“The work of the Japanese soloist is part hip-hop, part Butoh, which means that his expert, staccato undulations build very slowly. The integration of multimedia—flashes of light, cracklings of electronic noise, blackouts, silence, all precisely timed—is highly sophisticated. In one dance, Umeda inhabits a computerized
Name: Shanta Thake Title/Occupation: Director of Joe’s Pub / Presenter Organization/Company: Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater URL: www.joespub.com 1.Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Santa Claus, Indiana. Seriously. Moved to New
Apropos of the comment discussion going on below some good reading on innovation and cultural capital is this report from Lord Cultural Resources.
Don’t miss the 2009 Site-Specific Performance Symposium: Space, Theatrical Intervention, & Innovation Curated by: Bertie Ferdman, Gulgun Kayim, & Frank Hentschker May 14-16, 2009 at MESTC/Graduate Center at CUNY: In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in the use of non-theatre spaces
Okay print media – how about this: Why don’t you start operating like NPR? Offer high quality news and information to the public, for free, as a non-profit enterprise? The main alternative, I guess, is to charge what it actually costs – which would create
For those of you who don’t know, Culturebot is not a paying gig. (Yet.) I do it as a side project – one of many – while for my day job I work at a foundation in the Jewish world. It is less exciting than
Temporary Distortion is seeking a volunteer intern for its current work in progress, Americana Kamikaze (US Premiere: Performance Space 122, New York 10/09. European Premiere: EXIT Festival, Paris 03/10). The intern will provide administrative support for the company in areas such as publicity, fundraising, and
i’m on the internet. from the plane. i love the future.
Sci Fi Screening Room: ROBOT Night! @ UNDER St. Mark’s 94 St. Mark’s Place, btw 1st Ave and Avenue A L train to 1st Ave, F/V to 2nd Ave, N/R/W train to 8th St, 6 train to Astor Pl. Wednesday May 20th @ 7:00 PM
Sci Fi Screening Room: ROBOT Night! @ UNDER St. Mark’s 94 St. Mark’s Place, btw 1st Ave and Avenue A L train to 1st Ave, F/V to 2nd Ave, N/R/W train to 8th St, 6 train to Astor Pl. Wednesday May 20th @ 7:00 PM
JUST GOT THIS EMAIL FROM OUR PAL NICK: “hey hey… i’ve been in the new museum theater space since monday with my collaborators preparing for tomorrow night’s performance of music by Meredith Monk. Travis Chamberlain (whose whole idea this residency was in the first place)
Name: John Scott Title/Occupation:Choreographer, artistic Director Organization/Company: Irish Modern Dance Theatre URL: www.irishmoderndancetheatre.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Dublin, Ireland. My father, leslie, was chief Lighting Designer at the Abbey