Almanac Dance Circus Theatre is an award-winning, Philadelphia-based, contemporary circus company dedicated to original works of genre-defying art. Since its founding in 2013 by Nick Gillette and Ben Grinberg, Almanac has premiered 11 full-length shows, and myriad site-specific works, touring across the United States and internationally in Mexico and the United Kingdom.
Almanac’s work has been presented by, among others, FringeArts, Trinity Rep, Colgate University, the NYU Skirball Center, Bearnstow, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Circus Now!, the Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporanea de La Cuidad de Mexico, and New York Live Arts, including as special guests of Bill T. Jones with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company at the NYLA Gala (2014). Almanac was selected as a 2013-2014 Fresh Tracks artist at New York Live Arts, was the first resident company at the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts, and served as Christian A Johnson Artists-in-residence at Colgate University. Almanac earned a Suraya Award for an evolving theatre company in 2017, and Barrymore Awards for their shows Leaps of Faith and Other Mistakes in 2018 and XOXO Moongirl in 2019.
Almanac is also know for innovative, community-centered event production, as exemplified by Rocky Award-winning Fit Fest and acclaimed Cannonball Festival, which produced 28 full-length works in 2021, including three Fringie Award-winning productions.
Through hybrid experimentation, deep narratives, and open environments of circus learning, Almanac gives audiences access to a little bit (or a lot of) everything so they can experience the vicarious thrill of performance without barriers. Almanac company members come from a range of backgrounds including theatre, dance, circus, gymnastics, education, event production, and advocacy. We celebrate our ensemble’s range of experience and expertise and uplift the notion that we can always do more together than we can by ourselves.
Learn More at https://www.thealmanac.us/
Company Members:
Ben Grinberg (co-founder)
Lauren Johns
Adam Kerbel (founding company member)
Nathan Alford-Tate
Mae West
Mia Donata Rocchio
Managing Director:
Kate Hanley
Advisory Board:
Kristine Kennedy
Vanessa Ogbuehi
Tori Mittleman
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