Performa 07: When Art Doesn’t Quite Work
Roslyn Sulcas and I headed down to the Financial District yesterday to check out Pablo Bronstein’s “Plaza Minuet,” which unfolded over several hours in various public spaces. Apparently it takes more...
View ArticlePerforma 07: Restaging Brings Mixed Emotions
It’s odd to be grateful to have seen a performance yet to feel uneasy about the fact that it is being presented in the first place. On Friday I saw the restaging of “18 Happenings in 6 Parts,” Allan...
View ArticlePerforma 07: Why Dancers Have Left the Galleries
Last night at Anthology Film Archives I saw some never-before-shown taped excerpts from 1972 performances by Grand Union, the seminal improvisational dance group that counted among its members Yvonne...
View ArticlePerforma 07: Surprise and Other Crucial Elements
I was floored to see that Vaughan Rachel, Allan Kaprow’s first wife, responded to my request for thoughts from people who had seen his 1959 happening — and such thoughtful comments, too; I love the...
View ArticleThe Ohio Theater Gets Another 14 Months in SoHo
The Ohio Theater will remain at its longtime SoHo home through August 2010.
View ArticleJoyce Theater Expands Its Studio Space
The Joyce Theater Foundation has leased the former home of the defunct New Dance Group, marking a significant expansion at a time when many dance institutions are struggling to hold their ground.
View ArticleP.S. 1 Welcomes Ann Liv Young
P.S. 1 has a change of heart and decides to allow the performance artist Ann Liv Young back to deliver a lecture after a contentious performance in February ended abruptly with the museum cutting off...
View ArticlePerforma Takes on Bergman
Ming Wong's "Persona Performa" made all kinds of insipid nonsense out of Ingmar Bergman's films.
View ArticleShirin Neshat’s Performa Contribution
Ms. Neshat has created “OverRuled,” a Performa 11 commission that had would-be audience members clamoring on the sidewalk outside the Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet theater in Chelsea.
View ArticleRabih Mroué at Coil Festival: Making Sense of a Mysterious Disappearance in...
“Looking for a Missing Employee,” about the troubling disappearance of a Lebanese government official, is the long overdue and too brief American debut of the actor and director Rabih Mroué.
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