For the Press

Welcome to the 2008 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe Press Room. Below you will find press releases, press kit materials, print-ready photo files and ticket request information for the Festival. Need additional information or photos? Want to interview an artist or Festival staff member or schedule a photo or video shoot? Just email or call the Festival press representatives, and we’ll be happy to assist you.

Press Contacts

Canary Promotion + Design
Phone: (215) 242-6393
Main Contact (Live Arts, interview requests, ticket requests, general): Megan Wendell, megan@canarypromo.com
Additional Contact (Photo requests, Philly Fringe info): Emaleigh Doley, emaleigh@canarypromo.com

Press Releases & Kit

•  PRESS RELEASE: Festival Bar Press Release (31KB)
•  PRESS RELEASE: 2008 Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe Schedules (288KB)
•  PRESS RELEASE: 2008 Live Arts Festival Season Release (72KB)
•  PRESS KIT: 2008 Live Arts Festival Press Kit (1MB)
•  PRESS RELEASE: 2008 Philly Fringe Season Release (125KB)
•  PRESS RELEASE: 2008 Philly Fringe Show Descriptions (2.7MB)
•  PRESS RELEASE: 2008 Philly Fringe Press Releases (10MB)
•  PRESS RELEASE: Fringe Preview Series Press Release (94KB)

Ticket Requests

Credited members of the press who are covering the Festival will be provided with tickets to Live Arts & Philly Fringe performances, excepting sold out and limited capacity shows. To request press comps, please click the link below and fill out the form in its entirety. You will receive an email confirming your tickets once the request has been processed.
Click here for ticket request form

Live Arts Photos

Please click on a thumbnail image, then right-click on the larger image to save high-resolution photo files. We have additional photos for several artist on file, and many are available for photo shoots. For additional photo file requests, please contact Emaleigh Doley at emaleigh@canarypromo.com.
Click here for Philly Fringe Photos
Dance

Troubleyn/Jan Fabre
(Another Sleepy Dusty Delta Day)
Photo: Jean-Pierre Stoop, Christophe Raynaud de Lage

Cie. Willi Dorner
(bodies in urban spaces)
Photo: Lisa Rastl

Kate Watson-Wallace / anonymous bodies
(Car)

Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People
(Everyone)
Photo: Alex Escalante

Dada von Bzdülöw Theatre
(Factor T)
Photo: Gabriel Bienczycki, Jakub Wittchen

Mascher Space Cooperative
(IN FLUX)
Photo: Steve Weinik

Jérôme Bel
(Pichet Klunchun and Myself)
Photo: Association R.B.

Jérôme Bel
(The show must go on)

Tania Isaac Dance
(stuporwoman)
Photo: Steve Belkowitz, John Maniaci, Bill Hebert

Leah Stein Dance Company + Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
(Urban ECHO: Circle Told)

Nichole Canuso Dance Company
(Wandering Alice)
Photo: Jennifer Goettner, William Hebert

Theater

Rodrigo García
(ACCIDENS (matar para comer))
Photo: Rodrigo García

Karen Getz
(Disco Descending)
Photo: Matt Clowney/Mime Boy Productions

Rotozaza
(Etiquette by Rotozaza)
Photo: Anna Karina in Jean Luc Godard's Vivre Sa Vie. Artwork by Ant Hampton.

Jo Strømgren Kompani
(The European Lesson)
Photo: Manuel Dominguez, Jr.

Geoff Sobelle + Charlotte Ford
(Flesh and Blood and Fish and Fowl)
Photo: Geoff Sobelle

Verdensteatret
(louder)
Photo: Asle Nilsen

The Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental/ Thaddeus Phillips
(THE MeLTING BRiDgE)
Photo: William Starr, The Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental

Emmanuelle Delpech-Ramey
(Oedipus at FDR)
Photo: Mhari Scott

Sebastienne Mundheim
(Sea of Birds)

Matsune + Subal
(store)
Photo: Matsune + Subal Production

Pig Iron Theatre Company + Teater Sláva
(Sweet By-and-By)
Photo: Daniel Rudholm

Click here for complete photo credits (Requires Microsoft Excel, 24KB)