September 2010 Blog Posts (19)

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Books: Participation (Documents of Contemporary Art)

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Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 24, 2010 at 3:10pm — No Comments

MARTHA MOORE: Workshop „Making Movies - Sweded Samourai Reloaded“, November 15-20, 2010, Schwelle 7, Berlin



Sweded Samourai Reloaded



5 day intensive workshop with Martha Moore





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Monday-Friday, November 15-19th, 2010



Workshop daily from12 am - 6 pm



Participants Performance: Friday, November 19th, 8:30 pm…



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Added by Jan on September 24, 2010 at 6:21am — No Comments

Featured: A.K. Burns and A.L. Steiner – Community Action Center (NYC) NSFW

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Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 23, 2010 at 10:08am — No Comments

In Performance: “WINGING IT” IN HIGH HEELS AND A BLINDFOLD: A Discussion with Ishmael Houston-Jones, Mark Russell, Terry Fox, and Lucy Sexton (NYC)

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Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 22, 2010 at 9:22am — No Comments

In Performance: Lola Arias and Stefan Kaegi – CIUDADES PARALELAS / PARALLEL CITIES

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Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 21, 2010 at 7:35am — No Comments

The Quiet Volume w. Tim Etchells / The Bench w. Glen Neath



The Quiet Volume, a collaboration with Tim Etchells, has opened here in Berlin in English and German at the incredible new library pictured below. The piece is…
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Added by Ant Hampton on September 20, 2010 at 6:59am — 1 Comment

Tableau Vivant of the Delirium Constructions at the Dumbo Arts Festival

Join me and my team as we bring together the implausible in a contemporary spin on the classic tableau vivant. 35 models, including strings and a Cappella singers, will enliven powerHouse Arena during the Dumbo Arts Festival. Panel discussion with special guests Noemie LaFrance, Mashinka Firunts, Ben Schneiderman and Jill Sigman to follow. This event is free and open to the…
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Added by Sarah Small on September 17, 2010 at 1:30am — No Comments


Regional Editor Accepting Proposals on a Rolling Basis for Brooklyn Independent Subsidized Space for Performances

Accepting Proposals on a Rolling Basis for Brooklyn Independent Subsidized Space for Performances

Surreal Estate is currently offering rehearsal and performance packages for 2011 in a good sized semi-raw space in the starving-artist haven of Bushwick, Brooklyn. 2 blocks from the Morgan L train, 1 block from restaurants, galleries, coffee shops, and the green gym. International artists very welcome, we have rooms upstairs and the cozy and cheap loft hostel is right around the corner.… Continue

Added by Esther M. Neff on September 15, 2010 at 11:19am — No Comments

Featured: Richard Maxwell and The New York City Players (NYC)

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Richard Maxwell is a playwright and director living in New York. Maxwell studied acting at Illinois State University. In Chicago, he was a founder of the Cook County Theater Department. He is now the artistic director of New York City Players and a resident writer at New Dramatists. In addition to his Guggenheim Fellowship, Maxwell has won an OBIE Award, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant, and the Best in Festival Award at Zürcher Theater… Continue

Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 15, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

In Performance: Romeo Castellucci / Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio - The Divine Comedy

Romeo Castellucci / Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio - The Divine Comedy

If The Divine Comedy is a text that has accompanied Romeo Castellucci since his adolescence, he does not show a literal “adaptation” of it. His work is inspired by this text, as he writes in his working notes: “Read, reread, dilate, hammer at and study in depth The Divine… Continue

Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 14, 2010 at 10:49am — No Comments

In Performance: Hotel Pro Forma (Denmark) Tomorrow, in a year

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The world seen through the eyes of Charles Darwin forms the basis for the performance Tomorrow, in a year. Theatre production company Hotel Pro Forma’s striking visuals blend with pop-duo The Knife’s ground-breaking music to create a new species of electro-opera.



© Claudi-Thyrrestrup



An opera singer, a pop singer and an actor perform The Knife’s music and…
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Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 11, 2010 at 10:05am — No Comments

Featured: Goat Island (Chicago, USA)

Goat Island is a Chicago-based collaborative performance group. In summer 2005 the company restructured itself where there are now two distinct layers of membership, which is defined by Core and Associate. Core members are Karen Christopher, Matthew Goulish, Lin Hixson (director), Mark Jeffery, Bryan Saner, and Litó Walkey. Associate members are Cynthia Ashby, Lucy Cash (formerly Lucy Baldwyn), CJ Mitchell, Judd Morrissey,… Continue

Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 9, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Featured: Mapa Teatro (Bogota, Columbia)

One of the foremost artistic companies in Colombia, Mapa Teatro has been producing theater, performance and art installation projects since 1984. Founders and directors, Rolf and Heidi Abderhalden have created a wide ranging repertoire of theater, opera, mixed-media performance, and site-specific installation. Their work proposes richly textured visual metaphors in which they consider often complex psychological, social and political… Continue

Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 8, 2010 at 5:56pm — No Comments

BARBARA DUKAS: Workshop „Where the Voice Inhabits...“, Oct. 29 - 31, 2010, Schwelle 7, Berlin



Where the Voice Inhabits...



3 day intensive workshop with Barbara Dukas





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Friday-Sunday, October 29 - 31, 2010



Friday 6-10 pm



Saturday 10-6 pm



Sunday 10-6 pm…





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Added by Jan on September 7, 2010 at 10:33am — No Comments

Books: 39 Microlectures: In Proximity of Performance

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Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 7, 2010 at 8:51am — No Comments

HIghlights: Prelude NYC 2010

PRELUDE.10 asks a blunt question that straddles funding, audience and disciplinary tensions pervasive in our contemporary performance sector: “Why Does Live Matter?” What is its purpose? How do we measure its value to individuals, to communities, and to that collector of the dead - History? Three themes over three days drive our investigation: Communication, Provocation, and Simulation.



Since live art is as much about the audience as it is… Continue

Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 5, 2010 at 6:13pm — No Comments

Highlights: Philadelphia Live Arts Festival 2010 (Philadelphia, USA)

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Philadelphia Live Arts Festival 2010 September 3-18, 2010



A collection of the world’s best contemporary performing artists energize Philadelphia audiences each year during the Philadelphia Live Arts Festival. Selected by Nick Stuccio, the Festival’s Producing Director, about half of these artists are based in Philadelphia, while others come in from across the globe. In 2010, 15 Live Arts… Continue

Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 3, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Highlights: De Internationale Keuze 2010 (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

De Internationale Keuze

September 9 - October 9, 2010

Rotterdam, Netherlands



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This international festival provides visitors with a chance to see a number of special international performances. Some of the productions chosen stand out for their failure to comply with the rules and widely-held opinions of the conventional world of theater. (from the Holland Visitors… Continue

Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 2, 2010 at 10:27am — No Comments

Featured: Alessandro Sciarroni (Italy) NSFW

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In 2007 Alessandro Sciarroni undertook his first creation as an independent artist. The performance entitled “Your girl” was selected and took part in the competition in the final stages of the Dro International Performance Prize, Centrale Fies. The work “If I was your girlfriend”, also in 2007, won the “Germogli” prize, while in 2008 he won the “New Sensibilities” prize with the “If I was Madonna” project. He completed his artistic training from 1998 to 2006,… Continue

Added by Contemporary Performance Network on September 1, 2010 at 8:52am — No Comments

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