November 2010 Blog Posts (13)

In Performance: Jack Ferver’s Rumble Ghost at PS 122 (NYC)

Jack Ferver

Rumble Ghost

PS 122

Wednesday, December 8 – Sunday, December 12, 2010

Wednesday – Saturday at 8PM,

Sunday at 6PM, LATE SHOW: Saturday at 10PM

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Added by Contemporary Performance Network on November 29, 2010 at 9:45am — No Comments

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

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Added by Caden Manson (Network Curator) on November 28, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

In Performance: The Wooster Groups' Version of Tennessee Williams' VIEUX CARRÉ (U.S. premiere)

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Added by Contemporary Performance Network on November 26, 2010 at 8:48am — No Comments

Books: Certain Fragments: Texts and Writings on Performance

Certain Fragments is an extraordinary exploration of what lies at the heart of contemporary theatre. Written by the artistic director of Forced Entertainment, acknowledged to be 'Britain's most brilliant experimental theatre company'( Guardian), Certain Fragments investigates the processes of devising performance, the role of writing in an interdisciplinary theatre, and the influence of the city on contemporary art…

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Added by Contemporary Performance Network on November 21, 2010 at 6:26pm — No Comments

Featured: Alain Buffard (France)

Alain Buffard started dancing in 1978 with Alwin Nikolaïs at the Centre national de danse contemporaine in Angers. He danced in several productions from Brigitte Farges and Daniel Larrieu, as well as Régine Chopinot, Philippe Decouflé. He realizes a choreography for two plays with Marie-Christine Georghiu, accompanied by the Rita Mitsuko rock group, a first solo Bleu nuit in 1988, and Wagner's… Continue

Added by Contemporary Performance Network on November 18, 2010 at 4:42am — No Comments

Dress Warmly

We work on: You can´t rely on Money. Often you can´t not rely on human Relationship, also. So get together, find you solidarity, dress warmly. A collaborative Project of the group Theater im Bahnhof. Graz.

Out on: 26. th November 2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFfvvTI9k8A

Added by Ed. hauswirth on November 17, 2010 at 12:57pm — No Comments

Featured: The Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

The Lia Rodrigues Companhia de Danças was founded in 1990, by the choreographer Lia Rodrigues, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The company has built a solid reputation and has been invited to perform its repertoire in important festivals and dance institutions around Brasil and foreign countries. Besides its artistic productions the company gives classes, conferences and workshops toward beginners and… Continue

Added by Contemporary Performance Network on November 15, 2010 at 12:14am — No Comments

Epipiderme 12 - Lisbon - Performance Event - 17 Nov 21.30PM - Fábrica da Cultura

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Added by Paulo Raposo on November 10, 2010 at 7:43am — No Comments

In Performance: Samuael Topiary -Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (NYC)

NOVEMBER 11-20

SAMUAEL TOPIARY, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

ABRONS ARTS CENTER

466 Grand St, New York, NY 10002

Tickets: abronsartscenter.org

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus is a new, evening-length, solo performance by Samuael Topiary that explores western culture’s relentless compulsion to tempt fate and reach beyond our human… Continue

Added by Contemporary Performance Network on November 10, 2010 at 3:14am — No Comments

Producer's Cloud New TTINLA blog post

Hey folks,

Here's my new blog post about my friend's new gallery in Los Angeles:

http://ttinla.blogspot.com

TTINLA

Added by Treiops Treyfid on November 8, 2010 at 3:14am — No Comments

THE MULTILANGUAGES OF THE ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE: THIS YEAR ALSO VIDEOART AND PERFORMANCE

The attention to the different expression languages of visual arts is one of the main features of the International Prize Arte Laguna. The fifth…

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Added by artelaguna on November 5, 2010 at 7:30am — 1 Comment

Books: Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure

What does it mean to "fail" in performance? How might staging failure reveal theatre’s potential to expand our understanding of social, political and everyday reality? What can we learn from performances that expose and then celebrate their ability to fail?

In Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure, Sara Jane Bailes begins with Samuel Beckett and considers failure in performance as a hopeful strategy. She examines the work of internationally acclaimed UK and US experimental… Continue

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In Performance: Alligators! Curated/directed by Ieva Miseviciute and Michael Portnoy (Amsterdam)

Primal Virtuosos, Vague Mime, Lunging Non-Moments, That Whole Active/Passive Thing, Sickening Cognitive and Contextual Shifts, and People Who Look Like Boxes standing next to People Who Look Like Tables!