Month: June 2005

  • Melissa Is A Bitch

    Okay. We get a lot of kooky postcards and invitations here at the culturebot offices, but Ann Liv Young’s dance company benefit card caught our eye for its, um, forthrightness. We have never seen their work and have no idea what it’s like. But I’ve got to give them indie street credibility for trying to…

  • Free Puppets

    Was just catching up with Gawker.com to discover a little item about free puppets. Apparently the Puppeteers’ Cooperative is offering to lend you a puppet. A really, really big puppet. hm… If really big puppets aren’t your thing, then head over to St. Ann’s Warehouse to check out Great Small Works 7th Annual International Toy…

  • Performance and Video

    Charles Dennis writes: Dear Friends and Colleagues, Following the success of the “Shoot The Poem” festival at the Bowery Poetry Club last week I want you to know that I’ll be showing new works of performance and video at Dixon Place’s Marquee Theater Wednesday June 15 at 7:30 pm. A host of quest collaborators will…

  • Town Hall Meeting

    Dance/NYC presents a Town Hall meeting on the new ArtistAccess Health Program Monday, June 20th 5:30 – 6:30 DTW’s Bessie Schönberg Theater 219 West 19th Street (between 7th & 8th Avenues) Come and hear firsthand about the new ArtistAccess health program developed by Dance/NYC, DTW and NYFA in conjunction with the Woodhull Medical Center. Learn…

  • Blog Party 2005

    The Blog Party is an organization and network dedicated to exploring the intersection of new media, arts, culture and politics in a playful way by using events, art projects, web initiatives and more to promote the free flow of ideas that is the touchstone of participatory democracy. This week’s Blog Party events include: Thursday, June…

  • Danspace Project Call for Submissions

    Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church is now accepting applications for the DANCE:Access Fall 2006 Season. DANCE:Access is a low-cost self-production series that primarily serves independent choreographers and dance companies. Fall programming spans from September 2006 – December 2006. A more in-depth description is available at www.danspaceproject.org. To apply, please send a letter stating your…

  • Performance Art in China

    The timing for a performance art boom seems exactly right for urban China, which has reached a level of sophistication, affluence and self-absorption that leads naturally to self-reflection and critical analysis. But these are potentially dangerous notions to an authoritarian government. Because performance art is very public, provocative and can start to look like political…

  • 3-Legged Dog Opening

    On June 3 from 6 p.m. util ??? 3-Legged Dog will be having a party with performances to open their temporary exhibition space at 45 John Street b/w Dutch and Nassau, Hosted by the LMCC‘s Swing Space Program. SEE NEW WORKS BY: 3-LEGGED DOG L.E.M.U.R. (THE LEAGUE OF ELECTRONIC MUSICAL URBAN ROBOTS) ARS SUBTERRANEA JEFF…

  • Call for Submissions – Brooklyn Arts Exchange

    BAX/BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE SEEKING DANCE, THEATER, PERFORMANCE WORKS BAX is seeking new dance, theater, or performance works for its 2006 Performance Season. Dates run between January – May 2006. They are seeking work appropriate for the following series: — First Weekends Performance & Discussion Series — The Groundhog Series for Family Audiences — Annual Women’s…