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The Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe is now just a matter of days away, and we want to make sure you’re fully prepared for the 16 days of artistic madness.

We’ve been helping you out with a series of guides to events, plus spotlights on some of our particular favorites, to assist you in choosing what to attend.

First up was our guide to free events. Second, family-friendly performances.

One of the most impressive aspects of the Fringe is that it draws talent from literally across the globe. So now, check out our roundup of international artists’ shows, in date order:

• Paper Cut: September 4-7, Media Bureau, 725 N. 4th Street. Transforming historic cinema into a universe of paper cutouts and object theater, Israeli solo performer Yael Rasooly is a lonely secretary who escapes into a world of daydreams where she is a glamorous 1940s movie star.

• Smiley: September 4-7, Media Bureau, 725 N. 4th Street. This is one of Tel Aviv’s longest running fringe shows. Set in a New Age empowerment workshop, Smiley is a series of sexually-charged monologues that also transforms into an interactive experience with the audience.

• The Devil and Mister Punch: September 8-16, Christ Church Neighborhood House, 20 N. American Street. Straight from London, the iconic Mr. Punch (of “Punch and Judy” fame) murders his way through life’s inconveniences, and yet his story has been the basis for beloved family entertainment for centuries. Unsatisfied with mere murder, The Devil and Mister Punch delves into the even darker world of Punch’s manipulators, the puppeteers themselves. A stage like a giant Victorian armoire has secret openings, a piano, and multiple performances areas.

• Namasya: September 11-12, Arts Bank at the University of the Arts, 601 S. Broad Street. Namasya is a Sanskrit word which means to pay homage or reverence, adoration.
From the classical Indian dance form Kuchipudi to contemporary movement, Namasya is a virtuosic and very personal contemporary dance work. The evening is made up of four solos, appropriate for ages 12 and up.

• Play: September 15-17, Prince Music Theatre, 1412 Chestnut Street. Flemish-Moroccan choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Shantala Shivalingappa come together to create a playground for experiments of role-play, seduction, imitation, human-sized puppets, blindfolds, masks and music.

• El Proceso/The Process: September 16-17, The Maas Building, 1325 N. Randolph Street. Witness Pasion y Arte’s raw and informal performance of its first commissioned work by world-renowned Flamenco artist Rosario Toledo. This laboratory style offering gives an intimate peek into this experimental phase as it evolves, before its world premiere at the March 2012 First Philadelphia Flamenco Festival.

• More Mouvements für Lachenmann: September 16-17, Arts Bank at the University of the Arts, 601 S. Broad Street. The piece is French choreographer Xavier Le Roy’s poetic and version of a contemporary music concert from the point of view of someone obsessed with movement. This dance for eight extraordinary virtuoso musicians, including members of the Austrian new music ensemble Klangforum Wien, breaks down the work of making music by uncoupling sounds and movements, sonic events and silences, actions and stillness.