Month: January 2010

  • Jeremy Wade "there is no end to more" at Japan Society

    Japan Society Artistic Director Yoko Shioya saw Butoh in Jeremy Wade’s Bessie award-winning duet Glory and, though this was not in his movement background, sent him to Tokyo for research and then brought his work there is no end to more (sight unseen) for its world premiere last month.  Last night, it returned to the…

  • Devoted and Disgruntled This Weekend

    I’m a big fan of Open Space Technology – it is a method for conducting meetings/plenaries that allows the participants to self-direct the content and work to be done. So I’m excited that Phelim McDermott from Improbable is bringing Devoted and Disgruntled to NYC on Saturday, January 16 from 10am-6pm and Sunday, January 17 from 1pm-8pm.…

  • David Neumann "Big Eater" (in-progress) at Hunter College

    So, I’m running through the door at Hunter College late for rehearsal to remount “Rip It Open” (a work I made for PS122 7 years ago with the intention/expectation of NEVER touring it) for a tour to Hawaii (like I’d turn that down just because I’ve “moved on”) and there’s David Neumann running out the…

  • Six Points Fellowship Seeks Emerging Artists In NYC

    Okay so here’s a serious opportunity to do something interesting and get paid.  Basically this is part of where I work during the day and I can say that especially if you’ve never given any thought to anything Jewish, here’s a chance to explore something and get significant support to do it. I know the…

  • On The Boards TV Coming Soon!

    Major breaking news for contemporary Live Art afficionados. According to the On The Boards website: Want to watch that artist you read about in the NY Times on your iPod while flying cross-country? Want to show your aunt in Racine, WI that kick-ass performance by Tanja Liedtke from OtB last spring? Are you too cheap…

  • Half Straddle, Versus, Silver Stars and Invisible Atom

    Saturday evening we went to see three shows – Half Straddle Sings at Home Sweet Home Bar and two shows at Under the Radar – Versus and Silver Stars. It was an interesting and eclectic mix. Half Straddle is a scrappy young company helmed by playwright/director Tina Satter with a decidedly downtown DIY aesthetic. Half Straddle Sings…

  • Miguel Gutierrez "Last Meadow" for American Realness Festival

    After a compelling opening scene in which the powerful Michelle Boulé delivers a grieving and unintelligible monologue into a microphone while slumped over in a chair and dressed in a James Dean blonde wig, blue jeans, white t-shirt and red jacket, the 90-minute Last Meadow ambles for a while.  It’s almost a warm-up for the…

  • Trajal Harrell "20 Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church" (S)

    First: Andy just wrote this but I’m going to post it again and pretend I said all of these things myself:  It is one thing to review shows, it is quite another to follow the work of an artist over time…worthwhile artists deserve multiple visits, in fact they require multiple visits. It is important when…

  • Young Jean Lee's LEAR

    Just got back from an outing to see Young Jean Lee’s LEAR at Soho Rep with Claudia L. and WNYC‘s Performance Club. It was really great to see the show with a group of people and then have such in-depth conversation afterwards. There was quite a diversity of opinion about the show which is, in…

  • FCA announces 2010 Grantees

    The Foundation for Contemporary Arts announced the recipients of its 2010 Grants to Artists program.  Ten unrestricted grants of $25,000 each, a total of $250,000, are to be awarded to artists in the United States and abroad. Selected by the Directors of the Foundation and noted members of the arts community from confidential nominations submitted by…

  • Five Questions for Sylvan Oswald

    Culturebot speaks to playwright Sylvan Oswald.

  • Dublin Fringe Festival Applications Now Open

    Dublin Fringe Festival is now accepting submissions for the 2010 edition of Absolut Fringe, running from 11-26 September. For two weeks in September Dublin will be captivated by theatre, dance, music, visual art, live art and street performance from Ireland and around the globe. We invite you to join us in making it happen. Click…