Category: Etcetera
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In FOR MORGAN, Nicky Paraiso Remembers and Reminds Us That Art Is Dangerous
As he stepped up to his piano at the beginning of For Morgan, Nicky Paraiso looked out the intimate audience at Pangea restaurant. “It feels like family in here,” he said. Sometime in the fall of 2023, Morgan Jenness (she/they) told Paraiso that she wanted Paraiso to sing and perform an evening-length cabaret for her…
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THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH IS THE: A Conversation with Hallie Chametzky on Gertrude Stein and Nuanced Reckonings
I was sixteen in 2016, when Trump was elected for the first time. I went to the March for Our Lives in Boston. I fastened witty political buttons to my denim jacket. I put “activist” in my internet profiles, right next to “dancer” and “artist.” I’d been online for years, so I knew the importance…
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Anne Imhof “DOOM: House of Hope” at Park Avenue Armory
It’s very easy to feel small, to feel helpless. But even in the midst of this dark time, we have the capacity to be present with each other, and through caring for each other when we are in pain, suffering, and fearful, to redeem ourselves and our sinful world.
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Elevator Repair Service’s GATZ returns to The Public
In one night, you are allowed to experience the character’s thoughts and emotions in real time, and truly imitate the feeling of working an entire 9-5 shift.
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What happens in the pause? PAGEANT Presents: Cavity by Amelia Heintzelman with Dorothy Carlos
Last November, after dancing together in Alexa West’s Occasion, occasion, occasion at the 2023 Performa Biennial, Amelia Hientzelman asked me if I’d like to do some dramaturgy for her. We sat at a bar in Ridgewood and had a conversation, most of which I have forgotten, but I do remember her saying when creating dance,…
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Gaps and Loops: Richard Foreman in conversation with Travis Just and Kara Feely (Object Collection)
Richard: Loops are mankind’s greatest invention. [laughs]
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The Rites of Night: When Dance Heals in Communion
In the dark, anticipatory hush after the house lights go down, five male performers enter the stage at New York Live Arts and sit in a circle – an ancient configuration for ritual and the primary form for choreographer Ismaël Mouaraki’s Le sacre de Lila. The performance, presented in partnership with L’Alliance New York’s Crossing…
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New York City’s God-Shaped Holes in Ian Reid’s “Heaven is a place in the sky”
Purchase tickets to Ian Reid’s Heaven is a Place in the Sky, running September 3-8 at The Tank! Friends premiered almost 30 years ago exactly, on September 22nd, 1994. Its omnipresence is well-documented. My boyfriend’s parents used to live within walking distance of The FRIENDS Experience, the tourist trap that seems to consist entirely of…
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A Conversation with “Sex and the Abbey” Playwright Diana Ly
Recently, the playwright Diana Ly and I spoke about her philosophical, funny, tender, deeply felt, “medieval miniature” (Helen Shaw, The New Yorker) play Sex and the Abbey, which runs at The Brick through September 7th. Directed by Emily Lyon and produced by The Brick, The Omnivores, and The Sống Collective in association with Wiley Water…
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The Inner-Inarticulate of KARA & EMMA & BARBARA & MIRANDA
Through their inner-experience, we see that the women’s profound losses and fears are surrounded by decidedly mundane and glancing frustrations – the very kind that eat away at all of our sense of agency but are the stuff of the everyday absurd
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Highly Produced Punk Chaos in Alex Romania’s FACE EATERS
One of the work’s most shocking accomplishments is that, despite the intense volume, confounding poetic ramblings, disturbing vibes, and depressing inspiration, the audience loves it.
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Some Thoughts on Cultural Asset Mapping
Building arts and culture infrastructure? Here are some lessons learned from a community-based cultural asset mapping initiative in South Los Angeles.