Books: The Theatre of Richard Maxwell and the New York City Players
The theatre of Richard Maxwell and the New York City Players has received significant international recognition over the past ten years. The company has received three OBIEs, for House (1999), Drummer Wanted (2002)…
Highlights: Crossing the Line September 17-October 16, 2011 (NYC)
This fifth edition of Crossing the Line presents diverse and dynamic new work from significant artists who are revolutionizing artistic practices on both sides of the Atlantic. The Festival takes you from Central Park and Museum Mile to an historic Gilded Age-era mansion, as well as to some of the city’s most notable arts venues. Curated around three principal program perspectives—Fiction & Non-Fiction; Lecture/Performance series; and Endurance/Resistance/Inspiration—the Festival invites you to re-imagine your world.
Featured: Getting Out of Bed with Richard Foreman from Blip.tv
Storytelling is, among other things, the art of regulating the flow of information shared with an audience. Playwright Richard Foreman is a foremost master of this art, withholding much that makes our world…
Opportunities: IMPACT11//An interactive symposium in 3 episodes in 3 days (Germany)
Call For Participants: This is the seventh year in which the interdisciplinary symposium IM PACT has invited artists, practitioners, theoreticians and advanced students in the fields of dance, theatre, performance, visual arts, new…
Opportunities: Seeking Male Performer for September Performance Installation (NYC)
Multi-disciplinary artist seeks MALE PERFORMER for upcoming collaborative performance installation at P.P.O.W. Gallery. One night, two-hour event includes conceptualization of themes including Egyptian initiation ritual and go-go worship. Installation incorporates costuming, live sound,…
Featured: Branch Nebula (Australia)
For the last decade Branch Nebula have been developing distinctive, hybrid movement-based performance combining dance, theatre, acrobatics, music and design to create powerful and visceral experiences for audiences. Their latest major ensemble work Sweat premiered at Performance…
Contemporary Performance Update – August 22, 2011
Contemporary Performance Update – August 22, 2011 Welcome to this week’s network update. We hope all your projects are going well and would love to hear from you on their progress. A few…
Highlights: Noorderzon Festival (Groningen, Netherlands) August 18-28, 2011
The Noorderzon has grown from a small scale culture festival into an internationally-profiled cultural event, spanning eleven days and receiving upwards to 135.000 visitors. In 2001 Mark Yeoman was appointed as director and…
Featured: Michel Groisman (Brazil)
The Brazilian action artist Michel Groisman stages his own body in sculptural motion-pictures designed for art galleries and museums. With the machines he constructs, he relates the movements of parts of his body…
Open Application For Hybrid Body / Simultaneous Presence in San Francisco 9/5-9/2011
As part of the creation and presentation of the US premiere of THE PEOPLE in San Francisco, Big Art Group is offering a free 5 day workshop in the company’s training and compositional…
Books: Eroticism and Death in Theatre and Performance
Exploring a range of topics, including Greek tragedy, Shakespearean theater, contemporary British plays, opera, and the theatricality of Parisian culture, this compilation provides new perspectives on the relationship between Eros and Death…
Highlights: Tanz Im August 8.12- 8.28, 2011 (Berlin, Germany)
Tanz Im August 8.12- 8.28, 2011 (Berlin, Germany) Highlights ROBERT AND MARIA Maria Hassabi & Robert Steijn FOTO Antoine Tempe Maria Hassabi, a New York-based choreographer and performer, is known for her works’…
