Interview

Immersive Theater: In Conversation With Shasta Geaux Pop

In Conversation with Shasta Geaux Pop Interviewed by Terrence I. Mosley The Contemporary Performance Think Tank is organized by Contemporary Performance Network. Each year the Think Tank focuses on a set of topics concerning the fields of Theater and Contemporary Performance and
December 9, 2017

Interview: Mårten Spångberg

This spring, the Swedish choreographer Mårten Spångberg premiered a new performance, The Planet (late at night), created for the exhibition Six Weeks, in Time  at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, on view from March 26–May 8, 2016. The performance was part of
July 4, 2016

Interview: Lars Jan of Early Morning Opera

Lars Jan is a director, designer, writer and media artist, and founding artistic director of Early Morning Opera, the multidisciplinary performance + art lab behind HOLOSCENES, previous works including ABACUS and A SUICIDE BOMBING BY INVITATION ONLY, and the upcoming THE INSTITUTE
January 12, 2016

Interview: the Arab-Hebrew Theater of Jaffa

On the occasion of their USA premiere of EYES, a theatrical-musical journey based on the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, this weekend at Between the Seas Festival, we are discussing with Lily Ovadiah, member of the Jaffa Theater – The Arab-Hebrew Theatre Center.
July 27, 2013

Featured: Sway Youngston (Austin, TX, USA)

Sway Youngston, a recent addition to the Austin, Texas performance art scene, is a founding member of the Houston performance art group, Continuum and has been performing since 2009. She loves to perform nude when possible in an attempt to overcome fear
July 21, 2013

Interview: Y LIVER (Paris)

Artists Rugiada Cadoni and David Liver have worked in the video and performance field for over ten years in Paris. Y Liver is a contemporary art duo created in 1999 by David Liver (born in 1977 in Le Havre) and Rugiada Cadoni
July 19, 2013

Interview: Liisa Pentti and Full Moon Dance Festival

Finnish dancer Liisa Pentti discusses some aspects of contemporary dance, her own work as a dancer and choreographer, as well as her recent position as the artistic director of Full Moon Dance Festival on 21-25th, 07, 2013 (www.fullmoondance.fi). Liisa Pentti is one
July 7, 2013

Melanie Perrier about “Imminence”

Melanie Perrier briefly discusses her piece Imminence (www.cie2minimum.com). Perrier is the founder and co-director of the Research Institute Geste (Laboratoire du Geste http://www.laboratoiredugeste.com), an artist, choreographer, and professor at La Sorbonne. Could you briefly describe your piece Imminence? Imminence is a choreographic
March 21, 2013

Interview: JACKIE by Elfriede Jelinek (NYC)

It is rare that NYC audiences get a chance to experience the intricate, idiosyncratic writing of Austrian Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek – best known from M. Haneke’s film The Piano Teacher. This March the Women’s Project Theater is bringing the
February 18, 2013

Interview: Lina Abiad (Beirut, Lebanon)

A couple of weeks ago, acclaimed Lebanese director Lina Abiad was in New York City to present her new work I.D. as part of Between the Seas Festival of Mediterranean Performing Arts. Written by Amahl Khouri, I.D. is a one-woman show dealing
September 12, 2012
Thom Kubli, Record Attempt

Interview: Thom Kubli (Germany)

This past February, artist Thom Kubli staged his installation and performance piece, Record Attempt, at MARCO (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Vigo) as part of the exhibition Presencia active (curated by Sergio Edelsztein and Kathleen Forde) and his second attempt to set
September 7, 2012