Month: September 2009

  • Beyond Gaga

    In the past few years Israel has consistently produced some of the most exciting, innovative and unexpected choreographers working in the field today. As a result, contemporary dance is one of Israel’s most respected and innovative exports. Under the influence of Ohad Naharin’s signature movement language gaga and the worldwide success of the Batsheva Dance…

  • Passion Project Returns

  • NAJP SUMMIT @ PRELUDE

    In concert with Prelude Festival 09: Ecologies, Economies, and Engagement, The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center is thrilled to partner with the USC Annenberg School of Communication as they host A National Summit on Arts Journalism. At a time when both the art and business of arts journalism are undergoing transformative change, the Summit will…

  • PRELUDE IS NEARLY UPON US

    Dear Prelude Festival friends, Prelude 09: Economies, Ecologies, and Engagement is nigh! This is your invitation to our opening night extravaganza, which lands this coming Wednesday, September 30th. We’ll be hosting an artists reception beginning at 5:00pm at the Segal Theatre (365 Fifth Avenue @ 34th Street) with wine and light bites- to be followed…

  • Cupola Bobber Opens PS122

    Last night took us to P.S.122 for the season opener, Chicago’s Cupola Bobber in Way Out West, The Sea Whispered Me. It was a fitting start to what is, I think, P.S.122’s 30th season, and Vallejo Gantner’s fifth as artistic director. Changes abound – no more programs, brochures or postcards as the venue makes a gesture…

  • Let's Get Small

    I’ve been thinking about this a lot and thinking about the ideas I laid out in some of my previous essays here. After going to the ERPA presentations and also reflecting on my work with various innovation projects I am inspired to reiterate what seems to be at the very heart of the matter – let’s…

  • PRELUDE 09

    Just a reminder to save the date for PRELUDE 09! September 30-October 3, 2009. It is going to be great. Check out the new website! http://www.preludenyc.org/

  • Dances with Horses

    For sheer unexpectedness and art that comes at you completely out of left field I bring you, The Equus Projects and “Dances With Horses”:

  • OurGoods.org

    I just got back from The Field‘s presentation of its ERPA projects, A Public Display of Invention. Very interesting stuff and a wide range of ideas. Of all the projects, though, I was particularly intrigued by this new barter site for artists called OurGoods.org. According to the site: OurGoods is a peer-to-peer online network that facilitates…

  • Five Questions With Nova Ren Suma

    Name: Nova Ren Suma Title/Occupation: fiction writer, author of DANI NOIR (http://daninoir.com) Organization/Company: self URL: http://novaren.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? When I was a kid, we flung ourselves between the states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, but I mostly grew up…

  • Jennifer's Body

    Anybody who knows me (Andy) knows my love of teen girl flicks from Valley Girl to Clueless to Mean Girls and beyond. Well, Jennifer’s Body, despite the flogging it has received in the press, is a masterpiece of the genre. I mean, how can you not love a movie where the lead character gets sacrificed…

  • Studies in Whimsy and Flesh: dear peter, love nora @ 100 Grand, August 28

    Peter Chamberlin and Nora Petroliunas share a sense of rigor in their separate dances. The concert they shared also displayed a sense of creative whimsy.