You’ll have to wait until the end of the week to catch these babies, but trust us: they’re worth it.

Crazy-ass acrobats/dancers/athletes of the highest order Pilobolus are coming to the Annenberg for four performances, the first Thursday night at 7:30PM. The troupe uses costumes, props, and intense aerial work coupled with some traditional dance moves to create spectacles unlike any you’ve probably seen before, at least on a “dance” stage. (In case you’re wondering, a pilobolus is “a phototropic zygomycete—a sun-loving fungus that grows in barnyards and pastures.” Now you know.)

Pilobolus
Annenberg Center (3680 Walnut St)
Thursday 7:30PM
Friday 8PM
Saturday 2PM & 8PM
$32-$46

Moving Research, brainchild of dancer and “all around movement geek” Meg Foley, presents a new work “slip” this weekend at Phillyist favorite Studio34 (they really premiered last week, but shhh!). MR is meant to be a collaborative process focused on experiential and movement-based work, and slip was choreographed not just by Foley, but also by the dancers: Megan Bridge, Alison D’Amato, Devynn Emory, Erin Foreman-Murray, Michele Tantoco, and Christina Zani. It’s a great space to see such a work in, too.

slip presented by Moving Research
Studio34 (4522 Baltimore Avenue)
Friday 8PM
Saturday 8PM
Sunday 3PM
$15

The fun never stops at Johnny Brenda’s, nor at any performance at Mascher. Put them together and it’s a sure bet. Funstival is a fundraiser for Mascher Space Coop hosted by Shawn Kilroy and featuring cabaret-type performances by PIMA Group (who are promising a cheerleading routine), Megan Bridge, map dance collective, and Christina Zani and Devynn Emory, among others. New Extreme Dance Explosions Awesomes with Rebecca Patek and Allison Lorenzen promise a piece entitled “The Princess and the Vagicorn.” Yeah, we think that’s what they mean. Anyway, dance + good cause = Funstival.

Funstival to benefit Mascher Space Coop
Johnny Brenda’s (1201 N. Frankford Ave.)
Friday 10PM-2AM
$10

Feel like investigating layers of consciousness? Then head over to the CEC Meetinghouse Theater for Ausdruckstanz Dance//Imprints in Motion as they premiere choreographer and director Brigitta Herrmann’s "Physiognomy of the Spirit," which reintroduces "the concept of a dance/movement choir," and features an intergenerational group with teens through women of a certain age. Reservations are recommended for this one, so pick your performance(s) now.

Ausdruckstanz Dance//Imprints in Motion
CEC Meetinghouse Theater (3500 Lancaster Ave)
Friday 8PM
Saturday 8PM
Sunday 2PM
$20

Merián Soto presents another of her awesome-cool Wissahickon Park Projects on Sunday morning on Forbidden Drive to Mt. Airy Avenue. This time the theme is Fairy Day. We’re not a hundred percent how the theme will be played out, but you can bet there’ll be branches.

One Year Wissahickon Park Project
Forbidden Drive, south of Valley Green, Wissahickon Park
Sunday 10:30AM
Free