Month: May 2005

  • A Musical about Killing Animals

    Go check out Banana Bag & Bodice‘s experimental theater double bill Panel . Animal at The Collapsable Hole. Running through June 4. Seriously.

  • Dave is Tense. Very Tense

    Culturebot recommends Tense Dave from Australia’s Chunky Move, currently playing at DTW. We just saw the premiere and it is a fun, spooky, surreal and exciting piece of dance-theater. The official blurb says: Tense Dave is a world filled with psychological intrigue and subversive realities. Set on a continually revolving stage, private spaces are simultaneously…

  • Sens Production Gala

    In April 2004 we posted an interview with choreographer Noemie LaFrance. Over the past year she has been busy on many projects and is currently working a very exciting piece called Agora which will take place in September at the McCarren Park Pool in Williamsburg. The project is described thus: In celebration of the historic…

  • Move Over, Mick Jagger. Uncle Jimmy has plans

    The NYTIMES came and saw Uncle Jimmy’s Dirty Basement. Here’s some quotes: “Uncle Jimmy’s Dirty Basement…just might make rock-theater history. “Hair.” “Hedwig.” “Uncle Jimmy”?” “The band… makes the P-Funk All-Stars look conservative.” “the show cooks with a ferocious energy” “And trust me, when [Uncle Jimmy] says, “I rocked the house. I rocked them,” you will…

  • WAX presents The Bridge

    Williamsburg Art neXus In connection with Arts at University Settlement present THE BRIDGE A works-in-progress movement-theater series featuring: bêsto perfekto Julia May Jonas/Nellie Tinder Red Metal Mailbox/ Piñataland The Compound Eye Tuesday, May 24, 2005 @ 8pm Curated by Sara Juli & Jake Hooker Admission is $12, Reservations recommended at 718-599-7997 184 Eldridge Street (at…

  • Ripe Time Workshops

    Ripe Time is a theatre company devoted to the creation and experimentation with performance that bridges the gap between dance and theatre. This June they will offer several workshops on making performance. Ripe Time Presents: RIPE TIME STUDIO Workshops in Multidisciplinary Performance Work Taught by Ripe Time Company Artists June 2-5, 2005 Registration until this…

  • New Australian Indigenous Voices 2005

    Well-known Australian Aboriginal Actors Rachael Maza, Lisa Maza and Isaac Drandich will appear in: The Australian Aboriginal Theatre Initiative, Malthouse Theatre and IIbijerri Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Theatre Cooperative’s: New Indigenous Voices 2005 Staged Reading Series of new plays by Native American and Aboriginal writers Post-show discussions with playwrights My 23, May 27, May…

  • New York City Ballet Artists’ Night

    A dynamic evening for artists, curated by the Education Department of New York City Ballet on Tuesday, May 31, 2005. Following the performance that night, which features Peter Martins’ Octet, Christopher Wheeldon’s After the Rain, and George Balanchine’s Stravinsky Violin Concerto, we are inviting creative practitioners of all stripes to join us for Wine, Cheese…

  • Young Dance Collective

    Young Dance Collective is a new dance company for young people that is entirely devoted to the artistic growth and exploration of its members. Its members all just happen to be under 13 years old. Serious dance from and for young people. They’ll be doing a new evening of work called ASK. Featuring: The group…

  • HERE at last

    Just got back from All Wear Bowlers (which is easily the best show we’ve seen so far in 2005) at HERE where Executive Director Kristin Marting invited us to stay and have a drink and celebrate. Earlier today HERE became owners of their space – so congratulations to HERE on becoming homeowners!

  • Talking with Radiohole

    Culturebot contributor Lisa Gross conducted the following interview with the members of theater company Radiohole (Erin Douglas, Eric Dyer, Maggie Hoffman and Joe Silovsky). Radiohole is kooky and wild. They make eating fried chicken and guzzling beer the most compelling theater you’ve ever seen. Called “the next Wooster Group” by Time Out and voted “The…

  • Uncle Jimmy

    When downtown art-rock stalwarts Coocoohandler joined forces with James Godwin’ s avant-puppet ensemble The Elementals to create Uncle Jimmy’s Dirty Basement, no-one knew what to expect. Over the past several years of live performances the two groups have fused together to create a unique rock-theater hybrid. The Dirty Basement combines the irreverence of Frank Zappa,…