ON THE FRINGE: Charlotte Ford cancels due to heat wave; icy-cool Philip Glass steps right in

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ON THE FRINGE: Charlotte Ford cancels due to heat wave; icy-cool Philip Glass steps right in

POSTED: Thursday, July 8, 2010, 5:14 PM

Photo | Jay Dunn

TIME OUT: Charlotte Ford's meet-the-artist performance gets 86'd due to 100-plus temps.

We were thissssclose to running an Arts Pick this week on Charlotte Ford's preview performance of Chicken, scheduled for tonight at the Live Arts Studio, but alas, the Philly daughter of experimental performance art had to pull the plug, so we did, too. "We're super-sad to cancel, but feel the health risks to the artists and audiences are too great given the temperature in the window-less studio," sez a press release. "Unfortunately the event cannot be relocated or rescheduled as the set is critical to the presentation, and all other possible dates hold conflicts." Want to know more about Ford's piece? Here's what CP's Will Stone had to say about Chicken:

Under extreme pressure, we all crack up a bit, occasionally letting our fears balloon into blimp-size hysteria. But that's why we have friends — to screw around with. Now, transport these insidious human inclinations to a nuclear submarine: That's where avant-garde theater performer and playwright Charlotte Ford situates her upcoming Live Arts Festival performance piece in which three co-workers toy with each other's absurd phobias. ... Chicken will push the already-far-out limits of Ford's at once clownish and haunting brand of humor. Expect revenge antics reminiscent of Japanese game shows in a performance circulating around poopie suits, poisoned juice drinks and what Ford describes as "the pleasure of anticipating the awful truths of our unbearable fears."

Hold your horses till September on this one — and rest assured, the Studio will be air-conditioned by the fests' debut. In the meantime, the folks at the Fringe tell us that the ICA's hosting a free screening of the Philip Glass doc Glass: A Portrait of Philip in 12 Parts, in anticipation of Live Arts' centerpiece show, DANCE, which features Glass' music. The event is free, and the ICA will be blasting the ol' A/C. Glass: A Portrait of Philip in 12 Parts, Sun., July 11, 2 p.m., free, Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 S. 36th St., 215-898-7108, icaphila.org. RSVP to rsvp@livearts-fringe.org.

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