic building that also houses La Peg Restaurant & Bar and Haas Biergarten. This line up includes Blue Heaven Comedy Festival in February, High Pressure Fire Service—a series of new works by local artists—running March through June, Hand to Hand Circus Festival in the summer, and additional programming for late night and outdoor events in Haas Biergarten throughout the year. As a catalyst for cultural and community development, and a destination that brings artists and audiences together, FringeArts is central to the city’s vibrant arts community and the enrichment of the lives of those who reside, work, and visit here.