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Barefoot Soundpainting!
Please come to a barefoot soundpainting jam! Irondale has generously opened their doors to us and we will be playing on the set of Urban Dance Collectives beautiful marlee floor - thus we will be barefoot. YAY! (btw this is a show you should catch at Irondale if you havent already).
Format: Informal - joyful! Bring ideas you would like to try out for a short piece, just come play or bring a palette if you want. If any newcomers show, I can pull them into another room for short primer on basic signs.
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| May 15, 2013: 7-10 pm |
| $5-$10 Suggested Donation for the space/Bar Open (support Irondale by buying a drink!) |
Soundpainting Workshop and Jam
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Brecht Forum |
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451 West St (between Bank and Bethune), New York, NY |
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(212) 242-4201 | | WEBSITE: | |
http://www.brechtforum.org |
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| June 7, 2013: 8:00 PM |
| $5-$15 (Sliding Scale) |
A Benefit for the Irondale Center
Strike Anywhere will improvise a special birthday performance to celebrate Irondale's 30th anniversary. Please join us for a BBQ on the roof and a bevy of fab performances that night.
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| June 8,2013: 4-7pm Rooftop Jazz & BBQ, 7-10pm Performances (Including SA) |
| Rolf Sturm Trio from 4-7PM on the roof! |
Performance/Presentation on SAME RIVER at NET Microfest
Guitarist Rolf Sturm and Artistic Director Leese Walker will share excerpts (live and video) from their interview-based multi-media show SAME RIVER at this year's NETfest. The couple will invite participants into the creative process of the show, sharing how the piece is custom designed to reflect each host community. The performance/presentation will highlight a show that has evolved dramatically over the life of its 3 year tour. Each incarnation of the show has been drastically different sometimes involving community members in the show itself, sometimes building a large visual art installation as part of the show, and always incorporating the words and stories of the local people into the improvised show.
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| "Call it, 'Hydrofracking The Play.' Same River, features dance and improvisation based on interviews of residents in rural communities that have been turned upside down by the controversial gas-extraction method. "
-Brenna Walton, The New York Times
"Strike Anywheres skill at communicating the complexity and pathos of the issue of our water, our way of life, of our relationship to the gas and oil industry infiltrating our neighborhoods was striking. "
-Sabrina Artel, WJFF Radio
" As NY considers drilling as many as 100,000 wells in the watershed for over 16 million people, Same River brings the human stories of those who are in the pathway of this industry to the fore. "
-David LHeureux, Senior Editor, Rodale.com
"Something really cool about this performance was that it intentionally merged theatrical performance and visual art. Before one entered the performance, there was an art installation created by participants in Strike Anywhere's residency at Brooklyn High School for the Arts, as well as art developed in a community art-making day. SAME RIVER is a great example of how interviews can be the basis for a piece that still incorporates many levels of more abstract artistry."
-EllaRose Chary The Civilans Blog
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SAME RIVER RETURNS TO THE SOURCE
Melding live music, modern dance, physical theater, video and visual art, the NYC-based collective Strike Anywhere teams up with NACL Theatre and its local community to present SAME RIVER. Using first person accounts as source material, SAME RIVER is a multi-media improvisation on how the natural gas extraction process known as fracking affects peoples lives. Over the course of three years, SA has conducted dozens of interviews with Pennsylvania residents whose lives have been directly impacted by fracking and New Yorkers whose fate remains in limbo. Strike Anywhere weaves the collected stories into the existing show to create a high-quality, improvised performance with social and political significance. The piece seeks to draw connections, to give voice to multiple viewpoints and to acknowledge that we are all downstream, that the earths water supply is all the same river. A town-hall style discussion will follow each performance.
The SAME RIVER project was initially launched by a 10 day residency and performance at NACL Theatre in 2010. Strike Anywhere returns 3 years later to perform a new round of interviews and to reflect the current state of the community in the improvised show. Community members will be invited to create a large-scale art installation and be part of a soundpainted community chorus as part of the new version of the show.
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NACL Theatre |
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110 Highland Lake Rd , Highland Lake, NY |
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845-557-0694 | | WEBSITE: | |
http://www.nacl.org |
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| September 8, 2013: 4:00 pm |
| "Call it 'Hydro-fracking - The Play'" - NY Times- February 2012
"Same River brings the human stories of those who are in the pathway of this industry to the fore."
Rodale.com - February 2012
Strike Anywheres skill at communicating the complexity and pathos of the issue of our water, our way of life, of our relationship to the gas and oil industry infiltrating our neighborhoods was striking.
-Sabrina Artel - WJFF Radio - August 2010
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Strike Anywhere in Paris For First Annual Soundpainting Festival
SA Members Leese Walker, Rolf Sturm and Rob Henke head to Paris for the first annual Soundpainting Festival. The trio will join Soundpainting inventor Walter Thompson as part of his Soundpainting octet.
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