Month: February 2013
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Whites Only (or, WTF is the deal with diversity in the performing arts?)
As Black History Month draws to a close Andy dives recklessly into the arts punditsphere’s diversity conversation clusterf**k.
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Tele-Violet’s “Lady Han” at Incubator Arts Project
Tele-Violet’s Lady Han, which refracts the 15th century Noh drama through the goggles of an Americana fever dream, premiered at Incubator Arts Project this month. The emerging NYC theater company, led by stage director Katherine […]
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Aretha Aoki’s “Las Gravitas” at Danspace Project
Aretha Aoki’s Las Gravitas, a solo about making a solo, ran last weekend at Danspace Project, in a shared evening with Benjamin Kimitch who presented a duet between Julie McMillan and Claire […]
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Culturebot Comes Home to Seattle Thurs., Mar. 7
“Everyone’s a Critic” at On the Boards is our latest iteration of live critical interventions
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THE POLITICS OF CULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THEATER (OR, DEVISE THIS!), Part III
Part III of III, in which Andy discusses in broad strokes the economics of cultural production in theater, its aesthetic implications and hints at its resemblance to large national economic conditions.
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W.A.G.E. Criticizes Documenta 13 Curator Over Unpaid Artists
Amazingly, artists don’t always respond to the chance to work for free with gratitude
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Theatrical Modeling and the Collective Hero: An Interview with Ibrahim El-Husseiny
On the second anniversary of the Egyptian revolution, Hani Omar Khalil talks with playwright Ibrahim El-Husseiny about his evolution as a political artist and the role of theater in the shaping of national discourse
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Thoughts on Robots and Humans
It’s hard to know what to talk about first after seeing a play with robot actors. Last Friday, I saw the Robot Theater Project at Japan Society, a program of […]
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Douglas Dunn’s “Cassations” at Danspace Project
Douglas Dunn’s Cassations, which ran last weekend at Danspace Project, opens with seven multi-colored flower sculptures scattered throughout St. Mark’s sanctuary, which are carried offstage by dancers in yellow ponchos […]
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Following Up: “The Curators’ Piece” at PS 122’s COIL Festival
Editor’s Note: Responses to given shows have a short shelf-life. This is a response to a show that we didn’t originally intend to publish a response to, in fact. Originally, […]
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A Return to “Performance”
Looking anew at unconventional performance through the work of Arturo Vidich, Claude Wampler and Harrison Atelier