Month: January 2007

  • Suzuki Drop-In Class

    Our friends from The South Wing are offering a Suzuki-based Drop-In Class taught by Kameron Steele. It’ll be on Saturday mornings, January 13 & Jan 20 from 12PM-3PM at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center – La Tea Theater(107 Suffolk St. 2nd floor Between Delancey Street and Rivington Street). It costs $15 and previous training…

  • You Belong To Me

    International WOW unveils a new, global collaboration between Josh Fox and Frank Raddatz, former dramaturg to Heiner Muller. Traversing the Civil War’s finale, the campaign of Native American genocide, Germany’s fall after WW II, and climaxing in the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, this sexy epic is an intensely physical and musical rollercoaster ride…

  • Theatre Development Fund’s New Look

    The newly redesigned website for TDF is now live, with fellow blogger Rob Kendt (The Wicked Stage) ensconced as the Editorial Content Manager. The site has plenty of resources for both theatregoers and theatre producers. Check it out at TDF.org

  • Performance Report: The Rapture Project

    Lo, the angel Susan Sontag appeared, and she had a knock-down, drag-out fight with the Devil, and it was good. For my first field report of the New Year for Culturebot, I attended the opening of The Rapture Project at HERE, created by the award-winning company Great Small Works. Taking inspiration from the classic Sicilian…

  • Dance on Camera above 14th St.

    Just in case it passed you by, there’s still half of the Dance On Camera Festival going on until next weekend….. most films are at the Walter Reade at Lincoln Center at varying times. Go to the website for more info, to the NYTimes article to find out what to see…….

  • Amazing Opportunity from chashama!

    The one you’ve all been waiting for — Thanks to the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, chashama is able to offer a Performance Development AREA Award which includes a six (6) week term of rehearsal from April 22 – June 3, 2007, a three (3) day tech period in the performance space…

  • Got an ITCH to write?

    Call for submissions to itch #4! Subject: E v i d e n c e D E A D L I N E: M O N D A Y J A N U A R Y 1 5. itch is an evolving art project in the form of a journal that aspires to serve the…

  • Post Mortem on Seattle?

    There’s a really, really interesting article in the Seattle Weekly on the state of the theatre scene in Seattle, mostly chronicling the demise of that city’s much-beloved Empty Space Theater. Culturebot lived in Seattle from 1990-1995 and participated in the first, second and third Seattle Fringe Theater Festivals. He also did a bunch of fringe-y…

  • Initiative from LA comes dancing to NYC

    Ever wanted to spend a full day experiencing a multitude of different dance forms? for free? well, the whitney and sundown schoolhouse (www.fritzhaeg.com) have finally made your dreams come true…. on jan. 17th, from 9am to 5pm, dance and movement classes will be offered throughout the museum, some geared specially to the chronically cubicled workers…

  • Galapagos Art Space NOT closing

    Somehow, I missed the rumor that Galapagos was on the verge of being sold (and turned into condos, naturally). Luckily, Brooklyn Vegan was able to put this bit of gossip to rest (for now). Here’s a letter they received from Director Robert Elmes: Galapagos Art Space isn’t closing; the rumor is just a rumor, like…

  • Dance Omi Residency

    Artist Residency: The Dance Omi International Dance Collective Application Deadline: March 1, 2007 Residency Dates: August 21 to September 9, 2007 The Omi International Arts Center (in Ghent, New York, USA) This program at the Omi International Arts Center brings together 10 international dance artists to spend 2 and a half weeks exploring collaboration. Though…

  • Sound and Light Board Ops Needed

    Bryn over at Aisling Arts just sent up a flare to alert us that she’s seeking some tech help for Force, a cycle of plays running in rep at the Chocolate Factory in Long Island City. Below is a list of the tech and performance dates. There is a small stipend available. If you’re inclined,…