Month: May 2010

  • Will Eno, Brian Eno

    Alastair Macaulay gives Unrelated Solos a mostly good review. However, he misattributes text by Will Eno to Brian Eno. Someone should drop him a line and let him know.

  • Perth Festival seeks Artistic Director

    Okay, here’s a cool job: The Perth International Arts Festival is Western Australia’s premier cultural event with a worldwide reputation for presenting an outstanding annual multi-arts program of the highest international quality. Founded in 1953 by The University of Western Australia, the Perth Festival enjoys the largest ticket buying audience of any international arts festival…

  • The Music of Dave Malloy at Ars Nova

    Uncharted: Dave Malloy Monday, May 24, 2010 at 8pm @ Ars Nova 511 West 54th St. NYC A rusty old tambourine nailbin of a night, with hurt trombones and mournful accordions, rowdy raccoons and sweet honeybees, silhouette charms and whiskey tenors screaming at the rain. Composer Dave Malloy (Beowulf – A Thousand Years of Baggage,…

  • BMCC Tribeca PAC Artist Residency Applications Open

    The Tribeca Performing Arts Center is still accepting applications for their 2010-11 Artists-in-Residence season.  The application deadline has now been extended to June 21, 2010. Beginning in September 2010, the selected artists will have weekly access to their theaters and the opportunity to present during the “Work & Show Festival” in the spring of 2011.…

  • THERE IS AN ELEPHANT IN THIS DANCE at REDCAT

    Readers in Los Angeles should go check out Lionel Popkin’s THERE IS AN ELEPHANT IN THIS DANCE at REDCAT this week/end. From the website: Playing off a comically overlarge plush elephant costume, worn in pieces or whole, this vividly imagined, adroitly executed quartet from Los Angeles dance artist Lionel Popkin looks at how an individual…

  • SoloNova Extends at PS122

    Several of the shows from Terranova Collective’s SoloNova Festival have extended at PS122. W. KAMAU BELL, ERIN MARKEY, AVERY PEARSON, & JESSE ZARITT will continue to perform their shows from May 26-June 6th. I haven’t seen all of them, but definitely take advantage of this opportunity to check out Erin Markey’s funny and touching tour-de-force,…

  • LaMama Moves Benefit June 8

    Just when you thought benefit season was over, LaMama announces its LaMama Moves 2010 Gala celebrating Sara Rudner & Laurie Uprichard. With performances from Rocky Bornstein – Robert Een – Doug Elkins – John Kelly – Jon Kinzel – Jodi Melnick – Rashaun Mitchell – Quarry Film by Meredith Monk – David Neumann – Bill…

  • Unrelated Solos at BAC – Baryshnikov, Paxton and Neumann

    So here’s the thing –  I had never seen Mikhail Baryshnikov dance before. I didn’t realize exactly what that was going to be like. Before I can even get to writing about the evening as a whole I just have to express the sheer wonder of watching Baryshnikov. He doesn’t even have to do anything.…

  • Open Call for Art Projects in Times Square

    The Times Square Alliance seeks letters of interest from arts organizations and artists across disciplines to present contemporary art projects and art events in the public spaces in and around Times Square. In a one-page letter, applicants can propose a single project or series for anytime between September 2010 and December 2012. Artists and arts…

  • Darmstadt Institute June 2-30 at ISSUE Project Room

    ISSUE Project Room Presents the Darmstadt Institute, a festival of interdisciplinary programming including concerts, lectures, workshops, film screenings, and talkbacks which celebrates and critically examines the continuum of the experimental tradition in music and related media. Click here for a full schedule. Highlights for this year’s Institute include an all-star two-day celebration of Anthony Braxton’s…

  • Five Questions for Sarah Kilby

    Five Questions for Sarah Kilby Name: Sarah Kilby Title/Occupation: poet URL: http://sarahkilby.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? Well, I grew up in western North Carolina, in a town called Mt. Airy, and it is at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are…

  • X-YU FESTIVAL May 26-29 at Dixon Place

    Last night we ran into Ivan Talijancic who reminded us about the X-YU Festival at Dixon Place running Wednesday – Saturday, May 26, 27, 28, 29. DP is partnering with Dance New Amsterdam and WaxFactory on the first-ever festival of new dance from the former Yugoslav countries. The X-YU festival will present the U.S. premieres of…