Curated by Jane Catherine Shaw Deadline: Saturday, September 15, 2018 Performances: Sub-Aquatic Suitcase Adventures by Eva Lansberry / Eva Cranky Pantz Lonely by Evolve Puppets (Tanya Khordoc & Barry Weil) Nautilus Free Lossy by Connie Fu The Puppet Master by Roseanna Zerambo Stranger 2 by Jeongyun Lee Aricama Programming Ceremony by Maria Camia / Aricama […]
Step into the alluring cabinet of marionettes and allow them to transport you to a place of pure wonder. This cabinet of curiosities illuminates the universal connection between all things, illustrating a world of oneness between art, history, nature and science. Puppeteers Alice Therese Gottschalk, Raphael Mürle, and Frank Soehnle, all disciples of the internationally-renowned […]
By Visual Expressions Directed by Hua Hua Zhang Inspired by a classic Chinese poem, Tian Wen is an experimental puppetry performance featuring living sculpture, stylized movement, and live music. The individual pieces – or dreams – explore the differences in feelings, concerns, and behaviors between East and West that Hua Hua Zhang has observed during […]
Workshop Leader: Federico Restrepo About the Program “Studies in Puppet Form,” conducted by Federico Restrepo, introduced seniors to the use of puppetry in dance. Participants learned how to use the body and puppetry to communicate character and action, and improve body control and body language. They collaboratively developed a short puppet and movement performance that highlights […]
Choreography and Performance by Maureen Fleming Presented by La MaMa and Irish Arts Center A world premiere work by acclaimed dance artist Maureen Fleming, Wildflowers, a feminine genesis is a sensuous celebration of mystical femininity. Surreal movement poetry creates mesmerizing visual theatre in this interdisciplinary movement piece, inspired by the lush symbolism of Irish poet […]
Presented by La MaMa with co-commissioning support from ASU Gammage Written by Aaron Landsman A Workshop Presentation Language Reversal is a new collaboration between US theater artist Aaron Landsman and Serbian collective Kulturanova, about resistance and translation, performed in two places at once. Language Reversal will be presented in-progress, with interactive live-feeds from artists and […]
Created by Gunnar Montana In association with Howl! Arts Gunnar Montana Productions will once again channel their unparalleled powers of spatial transformation to create KINK HAÜS, a brutal underground nightclub where no f*cks are given, and fierceness is always welcome. KINK HAÜS is not for the faint of heart, and will depict the raw, dark and sometimes outlandish sexual journey inside […]
Sponsored By Nobody Written & Directed by Kevin Doyle Co-Directed by Mike Carlsen Lighting Design by Rob Lariviere Composer: Jesse Gelaznik “The AЯTS is studded with thought-provoking shards of dialogue…aided by lots of video (designed by Wilson McGrory) and five fine actors who channel many voices…” -Laura Collins-Hughes, The New York Times “Sponsored By Nobody is looking […]
Opera’s greatest rivals, or Opera’s greatest co-workers? Mozart and Salieri simultaneously served as important musicians in the Viennese Court Theater for years in the late 18th century, alongside their colleague, librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. This year, we tell the story of two of opera’s most famous rivals (or most productive colleagues!). Don Giovanni, Mozart’s iconic operatic #metoo tale […]
PROTOTYPES is a collection of short form works, a dozen dances carried from idea to completion in a brief period of time. The dances are collective brainstorms, sudden flashes of inspiration, wacky ideas, experiments in ways of working and collaborating. The evening includes eight dances by Susan Marshall with various collaborators, and works by Luke […]