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Events: October 2008 September, 2008
November, 2008
January 19 - November 22 Urban Bush Women Les écailles de la mémoire (The scales of memory) (MAP 2005 and 2006), a new dance work created in collaboration between American choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Senegalese choreographer Germaine Acogny and their respective companies, the all-female Urban Bush Women and the all-male Compagnie JANT-BI. September 11 - October 4 HERE Arts Center/Mallory Catlett OH WHAT WAR (MAP 2008) an original music/theater/video mash-up Juggernaut Theatre production conceived and directed by Mallory Catlett in collaboration writer Jason Craig, musical director and composer Lisa Dove, production designer Peter Ksander and video designer Zbigniew Bzymek. HERE Arts Center September 12 - October 10 Jack Straw Foundation Kidnapping Water: Bottled Operas (MAP 2007) is a ceremonial work by composer Byron Au Yong that explores the forced migration and outsourcing of water. Jack Straw New Media Gallery October 2 - October 4 PICA/Holcombe Waller Into the Dark Unknown: The Hope Chest (MAP 2008), a new performance work by Holcombe Waller, comprised of contemporary folk songs presented as a new form of popular art music. On the Boards October 10 - November 1 Fractured Atlas/Rubber Repertory The Casket of Passing Fancy (MAP 2007), an elaborately partitioned original musical created by Rubber Repertory that uses the form of an interactive parlour game to examine the intersections and divergences of artistic elitism and audience desire. Blue Theater October 14 - October 18 ETHEL Truck Stop (MAP 2007), conceived as the musical equivalent of a road trip across America, that explores indigenous ethnic, rural and urban sounds through ETHEL's collaborations with a range of composers/musicians from across the US. Brooklyn Academy Of Music October 15 - October 18 Tickle the Sleeping Giant Inc. Quartet for the End of Time (MAP 2007), a full-evening dance work choreographed by Trajal Harrell for four dancers. Dance Theater Workshop October 21 - November 16 Children's Theatre Company The world premiere of Will Power's Five Fingers of Funk (MAP 2004), a new coming of age funk opera for young audiences. Children's Theatre Company October 22 - November 26 Galeria de la Raza Imperial Silence, A Xicano New Media Opera (MAP 2007), a hybrid performance fuses dark humored animation with Mexican folklore dance, Mariachi music, hip-hop, bossa nova and blues conceived and created by director/librettist, John Jota Leaños, composer Cristóbal Martinez, and the Mariachi ensemble, Los Cuatro Vientos. Oakland, CA October 23 - October 25 The Builders Association CONTINUOUS CITY (MAP 2008), a new work by The Builders Association that explores social networks and the connectivity of our increasingly global society through the lives of one traveling father and his daughter back at home. Walker Art Center October 23 - October 25 The Field for RoseAnne Spradlin Choreographer RoseAnne Spradlin's new work, Blue Liz (MAP 2007) samples imagery, text, and sound from the 1960's to create a moody evocation of a war-time mindset in collaboration with composer Chris Forsyth who performs live. New York, NY October 24 - October 25 Curtain Call Creations/Kate Watson Wallace Car (MAP 2007), a movement installation that takes place in and around a car, created by choreographer Kate Watson Wallace with video installation artist Ricardo Rivera and an ensemble of six Philadelphia dancers. Bryn Mawr College October 25 - October 26 Gametophyte Inc. World premiere of Kisaeng Becomes You (MAP 2008), a multimedia performance collaboration between dance artist Dean Moss and Korean modern and traditional dance choreographer Yoon Jin Kim. The project incorporates music by experimental composer and Korean ex-patriot, Okkyung Lee. Seoul International Dance Festival October 29 - November 16 International WOW The opening of SURRENDER (MAP 2007), an interactive theater event which simulates the training, deployment to Iraq and return of a platoon of soldiers, experienced and enacted by the audience of the show each night. Created by International WOW Company Artistic Director Josh Fox and recently returned Iraq war veteran and author Jason Christopher Hartley. New York, NY October 30 - November 2 The Field/ Young Jean Lee Premiere of THE SHIPMENT (MAP 2007), a hip-hop African-American identity-politics piece written and directed by Young Jean Lee, a Korean-American. Wexner Center for the Arts October 31 - November 23 Autry National Center Native Voices at the Autry National Center presents Salvage (MAP 2007) by Cherokee playwright Diane Glancy, a psychological thriller in which a family struggles to survive the aftermath of a deadly accident. Autry National Center |
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