Tag: mdonohue

  • Selective Memory – in progress at Chocolate Factory

    Caught this last night – Brian Rogers, AD of the Chocolate Factory is sharing his latest work-in-progress this weekend. There’s no 7 train – damn the MTA – but figure out how to get out there and have some free wine. I definitely caught that opening feeling of William Eggleston’s “Stranded in Canton” – the…

  • Fresh Tracks at DTW

    Put on my wellies and slogged through the slushfest last night to attend Dance Theater Workshop’s “Fresh Tracks” benefit.  It was well worth it. If this particular program (for this 45-year old series) is an accurate barometer of our current artistic atmosphere, I’d forecast rich days ahead for dance.  I’ll admit, despite being a loyal…

  • DTW Lobby Talk: The Relevance of the University, Part 2

    I’m moderating a follow up to last year’s “Relevance of the University” Lobby Talk. It’s this Tuesday, 7:30 at Dance Theater Workshop – 219 W. 19th St. Panelists include Juliana May, David Neumann, Jana Feinman, Gerald Casel, and hopefully… Susan Marshall. Lobby Talks are more round table than panel, so come and plan to join…

  • "Revolving Twilight" and Abby Man-Yee Chan at The Chocolate Factory

    Last night, video installation artists Lauren Petty and Shaun Irons bid farewell to their multi-channel video and sound installation at The Chocolate Factory with a live performance by NYC/HK dance artist, Abby Man-Yee Chan .  “Revolving Twilight” has been in the basement of the LIC theater since early December and was extended until last night. …

  • mdonohue bio

    I promised Andy I’d send a bio months ago and instead posted a bunch of APAP blog responses. Since I’m in the midst of prepping and touring to Hawaii (yessss), I’m not seeing anything for the next week and half and can take the moment to add some background. I’m a NYC choreographer, artistic director…

  • Jeremy Wade "there is no end to more" at Japan Society

    Japan Society Artistic Director Yoko Shioya saw Butoh in Jeremy Wade’s Bessie award-winning duet Glory and, though this was not in his movement background, sent him to Tokyo for research and then brought his work there is no end to more (sight unseen) for its world premiere last month.  Last night, it returned to the…

  • David Neumann "Big Eater" (in-progress) at Hunter College

    So, I’m running through the door at Hunter College late for rehearsal to remount “Rip It Open” (a work I made for PS122 7 years ago with the intention/expectation of NEVER touring it) for a tour to Hawaii (like I’d turn that down just because I’ve “moved on”) and there’s David Neumann running out the…

  • Trajal Harrell "20 Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church" (S)

    First: Andy just wrote this but I’m going to post it again and pretend I said all of these things myself:  It is one thing to review shows, it is quite another to follow the work of an artist over time…worthwhile artists deserve multiple visits, in fact they require multiple visits. It is important when…

  • LeeSaar The Company "Prima"

    You can’t see everything. It’s a shared anxiety among New Yorkers, right. I mean, I know I can’t see everything – especially with a new full-time position, 2 kids and my own creative efforts. So, I’ve decided that Arts Presenters (and all the subsequent festivals that coincide with it) is my new back up plan…