The final performance of the Community Education Center/CEC's 2007-2008 performance season presents the New Edge Resident Artist in Dance, Megan Bridge in Subject in Two Parts. For this multi-media dance theatre event dancer and choreographer Megan Bridge has assembled a powerful group of collaborators including digital artist Peter Price, director Greg Giovanni, and a quartet of four strong dancers.

Megan Bridge has been dancing and creating dances in Philadelphia for eight years. She received a BFA in dance from SUNY, Purchase. Bridge has created more than a dozen multi-media dance works with husband and long time collaborator, musician and video artist, Peter Price. You might remember their Live Arts Festival nuptials entitled "The Wedding" (2003 Philadelphia Fringe). A popular dancer on the local performance scene, Bridge has danced with numerous dance companies and choreographers, including Nichole Canuso, Group Motion, SCRAP/Myra Bazell, Headlong Dance Theater, and Rennie Harris. Over the past few years she has toured extensively with her work, performing in New York, Berlin, Dresden, Johannesburg, Kaunas, and Lithuania. This year, Bridge has settled back into her Philly home and motherhood, after the birth of their son who is now 8 months old. See www.meganbridge.com for complete resume.

The New Edge Residency award of substantial rehearsal space has allowed Bridge the opportunity to work intensively with her collaborators creating this evening length work. The two pieces that make up Subject in Two Parts fashion a statement about the nature of identity and the fragmented and slippery effect created by continuous exposure by and to the media. Bridge and fellow dancers evoke figures as diverse as performance artist Carolee Schneeman, the writer William S. Burroughs' mother, and cultural icon Marilyn Monroe to create a work that is funny, dark, sexy, and smart.

Subject: Part I, a solo for Bridge is directed by the renowned theatre artist Greg Giovanni. He has been writing, directing and acting in Philadelphia since 1988. His work spans performance from the creation of the infamous Big Mess Cabaret to his current focus on Noh theatre. In Subject: Part II, Bridge steps out to choreograph and direct a quartet of creative dancers: Meg Foley, John Luna, Lorin Lyle, and Rebecca Sloan. Award winning digital artist Peter Price will add his music and video skills to Subject: Part II.

3PM & 5PM
Hatboro-Horsham High School Auditorium
899 Horsham Road, Horsham, PA 19044
$10-$20
Call 215-420-5261 to order
Kid-Friendly! 
Info: http://www.hhef.org/events_emperor.htm
Travel back in time to ancient China with Princess Djeow, "the smallest one," as she attempts to rescue her father, the Emperor, from the clutches of evil men who would seek to have him imprisoned and rule over his kingdom. Djeow is considered unimportant in her long and impressive family line; she is certainly no threat to the evil men, but, in her own quiet way, steadily changes the hands of fate for the entire kingdom. Children and adults alike will be enchanted with the lessons of love and loyalty that Djeow displays, proving that even the smallest among us can be the one to create the biggest change. You won't want to miss this culturally rich experience of dance, costumes, sets, music and traditional folk tale choreographed by Artistic Director Joy Delaney Capponi and featuring the unparalleled dancing of Philadelphia Dance Theatre.

Sunday, May 4th

One Year Wissahickon Park Project
Merián Soto/Performance Practice
Show Times:10:30 AM

Forbidden Drive, south of Valley Green, Wissahickon Park
Email: msoto@temple.edu
Web Site: http://www.meriansoto.blogspot.com

CEC New Edge Residencey
Megan Bridge
3 PM
Cost: $12, $10 for students/seniors
Dance Pass Discount Offered: half price
Location: Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Avenue Philadelphia PA 19104
New Edge Resident Megan Bridge presents "Subject in Two Parts" in collaboration with Greg Giovanni, Peter Price, and dancers Meg Foley, Lorin Lyle, John Luna, and Rebecca Sloan.
Phone: 215-387-1911 or Email: cec@cecarts.org
Web Site: http://www.cecarts.org/

Messiah Dance Works
Crossing Over
4:00 pm
The Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine Street
$20; $15 students, seniors & with DancePass
Call 215-731-9399 to order
Join this exciting company of dancers for an evening of modern dance about life's transitions.

Eleone Dance Theater
Peace, Love, & Dancing with the Soul
12th Season Spring Dance Concert
2pm
$25 general; $22 students, children, seniors; $21 with DancePass; $42 for both shows
John E. Allen Theater @ The New Freedom Theatre
For tickets, please call Upstages Box Office
@ 215-569-9700 or Eleone DTH @ 267-235-0163
Two different programs featuring new work!
http://www.eleonedance.org

Brandywine Ballet Presents
Roni Koresh's "Behind the Steps"
2 pm
Cost: $20, $25, $35
Emilie K Asplundh Concert Hall, West Chester, PA
The Brandywine Ballet will present two new works by Roni Koresh, George Balanchine's Serenade, Scott Jovovich's Tango, and a new work by Nancy Page.
Phone: (610) 696-2711 or Email: info@brandywineballet.com
Web Site: http://www.brandywineballet.com

ETC. Performance Series
8pm
Cost: $7 generadmission; $5 UCAL members/DANCEPass
University City Arts League (4226 Spruce Street)
ETC. Performance Series is an opportunity for performance artists of any and all genres to show their work to a new and diverse audience in an intimate venue. Featured artists:Stephen Dijoseph (music), Eric Balchunas (theater), Impressions Dance Company (dance), Elrey Belmonte (aka "Starr") (dance), Emiko Sugiyama (dance), Leonard Gontarek (spoken-word),SHARP Dance Company (dance)
For info: 215) 382-7811 or http://www.ucartsleague.org
Email: etc.series@yahoo.com
Web Site: http://www.myspace.com/etcseries

Thursday, May 8th

Philadanco
7:30 PM
Kimmel Center - Verizon Hall
$34-$46
Call 215-893-1999 to order
Experience Philadelphia's most celebrated modern dance company as they perform a program highlighting both new and old works, but always cutting edge performances.

slip presented by Moving Research
8:30 PM
Studio34- 4522 Baltimore Ave
Tickets: $15 or $10 with dancepass/student ID

FUNSTIVAL
to benefit Mascher Space Coop
10pm-2am
Johnny Brenda's, Frankford and Girard Avenues, Philadelphia
Mascher Space Coop is holding its first annual FUNSTIVAL fund raiser with the ever gracious Shawn Kilroy as Master of Ceremonies, FUNSTIVAL will feature cabaret-style performances by: Dancer Megan Bridge and Co., PIMA Group performing "PIMA Pump!" cheer leading routine, Christina Zani & Devynn Emory with musicians Sam Miller & Jeb Lewis, map dance collective,
Dancers Rebecca Patek and Allison Lorenzen as New Extreme Dance Explosions Awesomes performing "The Princess and the Vagicorn".
More information, email mascherdance@gmail.com or visit http://www.mascherdance.com

http://www.myspace.com/movingresearch

One Year Wissahickon Park Project
Merián Soto/Performance Practice
Show Times:10:30 AM

Forbidden Drive, south of Valley Green, Wissahickon Park
Email: msoto@temple.edu
Web Site: http://www.meriansoto.blogspot.com

Valley Forge Dance Theatre
Princess Tea Party - Sleeping Beauty Ballet
Show Times:1 and 3 pm
Cost:$15, 20, 25

Thursday, May 29th

Friday, May 30th