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Big Art Group in TDR: The Drama Review Winter 2010 Issue

“Image Eaters”, a 36 page article by Jacob Gallagher-Ross about the work of Big Art Group, has been published in this quarters edition of TDR: The Drama Review. Excerpt: Theatre artists keen to investigate the theatrical possibilities of technological image-making must inevitably
November 28, 2010

Books: The Grotowski Sourcebook

The Grotowski SourcebookEdited by Richard Schechner and Lisa Wolford Wylam The influence of Jerzy Grotowski’s work on twentieth century theatre is undeniable. A key player in making his work known wasThe Drama Review, and now, for the first time, 30 years’ worth
October 21, 2010

Featured: Yves-Noel Genod (Paris, France)

Yves-Noel Genod After training as an actor in the school of Antoine Vitez Theatre National de Chaillot, Yves-Noel Genod working with Claude Regy , Francois Tanguy at the Raft Theatre of Le Mans, and Julie Brochen for ‘ The Living Corpse ‘of
August 1, 2010

Featured: Philipp Gehmacher (Austria)

Philipp Gehmacher grew up in Salzburg and in Vienna. In 1993 he went to London Contemporary Dance School where he received a BA in Contemporary Dance in 1996. After the first solo “the mumbling fish” he enrolled for an MA Dance Studies
July 31, 2010

Featured: DD Dorvillier Future Human Dance Corps (USA)

DD Dorvillier is a New York based choreographer, performer, and teacher. In 2003 she and composer David Kean were awarded two Bessies for Choreography and Soundscore of Dressed for Floating (Danspace Project, 2002). Her No Change or “freedom is a psycho-kinetic skill”
July 27, 2010

Highlights: Performance Space 122 Fall Season 2010 (NYC)

d performance community. Over the past 25 years what was once an abandoned school has become one of the world’s leading arts institutions, an esteemed presenter of experimental and alternative performance and a home to countless emerging artists. Located on the corner
July 23, 2010

In Performance: Dedicated to the Revolutions (Canada)

Dedicated to the Revolutions is a show about seven scientific revolutions that a grade eight teacher once said altered the course of humanity: Gutenberg, Copernican, Newtonian, Industrial, Darwinian, Nuclear and Information. Erin Shields, Aimée Dawn Robinson, Chad Dembski Photo: Trevor Schwellnus Six
July 22, 2010

Featured: Dean Moss / Gametophyte Inc. (Brooklyn, USA)

ABOUT: GAMETOPHYTE INC. Gametophyte (ga•me´to•phyt´) the company name is from the greek meaning to marry and to grow. The word refers to the sexual generation of small pioneering plants found world wide that produce in true form neither flowers, fruits nor seeds.
July 15, 2010

In Print: Realtime E-dition July 12, 2010 Online Now (Australia)

Realtime E-dition July 12, 2010 Online Now. RealTime is Australia’s critical guide to international contemporary arts. Its focus is on innovation in performance (live art, experimental theatre, dance, music, sound), photomedia, film, video, interactive media and hybrid arts. The RealTime website offers
July 12, 2010

P4M.Online.Video.Festival.DAY13: Robert Wilson (USA)

Contemporary Performance is hosting an online video festival of performance works and excerpts from 06.14.2010 to 07.02.2010. We’ve curated some of our favorite user submissions and online videos from today’s leading contemporary artists and embeded them here. The videos range in purpose
July 1, 2010

Hebbel Am Ufer (Berlin) Newsletter

INHALT PREMIERE: BIG BANG – REGIE: PHILIPPE QUESNE/VIVARIUM STUDIO, PARISFINALE: X-SCHULENPREMIERE: BIG BANG – REGIE: PHILIPPE QUESNE/VIVARIUM STUDIO, PARIS Philippe Quesnes Inszenierungen „L’Effet de Serge“ (2007) und „La Mélancolie des dragons“ (2008) waren im April 2009 ein großer Publikumserfolg im HAU und
June 30, 2010