“Shreds, fragments and wreckage are all that remain of the current group show at the University Of Pennsylvania’s Esther Klein Gallery after an “Autonomous Intelligent Artwork” by Philadelphia artist Albo Jeavons invaded and destroyed the exhibition.” From a press release sent out from the Klein
When I ran for mayor over the summer I learned a lot about many issues facing this city of NYC. One of the main things I focused on was low-income housing and how city government communicates with the citizens. I found out you can sign
The Theatre of a Two-headed Calf presents Salon-Saloon #4 on Friday December 16th. Party starts at 8. Performances start at 9. Here’s the line-up: Meredith Drum shows a film Miles Champion reads The Two-headed Calf acts(with David Brooks, Lula Graves, Johnny Klein, Nadia Mahdi and
“THEATER TALK has enlisted a group of up-and-coming, young theater professionals to see and review some of the latest stage productions in the NY Tri-State area.” We welcome the New Theater Corps as the new kids on the arts-blogging block and look forward to reading
To follow up on the previous post about juxtaposing Jennifer Dunning’s article about “black dance” and the artsjournal.com discussion about Europe vs. New York…These are all big ideas that your humble editor is struggling to comprehend and articulate. See below… In many disciplines, not just
“The Ailey troupe and its audiences seem as near to color-neutral as American culture gets these days. The repertory has shifted from what I think of as the wonderful “juice and joy” pieces that once largely defined black dance to choreography that makes fewer allusions
The Center of the Dance World: An Online Public Conversation is up and running over at artsjournal.com. Should be interesting. Participants include Carolelinda Dickey, Performing Arts Strategies, Pittsburgh; David White, former director, Dance Theatre Workshop; Cathy Edwards, Dance Theater Workshop; Wendy Perron, Dance Magazine; Laurie
I can’t quite remember where I most recently had this conversation, but it comes up a lot. I believe it was with a Norwegian at a party last weekend – what is the avant-garde? Is there one? Is the terminology of “avant-garde” or “experimental” useful
Just got an email from DanceNYC that they’re going to have a group blog up next week (for one week only) to debate Gia Kourlas’ article. I don’t want to say that we had that discussion here weeks ago, but, um, we did. Still, if
Sex and Art are the same thing, declared Pablo Picasso; this was one of the greatest chat-up lines ever, from a master of the art. Finally, a scientific survey has proven what everyone has long suspected (which is what scientific surveys ought to do): creative
Thomas Bradshaw’s new work Prophet also opened last week at P.S. 122. The folks from Gothamist came to see it and wrote: “Its supposed to be humorous, and we hope thats the case, otherwise it might be a little too alarming…” Which is a pretty
NØ5 – Norway In New York (at P.S. 122) got off to a great start on Wednesday with zero visibility corp’s “…its only a rehearsal” (see the review in the NY TIMES)! Last night and tonight are Baktruppen (8pm) and Ole Mads Vevle (10pm). Baktruppen