Concept, Sound Design, & Visual Design by Nekaa Lab/Sachiyo Takahashi Inspired by abstract visual artists, notably Wassily Kandinsky, Alexander Calder and Otto Piene, Everything Starts from a Dot is an abstract journey of a humble dot presented through Microscopic Live Cinema-Theatre, combining video projection and the presence of moving objects on stage. The story unfolds solely […]
Concept & Choreography by Duda Paiva & Nancy Black Directed by Nancy Black In this new solo work, renowned dancer/puppeteer Duda Paiva draws on his childhood, during which he suffered an illness that blistered his body and left him temporarily blind. His surreal path to healing involved both shamanic and western medicine. Blind transforms this […]
Curated by Jane Catherine Shaw 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 Rest Hour by Jarrett Murray […]
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 […]