The Philadelphia Fringe Festival, presented by FringeArts is a city-wide celebration of innovation and creativity in contemporary performance. Each September, the Festival explodes into every nook and cranny of Philadelphia with more than 1,000 artistically daring performances. Included in the festival are hundreds of independently produced performances and events, work presented by partnering Festival Hubs and producers, and a slate of programs curated by FringeArts. In the true spirit of the international “Fringe” movement, there are no limits to the ways that artists and audiences can participate in and experience the festival.

Self Help by mignolo dance explores mental health through the lens of a relationship between a therapist and patient using Movenglish® – a movement language in progress that directly corresponds to English. The translation of spoken conversations is complemented by fragmented and deconstructed phrases that represent what happens between the lines and inside the mind, embodying a ceaseless yet hopeful striving toward balance between thought and feeling, mind and body, self and other. @mignolodance

PANOPTICON by Vasiliki Papapostolou (a.k.a Tarantism) explores concepts of surveillance, discipline, and punishment. While the red hands of the performer are the ruler, the body represents the human spirit, the constant fight to preserve the human instinct and individual mind in a society where humans become increasingly mechanical, interested in objects, numbers, controlled outcomes and statistical rules. @tarantism___