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Girls Like Horror x Philadelphia Ballet feat. Christina Acevedo, JP Altizer, Danielle Bourgeon, and Jeanne Michele Mariani · philly has heART

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No big deal. Something that has never been a
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problem has consistently been a problem for,
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what, the last two weeks? Yeah. Never have I
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ever more felt like I've aged out of technology.
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All right. What did we get into this weekend?
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We got into a lot this weekend. We started our
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weekend at Pi Gallery. No, go back. Oh. We started
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at Locke's Gallery. We saw the new Jane Irish
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and Pat Steer shows at the Locke's Gallery opening.
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Yes, we did. Where the prices were not even listed
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on the price list. Yeah, but when you Google...
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You find things that I didn't want to ask for.
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These are blue chip artists, I'm assuming. Yes.
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Very established, not emerging. Yes, definitely.
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Have works in major museums in our own city as
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well. Fantastic. After that, we did scamper over
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to First Friday in the Old City, where we were
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slinging drinks at Pi Gallery. Yep. It was so
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fun. We were... in the back of the gallery for
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First Friday. We had a huge turnout. We, they,
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had a huge turnout. Natalie Hope McDonald, the
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feature artist of the night. So amazing. So many
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red dots when we came back later to collect the
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ice buckets. Correct. We got to see a lot of
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pieces. Sold. Muy bien. We stopped over to Two
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Street, as we usually do. They had an amazing
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tapestry artist there. And they had a huge party
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going on in the back garden, as well as a speakeasy
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down below. So continue to check them out, guys.
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It makes for a more enriching experience. Pateek,
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our son, and I visited the print center Saturday
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afternoon. He nearly broke the front door. Oh.
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Upon entrance. Obviously, he didn't get the exhibition
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titled Memory, Loss, the one about dementia on
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the second floor. Nevertheless, it was moving
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what I was able to take in. Then Saturday evening,
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we slung some more drinks again. Are we cater
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waiters now? We might be. We had an amazing opening
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reception with DaVinci Art Alliance and There
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was an incredible artist there that had a lot
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of friends that showed up that evening, as well
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as DaVinci Art Alliance patrons, to welcome in
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this new artist in new space. We stuck around
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for an hour and a half. What good did we thought
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we were going to? Yeah, yeah. But again, drinks
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were flying. People were having a good time.
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Take our stickers. One person came back four
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times. Aggressive. Hope you're not driving. Yeah.
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Before getting to the conversation, Robert, we
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need to give two special shout outs. Do you want
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to do the first one? Yeah. Okay. Take it away.
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To Sunrise Signs, linked in our show notes, who
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rescued us by printing some amazing stickers
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within six hour request a few weeks ago when
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our initial vendor failed to live up to the rush
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shipping for which we had paid for. Sunrise Signs
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stepped in and saved the day. To Morgan, our
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tech consultant and her partner, Paige, who got
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married this weekend. Love is in the air. Mazel
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tov, you two. Amazing. Shall we get to the conversation
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now? Let's do it. Greetings. This is Robert Marsh,
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and you're listening to Philly Has Hard Podcast.
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In this podcast, we sit down with artists, gallerists,
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educators, curators, and other creatives who
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comprise the Philadelphia art world to discuss
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upcoming performances, exhibits, and other events
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and initiatives that are not to be missed. The
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Philadelphia art scene is so rich that it can
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seem daunting. Consider this your weekend cultural
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recommendation. With me always is my producer,
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Lucinda Dyerland. Hey. And today we have many
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special guests. Christina of Girls Like Horror,
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JP of Philadelphia Ballet, and Jean -Michelle
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and Danielle of the Young Friends of the Philadelphia
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Ballet. Welcome to all of you. Thanks for having
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us. That was so fun, guys. We have a lot of voices
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on today, which is extremely fun, and it's going
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to be amazing. But I'm gonna start with Christina.
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Can you tell us a little bit about Girls Like
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Horror and what inspired you to start it and
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what the community's like? For sure. Okay. Well,
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thank you so much for having me on your podcast.
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This is really exciting. Girls Like Horror is
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an all -inclusive film club where we celebrate
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horror films, specifically ones directed by women
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or that have interesting, complex, disturbed
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female protagonists, which I like to say is basically
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majority of horror films that exist out there.
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We love supporting the women who endured, you
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know, the women who played those roles and really,
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you know, the directors really put them through
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it to express themselves in ways that... that
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I relate to as a woman. That is how I process
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my fears and emotions and maybe taboo desires,
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whatever it is, is through horror. So I've just
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been a fan of horror forever. I made a horror
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film. Actually I made a couple of horror films
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and I didn't really even know that I was so obsessed
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with horror or that... I was really just interested
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in this genre. It was like, it was just a part
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of me. It was just what I was doing. And then
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once I made this body horror film a couple years
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ago here in Philadelphia, I actually had the,
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I had the realization, oh, okay, you're obsessed
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with, you're obsessed with horror. It's okay.
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This is a fact. What was happening was I moved
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here from LA a couple years ago and I was trying
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to find Community film community and so I did
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find that by making my film which was awesome
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and our crew was 80 % female non -binary, which
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is also really awesome to say But when I was
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having my movie going experiences, which I love,
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I love going to films, I love watching movies
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with people and sharing that experience, I was
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finding that there wasn't a sense of community
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around filming. You walk into a space, it's dark,
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you're alone, you can't talk, you're alone with
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yourself, if you didn't come with a friend. And
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I was finding that most of the spaces were...
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mostly male or mostly people that just weren't
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engaging with each other. And I felt a sense
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of loneliness, maybe like leaving a film that
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was, you know, kind of hard to watch. It's a
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horror film. You know, people are getting murdered
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or possessed or whatever. You know, I have to
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go home my car. And so at that point, you know,
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I didn't really have a huge crew of people. And
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so this idea just sparked in my head. TMI, but
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I get all my great ideas in the shower. I don't
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know why. So all of a sudden it just, boom, this
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seed was planted. I said. I want to start a horror
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film club for girls and I want to call it Girls
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Like Horror and I texted five of my girlfriends
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in a group chat and I said, hey, what do you
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think about this? I want to start this film club
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and should we make our first film the substance
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and what do you think? And they all were like,
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this is so cool. And then what happened was it
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just naturally evolved where I was making the
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Instagram and I was making the website and the
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logo came to me and the images came to me and
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within 40 minutes I had a full website and Instagram
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account and it was so easy and I know whenever
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anything that I do is that seamless and enjoyable
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and for a good cause which is to bring people
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together and you know to share a common passion
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and just whatever it is spread the love like
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good things kind of spark from that and it has
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and it just and we actually celebrated our year
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anniversary yesterday yay congratulations so
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good And from this has branched off amazing,
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amazing partnerships. One of those being with
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the Philadelphia Ballet. Yeah. Can you share
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how did that collaboration come together? JP,
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who works for the Philadelphia Ballet, is a really
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close friend of mine and a member of Girls Like
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Horror because it is an all -inclusive club.
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All are welcome. You just have to share this
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common interest and bond and vibe. It's more
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of a vibe and an energy. of the people that go
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there. And so JP is one of those members from
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very early on. It was his idea. And it just so
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happened that there was, you know, this horror
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ballet in the works. And yeah, JP proposed the
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idea for me and we had a lunch. And I mean, it
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was an easy yes. And of course, if the ballet
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was willing and able, and it seemed like... JP
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must have had a really good pitch or presentation
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to make it happen. And so really this is credit
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to JP and also, you know, I grew up in Philadelphia.
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I've been going to Philadelphia Ballet for a
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while. And my mom also really involved with Philly's
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cultural scene and the arts. And she was on the
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board of the Philadelphia Opera Company and she
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was on the board of the ICA and the man. And
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she has some friends on the board of the ballet.
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So when I moved back to Philly, we were going
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to the ballet frequently and been to the galas
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and so it's kind of a natural merging, for sure.
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Love that. JP, there has not been a spooky season
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-specific production from the Philadelphia Ballet
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for at least a decade, if I'm not mistaken. What
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can audiences expect from this evening of horror
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ballet? Well, it's going to be really fantastic.
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It's a double bill program featuring two ballets.
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The first is Fall River Legend, which is choreographed
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by Agnes DeMille and premiered in 1948. It tells
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the story of Lizzie Borden, which is really a
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story that everyone seems to love. And most people
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don't know that there's a ballet about it. Wow.
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And it's actually considered Agnes Demille's
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masterpiece. Whenever I learned that we were
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doing this evening of horror, I immediately thought
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of Christina, because it just seemed like such
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a natural fit. Agnes Demille, aside from being
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an incredible ballet choreography, she also worked
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in film. She choreographed the dream sequence
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from Oklahoma, among many other things. and I
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just knew that this is something that the girls
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like horror members would love and want to be
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a part of. The second ballet on the program is
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a world premiere by Philadelphia Ballet's resident
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choreographer Juliano Nunez and it's called Valley
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of Death and it's just so much fun to build a
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ballet together from the ground up and it's going
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to tell this like really opulent story with a
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masquerade ball. and gorgeous haute couture,
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you know, costumes that we built in our wardrobe
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department. I think it's just gonna be so incredible
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and I can't wait for it. Oh my gosh, I'm so excited.
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But what are you most excited for the audience
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to experience, both that seasoned ballet goer
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as well as potentially a lot of newcomers? I'm
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really looking forward to seeing a ballet come
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to life from scratch. This is something that
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Philadelphia Ballet has become really successful
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and good at over the past few years. We're opening
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this season with Carmen and Bolero. And these
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were brand new ballets that we premiered last
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year. So it's kind of becoming sort of a signature
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piece of Philadelphia Ballet's programming. And
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it's just... a lot of fun to watch a ballet come
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to life. And what I think is so exciting about
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Valley of Death in particular is it takes place
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at this masquerade ball with an element of the
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supernatural. And I think that guests at the
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Academy of Music are not gonna feel like they're
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watching a ballet, like they're sitting in an
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audience. I think they're gonna feel like they
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were invited to be guests at this ball. I mean,
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the venue just naturally suits itself to the
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story that the ballet is telling. And what I'm
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really excited about is in this kind of day and
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age we live in of podcasts and social media and
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TikTok and scrolling on our phones. I believe
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people are really craving unique and communal
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experiences and this collaboration is going to
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provide that and I believe it's going to really
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create that unforgettable moment that we can
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all share together rather than just watching
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it alone in our apartments on our phone. That's
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what I'm really excited about, like coming together
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to celebrate ballet. It's a great folding in
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of both an institution that most of Philadelphia
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knows and loves as well as the community groups
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that are just starting to pop out and wanting
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to be a part of that growing arts community together.
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JP, can you share a little bit about the collaboration
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between the two groups? Sure. We are collaborating
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with Christina in Girls Like Horror. We've basically
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set aside a block of 150 seats at the Academy
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of Music. And I'll let Christina talk a little
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bit about this because we kind of came up with
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the idea together. And it's going to be a lot
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of fun. I know when we were looking at this particular
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collaboration, one question I had is, this group
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primarily goes and sees films and movies, so
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how can we be inclusive and accessible? And I'm
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really proud that we were able to work together
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on a... ticketing pricing model that is basically
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the same price as like a movie ticket plus a
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large popcorn, and in my case, a large Coke Zero.
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And so it's, you know, it's very accessible and
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inclusive and we're just excited to welcome maybe
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atypical ballet audience members to this performance
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and I know Christina you'd kind of talked about
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bringing back that nostalgia of going on like
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high school trips and things like that and that
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was important to recreate too. Yeah for sure
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because I still use that lingo when I Announce
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events. All right guys. Come on. We're going
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on a road trip the highway theater in Jenkins
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town, you know, I just try and make it fun and
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This is exciting to me because a lot of the films
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that I love are Older films. I mean, there's
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a great kind of horror ballet film called The
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Red Shoes. And I'm coincidentally wearing red
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shoes. It was not intentional. It was just my
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unconscious horror mind did this. But it's a
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great film about a ballet dancer who puts on
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these shoes and she can't stop dancing. And it's
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quite spooky and beautiful. So I love these.
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older, more like gothic horror films. I mean,
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when you were talking about the masquerade ball,
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you know, made me think of the films that were
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made based off Edgar Allan Poe books with Vincent
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Price for Hammer Films and just all this opulent
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beauty, but also super haunting and surreal and
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fantastical. The Academy of Music, the space
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itself is so beautiful. I feel like I'm in a
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horror film. I feel like I'm in the Phantom of
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the Opera and it's such a gorgeous space that
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I've been going to the opera there since I was
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a little girl. to get a group of people who are
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part of the club, who maybe wouldn't have an
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opportunity to catch something in the orchestra
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or wouldn't even know about the ballet to begin
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with because a lot of feedback I was getting
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was, oh my gosh, there's a horror ballet, you
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know? So it's been kind of a cool collaboration
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because not only is it just, you know, if you
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are part of our club, if you subscribe to our
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newsletter, you'll get a code access to these
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seats, act fast, they'll go fast, but just to
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bring awareness to different cultural events
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in this city that people who might be plugged
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into more of the film world, more of an underground
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indie scene, they're not getting notices on what's
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going on at the... ballet, you know, right outside
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their door. So it's been cool to just bring awareness
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to both worlds, both cultural spaces. It's been
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really cool. It is going to be during spooky
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season as well, which is also great. Do we expect
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some costume wears? Are people leaning into this
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production? I'm sure. I mean, When we just have
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our normal film screenings and events, the club
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members are pulling looks. I don't know where
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they're getting exorcist puffer jackets, Bride
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of Frankenstein leather purses. I mean, people
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have the most amazing fashions and... tattoos
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and jewelry. So if they're wearing these outfits
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just to come to the movies, to go to the ballet
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during spooky season, I'm sure there's gonna
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be some major eye candy there for sure. I love
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this, I love this. From the perspective of...
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Girls Like Horror, we have sold out our entire
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package of tickets, but JP, are there still tickets
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available? Oh yes, there's still regular tickets
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available for sure. The collaboration is actually,
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it's on Thursday, October 16th, which is opening
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night. Evening of Horror runs from October 16th
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through October 19th. So there will be plenty
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of opportunity to catch this amazing production
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that weekend. So it's going to be just really
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incredible. you're not going to want to miss
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it. Another collaboration and way to interact
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with the ballet is through the Young Friends
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program. Today we have Jean -Michel and Danielle
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who are here as co -chairs of the Young Friends.
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Can you two share a little bit about what the
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Young Friends program looks like at the ballet
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for this season? So the Young Friends for Philadelphia
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Ballet is a way for younger audience members
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to get exposure to the ballet and also be like
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-minded together. It's again, just like Christina
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said, it's about bringing community together.
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And we have several fantastic programming events
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throughout the season, not just the ballets themselves.
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We have a really great subscription with our
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curtain pass subscription, which is available.
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We have a lot of wonderful events throughout
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the year on top of our curtain pass. We're doing
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this collab with Christina and Girls Like Horror.
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We also have a brunch at the bar which sold out
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last spring, but we're doing it this November.
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So continuing spooky season after Halloween.
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Yeah, Gene Michelle, do you want to add anything
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to that? Yeah, absolutely. Thanks Danielle. So,
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like Danielle said, I mean it's just, it's a
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great opportunity to meet people, like -minded
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people who, you know, enjoy ballet, want to experience
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ballet here in Philadelphia. Not only is it a
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great subscription service, as Danielle said,
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you get excellent prices on tickets, but we do
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all kinds of other events. We're talking about
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this one today with Christina. We've invited
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our young friends to events at local galleries,
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at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. We've done
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backstage tours. I mean, you really get a full
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experience of the ballet. Just for my... own
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history with the ballet. Before I joined the
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ballet, I didn't know anyone sitting here next
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to me now. And now I know them all. Isn't that
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lovely? It's just like a really, really great
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way to meet people who really love the arts in
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Philly. And let me say this. I feel like especially
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Philadelphia Ballet kind of gets shafted sometimes
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because Danielle and I were just talking about
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this people are like oh let me go to New York
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but we have such an amazing world -class ballet
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here with Angel Correa as our artistic director
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I mean If you haven't seen a ballet, please,
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please come at any time during the year. It's
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absolutely something to experience. So just an
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overall plug for the ballet and also the Young
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Friends group. Love that. Thanks, Jean -Michelle.
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You're welcome. We have definitely also been
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pushing your opening weekend as well as the gala
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itself, where you really get to immerse yourself
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more into the ballet world and the season. What?
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Is everyone excited most about this season in
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particular? I am thrilled that Angel Carrera
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brought in Merry Widow. That is happening in
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March. It's one of the most amazing ballets that
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isn't shown a lot. And it's one of the most popular
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among the dancers to dance. So I'm really excited
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about that. I did get a sneak peek. at the costumes
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for Evening of Horror. Nice. Our costuming department
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is amazing. That is all I'm going to say. I'm
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not gonna give anything away, no spoilers. I
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just was blown away, so I'm really excited for
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Evening of Horror as well. I would say on top
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of everything Danielle said, which I'm very excited
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for, I'm super excited for our gala weekend.
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Carmen and Bolero, both as JP mentioned, original
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works of the Philadelphia Ballet. We didn't make,
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you get it, we didn't make the ballets. We didn't
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come up with Carmen, but we came up with the
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choreography. But I absolutely loved Bolero last
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season, and it was so visually stimulating and
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fascinating to watch. And I'll also say I usually
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bring my boyfriend to the ballet, not usually
23:31
his jam, but he always comes with me and he has
23:33
a good time, just saying. But that ballet in
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particular, he loved. So that's always a good
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barometer. You bring your normal boyfriend. Boys
23:42
like ballet. Exactly. There I go. start a new
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group. Yeah, I'll have him bring his friends.
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But yeah, it was so, so good last year. So I'm
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so excited to see it again. And I would urge
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everyone to go see that as well. And if you are
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between the ages of 21 and 45, you can be a young
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friend and get our curtain pass subscription,
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which is fantastic discount for the whole season.
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I mean, what's incredible about Curtain Pass
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is also you can bring your friends for a very
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reasonable amount as well. And so if ballet is
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just for you, then you can, you know, rotate
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in those friends or those bros like ballet. I
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mean, it's a working title. We can, we can see.
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We're workshopping it. Exactly. We definitely
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talked about seeing Bolero for the first time
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last season where the entire stage is taken over
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by the, mostly the entire cast, which is visually
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incredible as well as just such a powerful piece
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and it will be a great closure to that double
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bill. JP, where can everyone find Philadelphia
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Ballet both online and in real life? The best
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way to get tickets this season to find any information
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about Philadelphia Ballet is our website philadelphiaballet
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.org. Our performances are at the Academy of
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Music right here in Philadelphia on the Avenue
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of the Arts and physically we're located in North
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Broad and it's actually exciting we're building
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brand new studios. We're adding 43 ,000 square
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feet to our existing studio footprint. State
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of the art beautiful glass building and it's
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really exciting. So I encourage everyone to just
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go a few blocks north of City Hall too and visit
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our home. Excellent. And Christina, where can
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everyone find Girls Like Horror? You can find
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Girls Like Horror on Instagram. Our handle is...
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Girls Like Horror website as well is just girlslikehorror
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.com and I would say if you're not a big Instagram
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person, definitely sign up for our newsletter.
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I send one out every Friday listing various events.
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Some are club events that we're hosting. Some
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are... other events that friends of mine's clubs,
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horror -related, are hosting. So there's a ton
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of fun stuff there that'll keep you busy if you
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love film and spooky things. Everybody join the
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communities, all the communities. This is so
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lovely. All right, into some rapid fire questions.
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Kristine and JP, what is the ultimate horror
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movie? Oh, I know mine. I love Alien. Oh. I can
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watch it like once a year. I know that's a bit
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odd, but I just, it's so good. Have you started
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the Hulu show? I have. Okay. It's great. I'm
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only on like episode three. Okay, I will answer
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in two ways. For me personally, it is Hellraiser
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without a doubt. It is underseen, but it is so
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much fun and so gory and disgusting and I love
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it, everything about it. but I feel like everybody
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needs to see Jaws. It's one of the best films
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ever made, period. Perfect, perfect. That might
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even go into our next question. What is the best
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starter horror movie? I would say The Exorcist.
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Whoa. The starter? I hope that we actually get
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to see it. Let her speak. I had a different idea.
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The movie that came to my mind was Willy Wonka
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and the Chocolate Factory. As a kid, there was
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definitely some horror element for me. The tunnel?
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I was afraid of Violet turning into a blueberry.
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That's body horror, right? It could be, for sure.
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Speaking of, what is your favorite horror movie
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subgenre? It's definitely body horror, but it
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goes beyond that. There's a sub -genre of body
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horror called melt movies. And so these are films
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like body melt, street trash. They're films where
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people's bodies, faces are melting and morphing.
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I fell down a rabbit hole once. Have you ever
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heard of the movie society? Yes. Yeah. Like that.
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That. I have not seen it. Wow, yes, that's a
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deep cut. That is a cult classic. And that is
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considered, I think that is considered a melt
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movie as part of the body horror subgenre. Okay,
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okay, JP? I love sci -fi horror, but like Christina
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mentioned earlier, I also love the religious
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horror, like the exorcist. Possession. Possession,
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spirituality, things like that I find really
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fascinating. Oh, this is so great. Young friends,
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favorite ballet? Sleeping Beauty, classic ballet.
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I saw it when I was three years old. It made
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me love ballet. I literally walked out of the
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theater and said to my mother, I'm going to be
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a ballet dancer. Oh, nice. That's very sweet.
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Oh, gosh, this is such a hard one. Well, I'll
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give you two. I really do love Carmen. Nice.
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Carmen's so good, so I'm very excited to see
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that again. The other one that I just want to
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point out is Coppelia. Oh, yeah. Which is so,
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what an insane story. And the ballet did it a
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few years back and we just really had a lot of
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fun with that storyline. Me and my friends were
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like, what is going on here? So it's just a lot
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of fun. So I like those ballets where the plot
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is just insane. Excellent, excellent. And if
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you could put a number on how many times you've
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seen Philadelphia Ballet perform the Nutcracker.
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I cannot because I have seen it one too many
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times. There's no such thing as too many times.
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I actually, as a kid, danced on stage with the
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Pennsylvania Ballet, now Philadelphia Ballet,
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in Nutcracker. So I really can't count how many
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times. I will actually say this is kind of a
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shocking revelation to say here, but I think
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I've only seen it once. Which is pretty bad.
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That's enough. It's not, I think it's so good
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for the holiday season. It really puts you in
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the mood. But I will say it's not my favorite
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act one. I could skip every time straight to
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act two. There you go, she's coming at half time.
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I know, yeah exactly. But it is beautiful and
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I would highly recommend anyone who hasn't seen
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it, please go see it. Love that, love that. These
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are for everyone. We're just gonna go down the
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line. Philly art scene in one word. Quirky. Legacy.
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Underrated. Eclectic. Cheese steaks, with whiz
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or without? Without whiz. I love whiz with...
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Same, with provolone. Oh! Favorite beverage at
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the moment. Trader Joe's is making a mean pineapple
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juice in the can and it's lovely and made with
31:11
real pineapples. Nice. I've been getting this
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green juice from Mom's Organic Market that's
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like kale and cucumber, and it's so good that
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that's what I'm currently obsessed with. I love
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it. Nice. I'll say there's a new Mexican restaurant
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in Old City called Two Rinconcito, and they make
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a horchata latte, and it's really good. Trader
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Joe's had a rose tea. I think it was rose hibiscus
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tea. I don't know what it was. It was in a can.
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It tastes like rose or f***. Posey. Loved it.
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Perfect. Perfect. Well, everyone, thank you so
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much for joining us today. And everyone, please
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check out Philadelphia Ballet and Girls Like
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Horror. Thanks, guys. Thank you. We have a ton
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of things for your weekend. and even more things
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for you to pencil in your calendar. Are you ready
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for this? All right, let's go. Ballet X's Young
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Extras Party at the Bach Bar is this Friday at
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6 p .m. and we're both going. Yeah. We'll see
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you there. We'll see you there. It's gonna be
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beautiful. The Philadelphia Ballet Gala and gala
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performance is... Are there still Young Friends
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tickets available, Robert? There are, but they
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are going quick. You know those Young Friends
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are in their last -minute ticket pickups. They
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are going fast. Get them quickly. But you don't
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have to go to the gala to enjoy the ballet. Carmen
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and Bolero's double bill is running from October
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9th through the 12th, and you know this Sunday,
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there is not an Eagles game. So... That's your
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opportunity. Fill your time with ballet. The
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Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Sphinx
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Virtuosi on October 11th at 730 p .m. at the
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Perlman Theater in the Kimmel Center. You're
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getting good at saying Sphinx Virtuosi, Robert.
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Trying. The Museum for Art in Wood Young Artist
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Speaker Series featuring Sterling Crew's hair
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is on Wednesday, October 15th at noon and it's
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free. The Philadelphia Orchestra's Children Halloween
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Spectacular at the Kimmel Center is October 18th
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at 1130 a .m. Why don't you take the kids for
33:35
me? No, thanks. Henry Rousseau of Painter's Secrets
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opens at the Barnes on October 19th and runs
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through February 22nd. Friend of the Pod, Dominique
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Simaco, is hosting Plane Air Landscape Workshop
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on October 25th from 3 to 6 for a very palatable
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$28. All direction and supplies are included.
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That's a bargain. Philadelphia Ballet, I see
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your gala and I raise you the Ballet X's 20th
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anniversary gala on October 28th. And finally,
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the Young Friends of the Philadelphia Ballet
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Brunch at the Bar is on November 9th from 11
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to 1. Grab your tickets today. And with that,
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Philly has heart. And art.