Month: October 2010
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The Deer House at BAM
Tuesday night we went to see Jan Lauwers and Needcompany’s production of The Deer House at BAM. I had never seen their work before but had heard about them and was excited to see the show. I was not disappointed
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Knight Arts Challenge Opens in Philadelphia
The Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia has officially opened for applications.
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Christian Rizzo Discusses “b.c, janvier 1545, fontainebleau”
An interview with French choreographer Christian Rizzo about his work, the post-modern art of Benvenuto Cellini, and dancer Julie Guibert’s “physical intelligence.”
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Hotel Savoy at Goethe Institut
Hotel Savoy is a theater-for-one promenade piece that hovers between history, memory and fact.
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Malcolm Gladwell, Social Media and the Arts
In a recent New Yorker article on social media, Malcolm Gladwell argues against the conventional wisdom that social media have reinvented social activism. What does that mean for the arts?
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Christian Rizzo’s “b.c, janvier 1545, fontainebleau” at the Kitchen
Christian Rizzo’s solo for dancer Julie Guibert: kind of like a dance version of My Bloody Valentine.
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Creative Placemaking
On September 14, the NEA held a live webcast on the subject of Creative Placemaking, which included a panel discussion on the role of the arts in creating livable, sustainable communities. Video after the jump.
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Why Are We Doing This?: Two Choreographers’ Takes on Our Contemporary Mess
Faye Driscoll’s “There is so much mad in me” and Yasmeen Godder’s “Singular Sensation” both ask hard questions about the cost of our desires.