Hello friends, family, oomfs, and others, shosh, nella, and claire have been creating a dance piece in preparation for the cannonball festival, a part of Philadelphia Fringe! We would love to invite you to come out and see this fabulous work. 🎇
contrarian
sept 6 at 3:30pm
sept 7 at 6:30pm
icebox project space @iceboxprojectspace
cannonball festival, fringe festival 2025 @cannonballfest@fringearts
shosh is getting top surgery
be there
This piece is an experimental dance work choreographed and performed by Shosh Isaacs, Nella Biacs, and Claire Natiez
With support from dancers
Anna Scattoni @anna_scattoni
Corinne Jones @corinnem_jones
Hank Ramaikas @coolguyhank
Hannah Kellis @hannahblukellis
Journee Lutz @bajoingo
Kai Ward @reoward
Lewie Nasby @baseball_lover0222
Lydia Somani
Meg Lynch
Sydney Coffman @coffmansydney
Link in bio to learn more and purchase tickets ———>
Film photographs by @reoward
Developed and scanned by @shoshshoshshoshh
Poster design by @caiya.wav
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As of today, I can officially share that ticket sales from our 2025 Cannonball Festival show paid for my top surgery💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥💥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥💥❤️🔥
On top of that, through Philly Dance Share, we raised additional money for my recovery!! Incredible to feel so appreciated continuously by the organizers who put endless work into the functions of our collective!!
Without the dedication of my lovely dancer: who volunteered to rehearse for months, the community support: we sold out both shows, and love I have received, NONE of this would’ve been possible.
In five days, I will be four months post op. Choosing to get surgery was such a big step for me towards feeling more like myself. Growing up, I desperately desired to be seen as me and not the person I pretended to be so I didn’t feel othered. Being me can be so scary, but I find so much authenticity in myself and my choices the more I’ve chosen the vulnerable route.
So again, huge thanks to all those who made my year, and especially my recovery, go so smoothly.
To Sean for being a fantastic loving partner, bestie, and caretaker. To Nella and Claire for creating work with me. To Meg, Kai, Hannah, Lewie, Hank, Lydia, Journee, Corie, Anna, and Sydney for performing and rehearsing. To Philly Dance Share for fundraising money for recovery. To every person who attended our shows and bought tickets. To those who visited me when I was house bound post op, including my incredible sister who came from DC to visit, I love you. To every trans person who has inspired me to be me!!! My parents who were helped me through every step of the process, especially when dealing with insurance. And especially to my cat Marnie for reminding me why I’m alive everyday. To every single one of you who has ever supported me I love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #philly
Meet the Artists of The Gathering - January 23rd & 24th at & Space
Shoshana Isaacs is a queer interdisciplinary artist residing on Lenae/Lenape land (Philadelphia). They recently graduated from the University of the Arts cum laude with a BFA in Dance and minor in Photography. At UArts, they had the opportunity to perform with Doug Varone, Joanna Kotze, Jesse Zaritt and Sara Shelton Mann, Sheer Spectacle, and Jordan Demetrius Lloyd. They completed their BFA Dance thesis in spring of 2023, exploring ideas of performance and multimedia art. They continue to work with movement, performance, and fine arts in pursuit of a career as a choreographer and freelance photographer.
🎟 Ticket link in bio
6:30PM AT ICEBOX!!! Last chance today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come see us goo and dance and goo and smile and giggle and shake our butts 🤑
Link in bio😵
Photos by @au.tu.mn !!!!
Tomorrow premieres our dance piece “contrarian” @iceboxprojectspace through Cannonball Festival @cannonballfest , a hub of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival @fringearts
Choreography by Shoshana Isaacs, Claire Natiez and Nella Biacs
@clairenatiez@nella_biacs
In collaboration with our incredible cast of dancers, we created this piece over the past few months and we are so excited to show it to you all!!!
Huge shoutout to @urbanmovementarts and @mascher.space for rehearsal space and their awesome community spaces centered around dance and culture!!!!
Sept 6 at 3:30pm
Sept 7 at 6:30pm
C U THERE!!!!!!!!!
Photo by @reoward
Developed and scanned @thehalideproject by @shoshshoshshoshh
