Month: January 2013
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Good Circulation: Grassroots Exchange Connecting Communities of Practice
Julie Potter explores festivals and DIY exchange networks for connecting communities of practice.
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Mathilde Monnier & La Ribot’s Gustavia at the French Highlights festival
Gustavia was the kind of show that makes me angry. Angry that it’s so good, so unique, so necessary and yet only here in New York for one performance, so […]
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How Do I Make This A Performance?
How Do I Make This A Performance? Most freakin’ hilarious site I have seen in ages. Rarely am I super jealous of sheer comic genius, this is one of those […]
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Other Forces 2013: Julia Jarcho’s “Grimly Handsome” at Incubator Arts Project
“I know your name.” “You do?” “Yeah.” “What is it?” “Guess.” In that charming and creepy flirtation we bear some witness to the seductive, eerie, and violent relations to identity […]
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From Jenn to Maria (30 December, 2012)
Jenn Joy on Maria Hassabi’s “Show” – playing this week at American Realness.
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Big Dance Theater Grab Bag @ Dixon Place
Did you miss Ich, Kurbisgeist at The Chocolate Factory? Curious about what Annie-B, Paul and their ever-evolving band of collaborators are up to? Then make it over to Dixon Place on […]
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The New Aesthetics of Dance & Technology in Taiwan
This year’s Japan Society’s Dance Showcase (January 11 & 12) features a diverse and compelling line-up including Taipei-based choreographer Chieh-hua Hsieh and his company Anarchy Dance Theatre. Offering some context for the work, Culture and Performance scholar Chang I-Wen submitted this essay on the new aesthetics of dance and technology in Taiwan.
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The American Realness of Juggalos
Michael Dwyer contributes this essay on Juggalos and fan culture in the context of Neal Medlyn’s “Wicked Clown Love” at American Realness 2013.
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DNA LateNite’s “other.explicit.bodies” This Weekend
Body-based artists explore notions of other-ness in a pair of showcases curated by Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
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A Response to Edit Kaldor’s “C’est du Chinois” at UtR
It was probably completely predictable that I’d find myself pecking out words at 2:30 in the morning on a Wednesday (Thursday?). That’s how January is, right? Best laid plains and […]
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A Very Female Festival
Can all the ladies in the house say Hell Yes?! Female performance makers – how excited are you about the January festival offerings? This feels like our year! What a plethora […]
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It’s All Emily Johnson
So, over at Culturebot we have a great interview up with Minneapolis choreographer/performer Emily Johnson, whose Niicugni is part of this year’s COIL Festival (she’ll be up at Baryshnikov Arts […]