08/02/2023
Work-in-Progress Showings of Rhythm Bath
Renowned choreographer Susan Marshall and Tony Award-winning set designer Mimi Lien combine forces to create an immersive and inclusive dance installation. Rhythm Bath blends performance, meditation and wonder and invites you to sense the dance happening around you. Come and go as you like – explore the accessible, transporting space of shifting fabric, light, sound, and movement.
Rhythm Bath has been developed in conversation with neurodiverse individuals and communities. We invite you to continue that conversation by attending one of four work-in-progress showings of Rhythm Bath in August (dates and times below). Explore the space and experience the performance. Stay after to meet our team and tell us what you think! Light refreshments will be served.
Rhythm Bath is produced by Studio Susan Marshall.
With dancers Rohan Bhargava, Ching-I Chang, Sydney Donovan, Nico Gonzales, Courtney Henry, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Albert Quesada, Gabrielle Revlock, Vanessa Knouse, Darrin Michael Wright
Lighting by Jeanette Yew
Music and sound by Dan Trueman and Jason Treuting
Costumes by Oana Botez
Photo by Rosalie O'Connor, from a work-in-progress performance at the Lincoln Center.
Pictured: Ching-I Chang and Rohan Bhargava
Rhythm Bath Work-In-Progress Showings
Friday, August 18
6:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.
Saturday, August 19
1:00 p.m. and 2:45 p.m.
Location:
Christ Church Neighborhood House
20 N American Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Venue is wheelchair accessible.
RSVP on or before August 15 to lhurwitz@sumac.org
No heels or hard soled shoes.
For neurodiverse audience members who need support,
we appreciate you coming with your assistant or family.
Rhythm Bath will premiere September 17-24,
as part of the 2023 Philadelphia Fringe Festival.
Rhythm Bath is produced by Studio Susan Marshall and the Institute on Disabilities, Temple University, College of Education and Human Development. Major support for Rhythm Bath has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts; the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Mellon Foundation; Princeton University's Lewis Center for the Arts; and generous individuals. Rhythm Bath was developed in part during residencies at PEAK Performances at Montclair State University, and the Clark Theater as part of Mimi Lien's artistic residency at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
