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Artist founded and run, Mascher Space Cooperative is a non-profit home for new live & performance based work in Philadelphia.
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I’m back at it! I’ll be running a Spiral Body Techniques® (SBT) class on Tuesdays at 11am this Fall. I’d love to see you there! @mollyshanahanmadshak @molshanahan Details and registration link in bio! Where: Mascher Space Cooperative, 1170 S. Broad St. Philadelphia Pa (Rear Studio) @mascher.space When: Tuesdays from 11:00am-12:30pm October 6 through December 15. Drop ins Welcome Cost and Level: Sliding scale: $15-$20; No one turned away for lack of funds. Venmo and Cash accepted. These classes are intended for intermediate and advanced contemporary dancers, with all levels welcome to participate, making mindful adjustments to suit their abilities. Spiral Body Techniques® (SBT) classes emphasize increasing whole-self dancing, articulation and coordinated availability of the ball-and-socket joints, and moving with a dynamic center through the release and reengagement of musculature. We will begin on the floor with guided explorations of fundamental SBT concepts, taking time for repetition, momentum, and clarity to build. We will gradually work toward standing and larger movement. The class will end by weaving the exercises and discoveries together into a longer phrase. All phrasework in SBT is spontaneously composed, so both the teacher and the student are practicing learning the phrase at the same time, generating repeatable phrases of increasing complexity with an emphasis on building trust in body intelligence more than “getting the steps right.” Long sleeves, layers and/or knee pads recommended. Spiral Body Techniques® (SBT) is the dance and movement framework developed by choreographer Molly Shanahan. The Fall SBT® class series at Mascher will be taught by Kalila Kingsford Smith, a certified Essential Level SBT teacher. by @mascher.space
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Show announcement! Join Katherine Stark, long time Mascher member, Chloe Marie mascher staff and other deep dance community members in: Flood, begin again Immerse yourself in the real and imaginative effort necessary to ride and become the waters. This dance performance transforms the Fairmount Water Works’ former Kelly Pool into a site of regeneration, a fantastical riverbed, and portal to new beginnings. In Flood, begin again dance artists Amalia Colón-Nava, Chloe Marie, Harlee Trautman, Katherine Kiefer Stark, Marcie Mamura, and Meredith Stapleton along with composer Andy Thierauf and lighting designer Harbour Edney, bring audiences on an immersive journey that compels us to consider our shared stewardship of water, place, and each other. Six dancers propel, cascade, and ebb through the textural landscapes of concrete, river, sound, and lighting that flood the pool and offer uncomfortable, humorous, and risky possibilities. Watch us harness our collective effort to navigate real and imagined currents, take risks, sink and swim together. At times resisting and at times striving to soften into our fragility, we search for shared horizons, at least one thing we can see, believe in, orient ourselves toward, and, in the right moment, turn it upside down and begin again. Photo by: @shoshshoshshoshh 📸 Link in our bio for tickets! 🌊 by @mascher.space
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In these two classes we will draw upon our knowledge of rivers and flow to explore how the spontaneous movement of water can generate buoyancy and suspension in our bodies, enabling us to welcome diversions and opportunities to be thrown off course. We will use principles of changing direction, dissolving impact, and disorientation to practice ways of connecting with the attention and bodies of others. This class will involve a series of scores that intend to build comfortability with subtle lifts, merging centers, and is intended for dancers of all levels. *** Miranda Busansky is a wanderer, imperfectionist, and queer multi-disciplinary artist interested in the off-centered experiences of clay, bodies, and identities. With a background in ceramics, Aikido, and contact improvisation, they are interested in how practices of improvisation and sharing attention can facilitate capitalist intervention and deepen our sense of individual and collective autonomy. Miranda is currently a Philadelphia resident completing a masters of social work at UPenn, and has performed and taught dance around Western Mass and New York for the past few years at the School of Contemporary Dance and Thought (MA), Lightforms Art Center (NY), WildHeart Performance Center(NY), amongst other spaces. by @mascher.space
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🌀🌀🌀 📍1170 S. Broad St.—ring “rear studio” to enter 👾 All levels of experience are welcome 💸 Suggested price for classes and jams = $15; sliding scale of $10-$20. Cash or Venmo [at]derek-freeh at the door. No pre-registration required 😷 mask optional *UPDATE*: Miranda will be subbing for Jamie on 9/24 🌊👁️🦅 by @mascher.space
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Check out “The Sicilian Dilemma”! A solo show written and performed by Joe Canuso (Founder and Former Artistic Director of Theatre Exile) and directed by Gianna Lozzi (Raw Street Productons) Where 🏠The Parlor (US!) 1170 S. Broad Street When ⏱️September 7-12 Tickets for all shows are $25 -get your tickets through the link in our bio! Also check out this sweet article highlighting generations of Philadelphian performers in the PATimes featuring Joe, his daughter (@nicholecanusodance) and grandchild! https://patimes.media/featured/3-generations-of-canuso-family-performing-at-fringe-festival/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAcGRvZgJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAxMjE3OTgxNjQ0ODc5NjI4AAGn2dSv-L0ViiWfFkw8_2hFuuL5tM302mscBs-40XaeLdYYiUUehUPtB0p0qA8_aem_bNUl_PCr4b8TCaFFJoS5RA by @mascher.space
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Fringe Show Announcement! Bailey has been utilizing our studios for 8 months to develop this upcoming performance! Buy tickets through the link in our bio! More info about the show: Nine is a retelling of Dante’s Inferno, molding the divine comedy into a contemporary, jazzy and slightly camp dance show. The works of dance are inspired by the 9 circles of hell, Dante’s journey, and the idea of sin, salvation and redemption. Where: Christ Church Neighborhood House When: September 12th 4pm, 7pm About the artist: Bailey Fleming is a Philadelphia based movement artist. She has danced with several companies across New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania and choreographed for festivals and films. This is her first Fringe show she has choreographed and directed, and looks forward to continuing this work. Creative Team: Sierra Clark Dancer Kennedy Cole Dancer Teresa Barr-Mann Dancer Dani Mungcal Dancer LisaMarie Cassazza Dancer Hana Le Dancer Marideth Read Dancer Amanda Mungcal Dancer Kayla Faynor Dancer Cara Lomaro Dancer Bailey Fleming Dancer Director taken in Christ Church Neighborhood House by @mascher.space
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Fringe Show Announcement! SOFT SPOT soft spot is a dance work for the child within us, uninhibited and open to the potential of everything. Through movement, Vyette Tiya and her collaborators consider: How do we wish to be seen? Who can see us? How do we remain tender in a world that hardens us? When Sun 9/13 @ 6:30pm Thur 9/17 @ 6:30pm Wed 9/23 @ 5:30pm Where Icebox Project Space (1400 N American Street) Tickets on sale now! $25 and PWYC options. https://phillyfringe.org/events/soft-spot/ Credits Director/choreographer: Vyette Tiya Featuring Astha, Desire Amaiya, Caitlin Wong, Cierra Woods, and Vyette Tiya Projection designer: Catherine Noa Ashley Poster Design: Daniel Sohn Both Vyette and Cierra were previous Mascher BIPOC Recipients! Tickets can be purchased for this show through the link in our bio! And Des is a Mascher staff! by @mascher.space
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Reflecting on the beautiful evening that was Fresh Juice 2026! Such an intimate evening with exceptional variety and immense talent. Thank you to all of our performers! Thank you to everyone who came out to support! Thank you to @philly.pack for hosting us! And thank you to @shoshshoshshoshh for the amazing photos! Tag yourself if we missed ya! by @mascher.space
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To those who don’t know me, I’m a Philly based dance artist, choreographer, and filmmaker. I got my BFA in Dance under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield from Bennington College. I also studied for 2.5 years as a film minor at the University of the Arts in Philly. Since graduating in December 2024, I’ve performed in many shows (@justsolesdt | @chaworthdance | H-O-T series) and filmed several projects for artists/companies which you can find in my “filmwork” highlight underneath my bio. Last year for the first time, I held a weekly morning training session for dancers @mascher.space I’ve loved being a part of these communities the past 6 years. Thank you to all those that have taken me in and for the people in my life that have reached back out. I’m looking forward to what the future has in store. 🎞️🕺🏻 by @mascher.space
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Hello all!! 💚 Join us for a member hang hosted by the board! ✨ Tell us about your Fringe show! ☀️ Share how your summer has been. 💭 Help shape future Mascher programming by letting us know what you'd love to see next. ➕Enjoy your first drink on us! Event info: 🗓 Saturday, August 15 🕓 4:00–6:00 PM 📍 PHS Pop Up Garden 1438 South Street, Philadelphia See you there! ✨ by @mascher.space
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🎈🎈🎈 *Thurs 8/13 (7-9pm): Class with @netta_sado *Sat 8/15 (1-5pm): Workshop with Sharon Mansur (SOLD OUT - email nicolebindler@gmail.com to join the waitlist) at The Whole Shebang *Sun 8/23 (4-6pm): Jam *Thurs 8/27 (7-9pm): Class with @vervetdance *Sun 8/30 (4-6pm): Jam 📍Aside from the workshop with Sharon, all events will be held at 1170 S. Broad St.—ring “rear studio” to enter 👾 All levels of experience are welcome 💸 Suggested price for jams and classes = $15; sliding scale of $10-$20 Cash or Venmo [at]derek-freeh at the door 🌊👁️🦅 by @mascher.space
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¡Happy applications are open for our BIPOC artist in residence, dayyyy! In July 2023 Mascher launched the BIPOC Fellowship providing monthly studio space for a year long residency. The 2026-2027 will be this programs fourth year! Apply today through the link in our bio! Due. Oct. 1st *Our space has three steps to enter the building and a flight of stairs to get to the bathroom* by @mascher.space
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