Bombs Over Baghdad and Art Over Abu Dhabi
Check it: The Louvre is franchising in Abu Dhabi. No irony, no sarcasm, just reality.
genesis, no and doublethink
Also wrapping up this weekend is Adrienne Truscotts Genesis, No at P.S.122. With delightful and often hilarious performances from Adriennes quirky collaborators (David Neumann, Neal Medlyn, Carmine Covelli and Natalie Agee) this show basically re-creates evolution and the history of humanity from primordial soup
Like An Idiot
Last night we went to see Cristina Moura’s Like An Idiot at Danspace Project, co-presented by 651 Arts. This Brazilian choreographer/dancer delivers a compelling solo this is very physical, very emotional and often magical. She moves wonderfully and most of the more theatrical parts work
Turn On Your Love Light. For Reals.
Well the sun is shining, theres the scent of hope and renewal in the air and I can feel the lysergic tingle in my veins, the vibrating cosmic come-on of Spring. Back in the olden days, from about 1983-1990, thisd be the time of year
NYC Theatre Spaces and More
This just in on the handy-dandy space-finding sites of NYC Performing Arts Spaces. NYC Performing Arts Spaces has launched nycTheatreSpaces.org, the free online resource of New York City rehearsal and performance spaces suitable for actors, playwrights, directors, producers and theatre companies. Plays, musicals, literary readings,
Annie Sprinkle Exposed!
Annie Sprinkle & Elizabeth Stephens Make Love Off-Broadway in EXPOSED: EXPERIMENTS IN LOVE, SEX, DEATH & ART Limited Engagement runs April 26 – May 12 After a nine year absence, porn star-turned-performance artist and sex scholar Annie Sprinkle makes her long-awaited return to Off-Broadway. Sprinkle,
CETACEA
CETACEA – a new work by sound artist Michael Fahres, that merges dolphin sounds recorded at the dolphinarium in Duisburg, Germany, with the rhythms of six Senegalese percussionists. It was performed last week at Experimental Intermedia, and in this presentation Michael will talk about his
OPEN CALL for TEN
ASIAN AMERICAN ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF ALL TYPES SOUGHT for TEN a staged reading of brand new ten-minute plays by CARLA CHING, JULIA CHO, ANDREW CHU, MICHAEL GOLAMCO DAVID HENRY HWANG, MRINALINI KAMATH, CHIORI MIYAGAWA QUI NGUYEN, A. REY PAMATMAT, and SUNG RNO Produced and
sort of gossip, sort of performance, totally awesome
Check this out: Megan Metcalf, a NYC-based artist, has pledged not to buy ANYTHING in 2007. Read all about it in her blog. (and those are just “the rules,” to learn more click the link at the right for “Fix”)
genesis, no!
Downtown darling and Wau-Wau sister Adrienne Truscott will be bring her new dance-stravanganza Genesis, no! to P.S.122 next week. For a little preview of the work-in-progress go check this out on YouTube. Neal Medlyn in his underwear! Carmine Covelli full clothed! Will wonders never cease?!
Irish Modern Dance Theatre
Last night we saw IMDT’s opening night at P.S.122. Good stuff. Thomas Lehmen’s “it is better to…” is a sly, funny dance piece in which the movement patterns and phrases are motivated by the dancers completing the sentence “it is better to…” in surprising and
A Generous Solipsism -or- So Much Reality, So Little Time
Wake Up Mr. Sleepy! Your Unconcious Mind is Dead! is the newest Foreman extravaganza appearing at the Ontological Theater at St. Mark’s Church. If you didn’t like Zomboid, go see it. If you did like Zomboid, go see it. Basically, just go see it. (below