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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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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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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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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! |
Soundpainting Workshop and Jam
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| VENUE: | |
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) |
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!) |
BIG BIRTHDAY BASH @ THE BRECHT
Sandy knocked out our 15th Anniversary Day of the Dead Fiesta but we are springing back with a soiree of note!
The Tours Soundpainting Orchestra triumphantly returns
to help us celebrate our 15th with panache!
8pm Cocktails, Live Music, Silent Auction & Pop-up Performances
9pm Performances by the Tours Soundpainting Orchestra & Strike Anywhere
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| April 12, 2013: 8:00 PM |
| $35 General Admission / $75 Gen. Admission + Open Bar / Limited $20 Artist Tix |
| Proceeds from the evening will benefit Strike Anywhere's theatrical and educational programs.
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SAME RIVER @ Bucknell University
Melding live music, modern dance, physical theater, video and visual art, Strike Anywhere teams up with Bucknell's Department of Theatre and Dance, the Residential Colleges, and the Environmental Center to present Same River. Using first person accounts as source material, Same River is a multi-media improvisation on Pennsylvania's rush to extract natural gas through the process known as fracking. Over the course of the fall semester, Bucknell students will conduct dozens of interviews with residents whose lives have been directly impacted by fracking. Strike Anywhere will weave the collected stories into the existing show when the professional ensemble and student group unite to revise and perform Same River together. A town-hall style discussion will follow each performance.
Sponsored by The Nature & Human Communities Initiative of the Environmental Center, the Residential Colleges, and the Department of Theatre and Dance.
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Bucknell University - Harvey M. Powers Theatre |
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Coleman Hall on the Academic Quad , Lewisburg, PA |
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570-577-1000 | | WEBSITE: | |
HTTP://www.bucknell.edu/boxoffice |
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| February 2-3, 2013: Saturday at 8:00 PM & Sunday at 2:00 PM |
| FREE! No Tickets Required |
| "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 News 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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December !!FreEpLaY!!
Strike Anywhere's monthly series provides the ensemble with a forum for experimentation. New structures for improvisation, new material can all find their way into a monthly !!FreEpLaY!! Special guests often sit in during the second set. Take a peek into what SA is up to. Come to this month's !!FreEpLaY!!
In December, we will be doing an evening of short soundpaintings at a new venue...JACK! Hope you can make it.
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JACK |
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505 1/2 Waverly Ave , Brooklyn, NY |
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www.jackny.org |
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| December 9, 2012: 7 PM |
| $10 |
| "Untidy gray areas exist in the way we experience art - between artist and composition, between audience and performance, between painting and music and poetry and dance, between structure and chaos. ...Smack in the middle of this in-between-ness lives the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble." - Carlton Wilkinson, Asbury Park Press |
SOUNDPAINTING WORKSHOP
Strike Anywhere's Artistic Director, Leese Walker will teach a workshop in Soundpainting. SOUNDPAINTING is the live composing sign language for musicians, dancers, actors, poets, and visual artists working in the medium of structured improvisation. The language was created by New York composer Walter Thompson and the Walter Thompson Orchestra. Walker has worked with the WTO since 1997 and was the first actor invited into the W.T.O. to adapt the language for actors. At present the language comprises over 1000 gestures that are signed by the composer/conductor indicating the type of improvisation desired of the performers. Soundpainting is a sculpting tool. It allows a conductor to shape group improvisations in ways that were never previously possible. The language is great to introduce young students to the art of improvisation in a fun, safe way. It is equally useful with a group of professional skilled performers. Open to actors, dancers, poets, musicians, educators and others who are curious. Bring an instrument if you play and clothes to move in. Workshop will happen 7-9PM. Jam at 9PM for anyone familiar with the language.
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| VENUE: | |
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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| December 7, 2012: 7PM WORKSHOP 9 PM JAM |
| $15 suggested To reserve: office@strikeanywhere.info or 212 875-7476 |
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November 12, 2012 :
Workshops
- Lewisburg, PA
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Inter-disciplinary Performance: A workshop for dancers, actors and musicians
In this workshop, Strike Anywhere will share an array of exercises which foster clear communication and trust across artistic disciplines. Participants will craft short performance pieces based on interview material gathered for Strike Anywhere's current show, SAME RIVER, an interview-based show about fracking and its effects on communities. Musicians should bring their instrument and everyone should wear comfortable clothing to move in.
PLEASE NOTE: Strike Anywhere will be casting for its February production of SAME RIVER from the master class. The show is a professional touring production that incorporates new interview material from each local community that it visits. For the Bucknell production, a small student ensemble will be assembled to join SA's professional cast. Students may take the master class who do not wish to participate in the production. Those who wish to be considered for the production will be asked to meet one-on-one for an interview on Tuesday 11/13/12 and to meet with the full student team on Wednesday night 11/14/12.
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Bucknell University - Harvey M. Powers Theatre |
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Coleman Hall on the Academic Quad , Lewisburg, PA |
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570-577-1000 | | WEBSITE: | |
HTTP://www.bucknell.edu/boxoffice |
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| November 12, 2012 : 7-10 PM |
| FREE! |
| ABOUT THE PRODUCTION OF SAME RIVER: Melding live music, modern dance, physical theater, video and visual art, the NYC-based collective Strike Anywhere teams up with Bucknell's Department of Theatre and Dance, and Environmental Center to present SAME RIVER. Using first person accounts as source material, SAME RIVER is a multi-media improvisation on Pennsylvania's rush to extract natural gas through the process known as fracking . Over the course of the fall semester, Bucknell science students will conduct dozens of interviews with Pennsylvania residents whose lives have been directly impacted by fracking. Strike Anywhere will weave the collected stories into the existing show when the professional ensemble and student group unite for an intensive residency in January to revise and perform SAME RIVER together. SAME RIVER will be performed February 2 & 3 in the Harvey Powers Theater at Bucknell. |
DAY OF THE DEAD FIESTA CANCELLED
Due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy, we have had to cancel Strike Anywhere's 15th anniversary celebration. We look forward to celebrating SA's accomplishments once the city recovers and we can all strap on dancing shoes. Until then, we wish you well!
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| November 2, 2012 : 7:00-10:00 PM |
Franco-American HALLOWEEN SOUNDPAINTING!
Strike Anywhere's teams up with the Tours Soundpainting Orchestra (T.S.O.) for a one-time only HALLOWEEN SOUNDPAINTING. The T.S.O. based in Tours, France is in town for a set of workshops and performances including this one with Strike Anywhere. The two companies are both permanent ensembles comprised of jazz musicians, dancers, designers and actors. Both companies are known for their use of the SOUNDPAINTING sign language for live composition. The concert will feature the Artistic Directors of both groups Leese Walker (SA) and Angelique Cormier (TSO)conducting the combined ensembles for a student audience. Expect the unexpected! An explosive, interactive live event!
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Lycée Français |
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505 East 75th Street , New York, New York |
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(212) 369-1400 | | WEBSITE: | |
HTTP://www.lfny.org |
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| October 31, 2012: 5-6 PM |
| FREE! |
| Soundpainting is the live composing sign language created by New York composer Walter Thompson and the Walter Thompson Orchestra for musicians, dancers, actors, poets, and visual artists working in the medium of structured improvisation. Soundpainting allows a conductor to shape an improvisation while it is in motion. At present the language comprises over 750 gestures that are signed by the composer/conductor indicating the type of improvisation desired of the performers. Strike Anywhere is one of only three theatre companies in the U.S. licensed to use the Soundpainting language. |
BI-LINGUAL SOUNDPAINTING MASTER CLASSES
SOUNDPAINTING Master Classes will be offered by Strike Anywhere's Artistic Director, Leese Walker & Tours Soundpainting Orchestra's Artistic Director Angelique Cormier. The workshops are slated for LFNY students. Classes will be conducted in French and English.
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Lycée Français |
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505 East 75th Street , New York, New York |
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(212) 369-1400 | | WEBSITE: | |
HTTP://www.lfny.org |
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| October 31, 2012: 3:15-4:45 PM |
| NOT OPEN TO PUBLIC |
COME PAINT, GLUE, SPARKLE! (drink & giggle too!)
Calling artsy friends and fun-loving community members... Come help build DAY OF THE DEAD decorations for our upcoming 15th Anniversary Bash at the Brecht Forum. Strike Anywhere will provide food, drinks, art supplies and project ideas. Come paint, glue & sparkle to receive a discounted ticket to the most awesome DAY OF THE DEAD party around!
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| VENUE: | |
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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| October 25, 2012: 6:30-11PM |
| FREE! PLEASE RSVP! Office@strikeanywhere.info |
SOUNDPAINTING WORKSHOP
Strike Anywhere's Artistic Director, Leese Walker and company member Nolan Kennedy will teach a workshop in Soundpainting. SOUNDPAINTING is the live composing sign language for musicians, dancers, actors, poets, and visual artists working in the medium of structured improvisation. The language was created by New York composer Walter Thompson and the Walter Thompson Orchestra. Walker has worked with the WTO since 1997 and was the first actor invited into the W.T.O. to adapt the language for actors. At present the language comprises over 1000 gestures that are signed by the composer/conductor indicating the type of improvisation desired of the performers. Soundpainting is a sculpting tool. It allows a conductor to shape group improvisations in ways that were never previously possible. The language is great to introduce young students to the art of improvisation in a fun, safe way. It is equally useful with a group of professional skilled performers. Open to actors, dancers, poets, musicians, educators, thrill-seekers and the intellectually-curious.
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| VENUE: | |
Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| October 12, 2012: 7:00-10:00 PM |
| $30 for 1 class $50 for 2 (next class Dec. 7) To reserve: office@strikeanywhere.info or 212 875-7476 |
| Although Soundpainting is wildly popular in Europe, Strike Anywhere is one of only three theatre companies in the U.S. using this new approach to improvisation. Leese and Nolan are full-time artists and educators and bring a joyful, ensemble-approach to their teaching style. Participants will learn a couple dozen soundpainting gestures and will employ these gestures in a series of compositions by the end of the workshop. Wear clothes to move in and bring an instrument if you play.
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FRACKASAUR to come out at LGBT Center
Strike Anywhere will share an excerpt from SAME RIVER at the Party to Save the Village (from pipelines, radon, fracking and other total insanity!)
An extravaganza to benefit the Sane Energy Project Legal Fund and Occupy the Pipeline.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BLAST (the kind we like)!
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LGBT Center |
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208 West 13th Street (Seventh Ave/Greenwich Ave, across from Integral Yoga), New York, New York |
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www.SaneEnergyProject.org |
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| October 3, 2012: 6:30-9:30 PM (SA goes on after 8PM) |
| $15 advance sales or $20 at the door |
| Join us for great food, booze, live music, burlesque, and plenty of sexy magic, plus an art show and auction. Have a great time while supporting those fighting to keep the dangerous Spectra pipeline, and the fracked gas it carries, out of New York City.
Featuring: Marti Cummings, Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping, Strike Anywhere, Rude Mechanical Orchestra, magician Eric Walton--plus iconic images from the forthcoming "Out of the Closet and onto the Streets: Gay Pride and the 21st Century," by photographer Suzanne Poli--and even more musicians, performers and artists! Have a great time while doing good!
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September 22, 2012:
Workshops
- Lewisburg, PA
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Master Classes in Interdisciplinary Ensemble Work & Devising Performance from Interview Material
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Bucknell University - Harvey M. Powers Theatre |
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Coleman Hall on the Academic Quad , Lewisburg, PA |
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570-577-1000 | | WEBSITE: | |
HTTP://www.bucknell.edu/boxoffice |
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| September 22, 2012: 1:00-4:00 PM |
| FREE! |
Fall !!FreEpLaY!! (*NOTE: change of date!!)
SA's interdisciplinary ensemble of world-class jazz musicians, modern dancers, and actors will spontaneously spin out performance pieces in a style dubbed 3D-Jazz. Known for their use of SOUNDPAINTING, the live composing sign language, the ensemble creates art in the moment, allowing intuition, the sounds of the room and audience suggestion to shape what they play.
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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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| October 12, 2012: 8 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| "I've seen this performance several times now and every show is unique." - Kate Cordaro, Education Coordinator, Two River Theatre Company |
!!FreEpLaY!! POP-top-IMPROV
!!FreEpLaY!! is Strike Anywheres monthly improvised performance series at the Brecht Forum. The June show is the final show in SAs 2011-2012 season. The evening features SA's interdisciplinary ensemble of world-class musicians, dancers, and actors spontaneously spinning performance pieces. Part performance, part creativity lab, the ensemble steps into the unknown, creating art in the moment, allowing intuition, the sounds of the room and audience suggestion to guide what they play. The ensemble is known for their use of SOUNDPAINTING, the sign language for conducted improvisation which allows a conductor/composer to sculpt an improvisation while it is in motion. The June show will feature the full ensemble in a series of improvisations, including a few SOUNDPAINTINGS and there will be games and giveaways.
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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 6, 2012: 8:00 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| "The Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble merges music, theater, improvisation, and structured composition into a total multi-media experience a happening in which art leaps off the wall and into the seat next to us. " -Asbury Park Press |
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Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| May 4, 2012: 8:00 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| "Untidy gray areas exist in the way we experience art - between artist and composition, between audience and performance, between painting and music and poetry and dance, between structure and chaos. ...Smack in the middle of this in-between-ness lives the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble." - Carlton Wilkinson, Asbury Park Press |
Creating Justice: Celebrating the Connections between Art and Activism
Strike Anywhere will be the featured keynote speakers at the 2012 Creating Justice Symposium. The company will share an excerpt from SAME RIVER and will share some of the history, philosophy, and methodology of Strike Anywhere. After the keynote there will be discussions/demonstrations from other artists who combine performance and activism. The underlying goal of the symposium is for artists/activists to share ideas about the methods, processes, and impact of their work.
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Oakton Community College |
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1600 East Golf Road , Des Plaines, IL |
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http://www.oakton.edu |
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| April 21, 2012: 10AM-10PM |
| The one-day symposium seeks to celebrate the connection between art and activism while also critically exploring what it means to create politically engaged art today. The symposium will provide a forum for artists and activists to present accounts of their experience of the ways in which activism and protest shape their art, and of how art is used to transform communities. We would like to explore the many ways that artists, using diverse artistic methods and materials, work for social transformation within our communities, and the ways that activists draw on the arts in their struggles for social justice. |
THE DAISEY CHAIN - Ensemble Theater Post-Daisey
How will monologist Mike Daisey's missteps affect ensembles going forward? Are the bridges that he built, burnt for good or is the publicity forcing Apple to clean up its labor practices? For ensembles who strive to enact social change, what is the contract that we build with our audiences? Should artists be bound to the same journalistic standards as reporters? What is "truth" in the context of theater? Join us at this month's Ensemble Roundtable as we delve into dilemmas raised by the Daisey firestorm.
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ART/NY Spaces at 520 |
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520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) 3rd Floor, NY, NY |
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(212) 244-6667 ext. 221 | | EMAIL: | |
zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
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| April 16, 2012: 6-8:30 PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
| Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this quarterly roundtable brings together ensemble practitioners from around the region. The two and a half hour conversation is loosely structured to allow ensemble members to swap strategies, trade know-how, raise questions and connect to one another through field-specific conversations. |
!!FreEpLaY!!
!!FreEpLaY!! features SA's interdisciplinary ensemble of world-class musicians, dancers, designers and actors spontaneously spinning performance pieces. Part performance, part creativity lab, the ensemble will step into the unknown, creating art in the moment, allowing intuition, the sounds of the room and audience suggestion to guide what they play.
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Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| May 3, 2013: 8:00 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| "A totally unpredictable and sometimes telepathically linked mixture of gesture, dance and movement, set to music also improvised on the spot." -Rick Palley, Brooklyn Skyline |
SPRINGING BACK!
Poking its purple head out from under the snow !! FreEpLaY !! Strike Anywhere's monthly performance series is back. Happening EVERY FIRST FRIDAY AT THE BRECHT FORUM at 8:00PM, the evening will feature SA's interdisciplinary ensemble of world-class musicians, dancers, designers and actors spontaneously spinning performance pieces. Part performance, part creativity lab, the ensemble will step into the unknown, creating art in the moment, allowing intuition, the sounds of the room and audience suggestion to guide what they play. From special guests to Soundpainting, the evening will one of perpetual surprise.
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| VENUE: | |
Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| April 6, 2012: 8 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| "A totally unpredictable and sometimes telepathically linked mixture of gesture, dance and movement, set to music also improvised on the spot." -Rick Palley, Brooklyn Skyline |
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ART/NY Spaces at 520 |
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520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) 3rd Floor, NY, NY |
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(212) 244-6667 ext. 221 | | EMAIL: | |
zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
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| June 4, 2012: 6-8:30 PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
FRACKASAUR FLIES AGAIN AT THE U.N.!!!
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| March 24, 2012: 5:30 PM |
| FREE! |
| If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! We have decided to join the 1% and to "Occupy the U.N." along with Exxon-Mobile,Trans-Canada and the other fossil fuel big boys. We will perform our "Frackasaur" kids show so we can share the virtues of natural gas with all the youth and to set the record straight with the dirty hippie freaks who have soiled our good public spaces with their silly "Occupy" protests. |
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February 23 - March 3, 2012:
SAME RIVER
- Brooklyn, NY
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SAME RIVER @ Irondale in Brooklyn
SAME RIVER is a multi-media, interview-based, improvised production. As hydro-fracking is poised to affect NYCs water supply, Same River brings the upstate war over this controversial method of drilling downstream.
Including live music, modern dance, physical theater, and video, this improvised show will be different every night. Following each show, there will be a tightly facilitated town hall discussion on the issues the piece presents. Experts from United For Action will be on hand to propel the conversation.
Audience members will experience a visual art installation upon entry to the theater. The artwork is the result of a seven-week residency at nearby Brooklyn High School for the Arts with the science, theater and technical theater classes. Art work will also be developed during a community art-making day for families on February 11 at 2:00 PM at Irondale Center (ages 6 and up).
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| February 23 - March 3, 2012: Wednesday-Saturday at 8PM, Friday March 2 student matinee at 1PM |
| $20-$40 WEEKENDS ($15 TIX WED/THURS) |
| Featuring: Donna Bouthiller (dance), Rob Henke (trumpet), Nolan Kennedy, Damen Scranton, Rolf Sturm (guitar) & Leese Walker.
Artistic Direction: Leese Walker, Production & Lighting Design: Joe Doran, Costume Design: Erin Schultz, Video Design: Johnathan Carr, Stage Manager: Amanda Hinkle, Art Installation: Jeanne Wilkinson, Haifa Bint-Kadi & students from Brooklyn HS for the Arts. |
FAMILY FUN - ART - THEATER GAMES!
Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble will offer a hands-on visual art and theater-making workshop for families (kids ages 6-106 welcome!)
By asking participants to share their stories and memories of water, Strike Anywhere will lead the group in the creation of visual art based on those stories. We will begin with some theater games and then move into arts and crafts. We then offer you the opportunity to exhibit your work as part of a community art installation which will be displayed during the run of SAME RIVER Strike Anywhere's show at Irondale which runs 2/23-3/3. All participants will receive discount passes to SAME RIVER. Ways to take further action to protect Brooklyn's water will be on hand.
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| February 11, 2012: 2:00 PM |
| $10 Adults, $5 Kids |
LIVING THEATRE & THEATER OF THE OPPRESSED
Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this bi-annual series allows two ensemble theaters to swap devising or training techniques in a workshop setting. A limited number of ensemble theater practitioners will be invited to participate in the workshop exchange. The final half hour will be devoted to a discussion in which participants compare and contrast the set of techniques. Wear comfortable clothing. Expect vigorous activity.
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| December 5, 2011: 6-8:30 pm |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
| This month we will explore techniques to challenge entrenched power.
The Living Theatre is dedicated to transforming the organization of power within society from a competitive, hierarchical structure to cooperative and communal expression. The troupe attempts to do so by counteracting complacency in the audience through direct spectacle. The Living Theatre will draw on ideas from its primary workshop, "A Day in the Life of the City" which they have been doing for over 65 years around the world, as the oldest experimental theatre ensemble still working under its founder Judith Malina.
Theater of the Oppressed is a tool for building groups and communities, challenging power and practicing self- and social transformation. Marie-Claire Picher will lead the workshop. Picher is a co-founder (1990) of the Theater of the Oppressed Laboratory (TOPLAB) and has worked and collaborated closely with Augusto Boal until his death in 2009. One of the most experienced Theater of the Oppressed (TO) practitioners in North America, she has presented thousands of hours of TO facilitation training in New York and throughout the United States, as well as in Chiapas, Tabasco, Mexico City, Guatemala and Cuba.
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SOUNDPAINTING PARADE AND PERFORMANCE at BORDEAUX EVENTO 2011 FESTIVAL
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| October 15, 2011: Parade @ 7PM, Performance @ 8PM |
LIVE MUSIC/SILENT FILM at BORDEAUX EVENTO 2011 FESTIVAL
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| October 13, 2011: 9 PM |
| Strike Anywhere guitarist, Rolf Sturm and bass-clarinetist Bohdan Hilash have created an original score for the 1926 classic film entitled "The Adventures of Prince Achmed". It is the oldest surviving animated feature film and it features a silhouette animation technique similar to Wayang shadow puppets. Sturm and Hilash will premiere the new score performing as part of an international chamber orchestra of musicians gathered for the Bordeaux Evento 2011 Festival. Musicians from the Bang On A Can All-Stars and renowned quartet Yaar Chaar from New Delhi, India will play the live score. |
Concert with David Hykes at BORDEAUX EVENTO 2011 FESTIVAL
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| October 12, 2011: 7 PM |
| Strike Anywhere's Artistic Director, Leese Walker and guitarist, Rolf Sturm join bass-clarinetist Bohdan Hilash and singer-composer David Hykes for an evening of soundpainting and improvisation. |
Strike Anywhere in France!
SA Trumpeter Rob Henke, guitarist Rolf Sturm and Strike Anywhere's Artistic Director, Leese Walker will join up with several other core members of the Walter Thompson Orchestra for a series of concerts in Tours, France. Many of the SA members originally met in the WTO, back in 1997 or earlier. Leese, Rolf, and Rob will take up their posts as core WTO members playing with Walter Thompson, the inventor of Soundpainting, demonstrating how this sign-lanugage for live composition has evolved over the 25 years that is has been around.
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| VENUE: | |
La Salle Thélème |
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3 rue des Tanneurs , Tours, France |
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| October 3, 2011: 8:30 pm |
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Espace Ligéria |
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rue Croix Blanche , Montlouis-sur-Loire, France |
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+33 (0)2 47 45 85 10 | | EMAIL: | |
jazzentourraine@wanadoo.fr |
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| October 1, 2011: TBA |
Une Performance en France!
Several members of Strike Anywhere are headed to France for a series of Soundpaintings in Tours and the surrounding Loire region. Rob Henke (trumpet), Rolf Sturm (guitar), Leese Walker (actor/artistic director) will join up with several other core members of the Walter Thompson Orchestra for these concerts. The week-long residency in Tours includes a technique exchange with the Tours Soundpainting Orchestra.
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| VENUE: | |
Petit Faucheux |
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12 Rue Léonard de Vinci , Tours, France |
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02 47 38 67 62 | | WEBSITE: | |
www.petitfaucheux.fr |
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| September 29, 2011: TBA |
Creative Partnerships w/ special guest Morgan Jenness
From alliances with unions, restaurants, schools, and other performance groups, ensemble theaters are masters at forging creative partnerships. Ensembles have created partnerships for a variety of reasons. At this month's Roundtable, we will share success stories, potential traps and tips to help us get the most from our creative partnerships.
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ART/NY Spaces at 520 |
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520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) 3rd Floor, NY, NY |
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(212) 244-6667 ext. 221 | | EMAIL: | |
zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
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| September 19, 2011: 6-8:30 PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
| Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this quarterly roundtable brings together ensemble practitioners from around the region. The two and a half hour conversation is loosely structured to allow ensemble members to swap strategies, trade know-how, raise questions and connect to one another through field-specific conversations. |
Elevated Soundscapes
Take in the rich kaleidoscope of sounds, smells and shapes on the gorgeous High Line Park, and turn your experience into art! Performance artist Leese Walker will direct you and the group using the technique of Soundpainting, to respond to what you encounter along the walk. Leese will sculpt your words and gestures into a site-specific, orchestral collage of text and movement. What will the rushing taxis, native flowers and lazy sunbathers trigger in you, and what will come out of your collective response?
The High Line. 1h30. 1 mile walk. $25 per person. Up to 15 people. Wear comfortable clothes.
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Friday, August 5, 7pm
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ENSEMBLE TECHNIQUE SWAP: TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES
This month we will explore techniques used to transcend boundaries. Bond Street Theatre will conduct a series of exercises based on their recent work with young actors and actresses in Herat, Afghanistan. Their session will illuminate the challenge of teaching techniques across language barriers, and surmounting gender issues across cultural barriers. Strike Anywhere will lead a workshop on Soundpainting. This sign language for structured improvisation is a wonderful way to bridge both disciplinary boundaries (actors, dancers, visual artists, poets & musicians) as well as forge a coherent composition between amateur and professional performers or audiences and a performance ensemble. Soundpainting is the live composing sign language created by New York composer Walter Thompson for musicians, dancers, actors, poets, and visual artists working in the medium of structured improvisation. At present the language comprises over 750 gestures that are signed by the composer/conductor indicating the type of improvisation desired of the performers. Direction of the composition is gained through the parameters of each set of signed gestures.
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ART/NY Spaces at 520 |
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520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) 3rd Floor, NY, NY |
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(212) 244-6667 ext. 221 | | EMAIL: | |
zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
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| July 18, 2011: 6-8:30PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
| Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this bi-annual series allows two ensemble theaters to swap devising or training techniques in a workshop setting. A limited number of ensemble theater practitioners will be invited to participate in the workshop exchange. The final half hour will be devoted to a discussion in which participants compare and contrast the set of techniques. Wear comfortable clothing. Expect vigorous activity. |
Greek Squad!
The Manhattan International students are back! For the 3rd consecutive year, students from SA's partnership school will perform alongside the professional ensemble in a night of Ancient Greek inspired improvisation! A perennial favorite, SA audiences always love this show.
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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 3, 2011: 8 P.M. |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) Click Here to Buy Tickets Online |
| Strike Anywhere's partner school, Manhattan International High School (M.I.H.S.), serves newly arrived immigrant students. Each year, SA collaborates with English teacher Celeste Micelotta to serve three 9th grade classes through a full-year residency that integrates theater into the English classroom. M.I.H.S. believes SA's hands-on, ensemble approach is an effective way of bolstering language skills for first-year students and orients them to the collaborative, performance-based philosophy of the school. Artistic Director/Teaching Artist Leese Walker has taught at M.I.H.S. as a visiting teaching artist since 2000 working with five teachers over the years. In 2006, Strike Anywhere officially created a partnership with the school to provide incoming freshman with experiential learning techniques during a full year residency in their English classroom. |
Artivism and Guerilla Marketing
What is successful political theater and how do we cut through the noise and get the word out? Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this quarterly roundtable brings together ensemble practitioners from around the region. The two and a half hour conversation is loosely structured to allow ensemble members to swap strategies, trade know-how, raise questions and connect to one another through field-specific conversations.
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A.R.T./NY South Oxford Space |
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138 South Oxford Street , Brooklyn , NY |
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718.398.3078 |
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| May 18, 2011: 6-8:30PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
LEESE WALKER to do a presentation on SAME RIVER
Artistic Director, Leese Walker has been invited by the Women's City Club of New York to do a special presentation on SA's interview-based show SAME RIVER. The innovative project involves interviewing people about fracking and water in the environs of the performance venue to generate material for the improvised show. Leese will share documentation of the project and there will be a Q&A session following.
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Women's City Club of New York |
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307 Seventh Avenue, Suite 1403 , New York, NY |
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212.353.8070 | | EMAIL: | |
info@wccny.org | | WEBSITE: | |
http://wccny.org/ |
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| May 9, 2011: 1:00 PM |
Regional Congress of Anti-Fracking Groups
The Brecht Forum will be hosting a conversation with many different anti-fracking groups in order to share where everyone is at, identify and further advance common goals and strategies, consolidate the already extant networks under a more comprehensive umbrella, and plan a Press Kit that everyone will be able to use in their respective (and, hopefully, more closely coordinated) campaigns. This will be a great opportunity to plug any upcoming actions and events your group has planned, and to recruit help for organizing and outreach. This is all about creating a nexus of communication, a vehicle for resource sharing, organizing joint actions and generating collective responses to challenges we all face.
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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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| May 7, 2011: 1:00 PM |
| FREE! |
| This meeting is to discuss the formation of a structured network of anti-fracking organizations in the region. A network can provide a means of "aggregating member power and achieving the scale and scope needed" to stop the further spread of this dangerous and destructive extraction method without disrupting the initiative and autonomy of individual member organizations. |
Step into SAME RIVER at this month's FIRST FRIDAY
This month the group will improvise off of interviews collected for the new evening-length touring work, SAME RIVER. The interview-based piece is based on stories about water, water issues and the natural gas extraction process known as "fracking" which is tearing communities apart upstate and threatening NYC's drinking water. The performance is part of a weekend of related events at the Brecht Forum. The SA Ensemble will be joined by students from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School where SA completed a 6 week residency on fracking, water and created a version of SAME RIVER with over 130 students.
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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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| May 6, 2011: 8 P.M. |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) Click Here to Buy Tickets Online |
| " The issues of leasing, of security, of conflict, of confusion, of activism, of passion and anger were beautifully constructed by the company using improvisation, movement, text and song. [Strike Anywhere's] 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, February 2011 |
LEESE WALKER to Receive PASSING IT ON AWARD
These awards, now in their tenth year, have been designed to honor individuals in the arts who have revealed and transformed our creative world. By instigating and enduring change the have deepened the definition of their field and paved the way for others. The Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX) arts and artists in progress awards have gone to some of the most talented, generous, creative and inventive individuals in NYC dance, theater or performance.
The PASSING IT ON AWARD goes to someone of the awardees choosing and creates a complete cycle where a panel of peers chooses the awardees and the awardees choose someone who demonstrate some of the same qualities that they, themselves, were chosen for.
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| May 5, 2011: 7:30 p.m. |
| $25, $50 & $100 |
| The 2011 BAX ARTS EDUCATOR award will be given to TERRY GREISS Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Irondale Ensemble. Terry has chosen to honor SA's Artistic Director, Leese Walker with his "Passing It On Award". |
SNIP-IT OF SAME RIVER AT GREENPIECE
The Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble will perform a short excerpt from SAME RIVER, their interview-based piece about water issues and the controversial natural gas extraction process known as fracking . The performance is part of a larger ECO-ART event entitled GREENPIECE: ECO-ACTIVISM IN POETRY, MUSIC AND PROSE. All proceeds go to Rock n' Renew.
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One and One |
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76 East First St. (Corner of 1st Ave.), New York, NY |
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(212) 598-9126 | | WEBSITE: | |
http://www.oneandoneny.com |
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| April 21, 2011: 7PM |
april fools !!FreEpLaY!!
Topsy Turvy. Inside Out. Things are not what they seem...Come to the Brecht Forum for a night of site specific improvised fun! Games, surprises...the SA Ensemble takes it OUT - creating art in the moment, allowing intuition, the sounds of the room and audience suggestion to shape what they play.
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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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| April 1, 2011: 8 P.M. |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) Click Here to Buy Tickets Online |
| "A totally unpredictable and sometimes telepathically linked mixture of
gesture, dance and theater, set to music also improvised on the spot." -Brooklyn Skyline
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SAME RIVER at JKO High School
SAME RIVER is an-interview based show which examines the controversial natural gas extraction process known as hydraulic-fracturing (commonly known as " fracking ") and its effects on the community and the environment. Students from the school will perform alongside of Strike Anywhere's professional ensemble of jazz musicians, dancers and actors as they improvise a show based on interviews with the public. The project is a collaboration between Roundabout Theater Company, the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble and J.K.O. High School. The show is the culmination of an eight-week school-wide residency by the theaters' teaching-artists in the school. An visual installation in the lobby will highlight what science and art students learned about fracking and the water cycle over the course of the residency.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School |
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120 West 46 Street , NY , NY |
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(212) 391-1293 | | WEBSITE: | |
http://www.jkohs.org/ |
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| March 25, 2011: 7:00 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) $2.50 for JKO students and parents |
| "The issues of leasing, of security, of conflict, of confusion, of activism, of passion and anger were beautifully constructed by the company using improvisation, movement, text and song. Their 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, Trailer Talk, WJFF Radio |
PANEL DISCUSSION: Fighting Fracking Through Art
Strike Anywhere's Artistic Director, Leese Walker, will present findings from SA's newest project SAME RIVER at this year's Left Forum. The panel discussion features artivists of note who have turned their attention to the controversial natural gas extraction process known as Hydraulic-fracturing or "Fracking" - a process that is devastating to the environment and human health.
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| March 19, 2011: 12:00-1:50 p.m. |
| $20 (Sat conference only) - $60 (3 days of conference) |
HAIKU FLIGHTS
Haiku Flights is a performance by the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble. The company will share a series of haikus, each of which will launch an improvisation. SA's interdisciplinary ensemble of jazz musicians, modern dancers, and actors will spontaneously spin out performance pieces in a style dubbed 3D-Jazz. Known for their use of SOUNDPAINTING, the live composing sign language, the ensemble creates art in the moment, allowing intuition, the sounds of the room and audience suggestion to shape what they play.
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| March 11, 2011: 6 PM |
| $10 cover (1 drink minimum) |
| HAIKU FLIGHTS features: Donna Bouthillier (dance), Rob Henke (trumpet), Damen Scranton (actor), Rolf Sturm (guitar) and Leese Walker (actor/artistic director). |
!! FreEpLaY !! every FIRST FRIDAY of the month!
This month's !!FreEpLaY!! will take its title from an audience suggestion. Strike Anywhere's monthly series provides the ensemble with a forum for experimentation. New structures for improvisation, new material can all find their way into a monthly !!FreEpLaY!! SA's interdisciplinary ensemble of jazz musicians, modern dancers, and actors will spontaneously spin out performance pieces in a style dubbed 3D-Jazz. Known for their use of SOUNDPAINTING, the live composing sign language, the ensemble creates art in the moment, allowing intuition and the sounds of the room to shape what they play.
Featured this month: Donna Bouthillier (dance), Damen Scranton (actor), Rolf Sturm (guitar) & Leese Walker (actor/artistic director) with special guest: Chris Washburn (trombone/tuba)
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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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| March 4, 2011: 8 P.M. |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) Click Here to Buy Tickets Online |
| The Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble merges music, theater, improvisation, and structured composition into a total multi-media experience 'a happening' in which art leaps off the wall and into the seat next to us. -Asbury Park Press |
SITI CO. & IRONDALE TECHNIQUE SWAP
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ART/NY Spaces at 520 |
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520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) 3rd Floor, NY, NY |
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(212) 244-6667 ext. 221 | | EMAIL: | |
zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
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| February 28, 2011: 6-8:30PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to Memberservices@art-newyork.org |
| Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this bi-annual series allows two ensemble theaters to swap devising or training techniques in a workshop setting. A limited number of ensemble theater practitioners will be invited to participate in the workshop exchange. The final half hour will be devoted to a discussion in which participants compare and contrast the set of techniques. This month Siti Company will lead an intro to the Suzuki and Viewpoints techniques and the Irondale Ensemble will share theater/ensemble-building games (Spolin lineage) that they have adapted for their own devising and training purposes. |
SOUNDPAINTING WORKSHOP at the BAMkids Film Festival
Jump into a Soundpainting ! Kids & parents of all ages will create a live painting of sound, movement, and spoken word. Participants can choose whether they want to be an actor, a dancer, or a musician (bring an instrument if you have one, percussion instruments will be available). Strike Anywhere's Artistic Director, Leese Walker and SA Ensemble Member, Rolf Sturm will teach the conducting language of Soundpainting . After learning a few Soundpainting gestures, everyone will be a member of the Soundpainting Ensemble that will turn the room into a carnival of sound and spectacle. Wear clothes to move in.
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Brooklyn Academy of Music |
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Hillman Attic Studio 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. |
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718-636-4130 x4 | | WEBSITE: | |
http://www.bam.org |
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| February 6, 2011: 1:30-2:15 PM and 3:30-4:15 PM |
| FREE! |
MACHINAL Mash-up
Strike Anywhere's monthly series provides the ensemble with a forum for experimentation. This month the ensemble is joined by Blessed Unrest, another NYC-based ensemble theater who is currently in the rehearsals for a production of "Machinal". Written in 1928, "Machinal" is a powerful expressionist drama about women's financial dependence on men, and one woman's attempt to break free. Strike Anywhere's improvisers will collide with Blessed Unrest's actors to blast open the scenes they have rehearsed - what happens when you put improvisers in the room with actors who are blocking a play? How can the audience, cast and SA ensemble use Soundpainting to deconstruct the play? SA will improvise off of the themes, lines, rhythms and blocking that Blessed Unrest brings to the performance. It is a mash-up! Come see what happens.
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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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| February 4, 2011: 8 P.M. |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) Click Here to Buy Tickets Online |
| Strike Anywhere will offer a FREE PRE-SHOW SOUNDPAINTING WORKSHOP from 7:15-8PM. Come early and learn how to soundpaint. The sign language is used to conduct improvisations and will be used in the performance that night. Learn how it works so you can decode what is going on and join in if you want to! |
SOUNDPAINTING WORKSHOP at the NET Micro-Fest
Strike Anywhere's Artistic Director, Leese Walker and SA Ensemble Member, Rolf Sturm (Guitar) will teach a workshop in Soundpainting. SOUNDPAINTING is the live composing sign language for musicians, dancers, actors, poets, and visual artists working in the medium of structured improvisation. The language was created by New York composer Walter Thompson and the Walter Thompson Orchestra. Walker has worked with the WTO since 1997 and Sturm since 1987. At present the language comprises over 800 gestures that are signed by the composer/conductor indicating the type of improvisation desired of the performers. Soundpainting is a sculpting tool. It allows a conductor to shape group improvisations in ways that were never previously possible. Imagine a group of musicians improvising a swing jazz tune together while a group of dancers and actors move in unison together. The conductor signs and the entire group sneezes together and then the musicians join the actors and dancers in the unison movement. The conductor signs again and the whole group breaks out hysterically laughing and then slowly morphs back into the original jazz tune.
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Network of Ensemble Theaters MICRO-FEST Philly |
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Drexel University Campus 3401 Filbert, Philadelphia, PA |
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www.ensembletheaters.net |
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| January 29, 2011: 2:30-4:15 PM |
| $15 drop-in, FREE with festival pass |
| Although Soundpainting is wildly popular in Europe, Strike Anywhere is one of only three theatre companies in the U.S. using this new approach to improvisation. Leese and Rolf are full-time artists and educators and bring a joyful, ensemble-approach to their teaching style. Participants will learn a couple dozen soundpainting gestures and will employ these gestures in a series of compositions by the end of the workshop. Wear clothes to move in and bring an instrument if you play. |
Three Soundpaintings
For this month's !!FreEpLaY!! Strike Anywhere will be joined by Soundpainter Evan Mazunik and the Cold Reading Trio. The group will perform three Soundpaintings each conducted by a different Soundpainter. Soundpainting is the system of conducting/composing developed by Walter Thompson and the Walter Thompson Orchestra for performers working in the medium of structured improvisation. At present, this system includes more than 750 gestures signed by the conductor/composer indicating the type of improvisation desired of the performers. A conductor signs to improvisers and the performers respond to the gestures in real time creating a compositional dialogue between conductor and improvisers.
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| VENUE: | |
Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| January 7, 2011: 8 P.M. |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) Free with your APAP Badge! Click Here to Buy Tickets Online |
| Featuring SA Ensemble Members: Rob Henke (trumpet), Damen Scranton (Actor), Rolf Sturm (guitar) and Leese Walker(Actor). SA Associate Member: Ian Axness will conduct and play piano. Amanda Hinkle on Box.
Special Guests: COLD READING TRIO - Evan Mazunik (accordion/piano), Christian Pincock (valve trombone) and John O'Brien (percussion).
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Step into SAME RIVER at this month's FIRST FRIDAY
In July 2010, Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble began work on SAME RIVER. The interview-based project explores the theme of water through the eyes of local residents. The company performed its first 10 day residency in Sullivan County, NY at NACL's Catskill Festival of New Theater. Aware of the conflict that was raging in the region, the company dropped into a firestorm. They found rural towns torn apart by a battle over natural gas drilling and its effects on water. The Delaware River Basin, which provides 16 million people (including NYC) with drinking water, was under siege. The picture was complex. Passions were high. The ensemble met one-on-one with activists, scientists, farmers, and politicians. Experience what SA found...add to the picture. The project is designed as a feedback loop. Audience members respond in real time to what is happening on stage by writing responses which then influence the performance. "It is not some problem far away...we all need water and the Delaware provides NYC with its drinking water. We all need the SAME RIVER."
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| VENUE: | |
Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| December 3, 2010: 8 P.M. |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) - Click Here to Buy Tickets Online |
| "I don't know how you did it, but you managed to really capture the voices of the community ." - Colette Ballew, local teacher
"I think we were all surprised that you took us to heart. " - John, local carpenter. |
Step into SAME RIVER at this month's FIRST FRIDAY
In July 2010, Strike Anywhere began work on SAME RIVER. The interview-based project explores the theme of water through the eyes of local residents. The company performed its first 10 day residency in Sullivan County, NY at NACLs Catskill Festival of New Theater. Aware of the conflict that was raging in the region, the company dropped into a firestorm. They found rural towns torn apart by a battle over natural gas drilling and its effects on water. The Delaware River Basin, which provides 16 million people with drinking water (including NYC), was under siege. The picture was complex. Passions were high. The ensemble met one-on-one with activists, scientists, farmers, and politicians. The interviews form the basis for the improvised performance. Experience what SA found out. Join into the conversation. Audience responses will be wrapped into the performance. A tightly structured discussion will follow the show.
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| VENUE: | |
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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| December 3, 2010: 8 P.M. |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| I dont know how you did it, but you managed to really capture the voices of the community Colette Ballew, local teacher
I think we were all surprised that you took us to heart. John, local carpenter. |
Celebrate LIVE THEATER at our DAY OF THE DEAD party!!!
SA's Annual Benefit features Mexican music, fanciful costumes, pop-up performances, puppetry, a return visit of the Manhattan International HS student actors and a video doc of SA's most recent interview-based project SAME RIVER. A fun fiesta...not to be missed!
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Ensemble Theater - What's The Point?
Why does it matter that your company chooses to function an an ensemble? Letting our stakeholders and potential supporters in on what it means to be an ensemble is critical. At this month's Roundtable, we will share different strategies and brainstorm ways to let people in on what it means to be an ensemble and why the process is so important.
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ART/NY Spaces at 520 |
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520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) 3rd Floor, NY, NY |
| PHONE: | |
(212) 244-6667 ext. 221 | | EMAIL: | |
zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
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| October 25, 2010: 6-8:30PM |
| FREE! Must RSVP to attend |
| Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this quarterly roundtable brings together ensemble practitioners from around the region. The two and a half hour conversation is loosely structured to allow ensemble members to swap strategies, trade know-how, raise questions and connect to one another through field-specific conversations. |
!! FreEpLaY !! a tribute to Bob Bowen
Honoring SA's bassist Bob Bowen, who was recently killed in a hit-and-run accident, SA's interdisciplinary ensemble of world-class jazz musicians, modern dancers, and actors will spontaneously spin out performance pieces in a style dubbed 3D-Jazz . Colleagues of Bob will sit in. In the tradition of Bob, it will be an open improvisation - the ensemble will create art in the moment, allowing intuition, the sounds of the room and audience suggestion to shape what they play.
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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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| October 1, 2010: 8 P.M. |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) - Click Here to Buy Tickets Online |
| The Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble merges music, theater, improvisation, and structured composition into a total multi-media experience 'a happening' in which art leaps off the wall and into the seat next to us. -Asbury Park Press |
NETWorks: The ABCs of Today's Creative Touring Partnerships
The environment for touring has changed considerably in the last few years. Producing theaters are increasingly presenting and the rise of national and international performance festivals is creating greater opportunities to share the work. At the same time the sluggish economy is making many presenters risk-averse, looking for the sure bets.
In this shifting arena, what do ensembles and companies need to know as they prepare to tour or re-think how they tour? Led by touring artists and activist presenters, this artist-centered workshop will map the touring landscape, build skills and share resources to prepare artists and companies to go out on the road.
Whether you're touring to a theater across town or to a performing arts center across the country (or just thinking about touring) you won't want to miss this opportunity.
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ART/NY Spaces at 520 |
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520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) 3rd Floor, NY, NY |
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(212) 244-6667 ext. 221 | | EMAIL: | |
zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
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| September 21-22, 2010: 7-10:30 PM |
| Pay What You Can |
| The Ensemble's ABC Touring Seminar is made possible, in part, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Doris Duke Charitable Trust and the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York's Rockefeller Cultural Innovation Grant. |
!! FreEpLaY !! SAME RIVER at the 2010 Catskill Festival of New Theater
Strike Anywhere turns its attention to Sullivan County, NY where a local battle over water safety is underway. Residents are up in arms over the destructive process of natural gas extraction known as "Fracking". Using its signature 3D Jazz style to improvise on the theme, the company weaves testimony of local residents with live improvised music and movement to explore the battle lines local residents and industry have drawn around WATER.
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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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| August 1, 2010: TBA |
| "The Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble merges music, theater, improvisation, and structured composition into a total multi-media experience 'a happening' in which art leaps off the wall and into the seat next to us." -Asbury Park Press |
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ART/NY Spaces at 520 |
| ADDRESS: | |
520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) 3rd Floor, NY, NY |
| PHONE: | |
(212) 244-6667 ext. 221 | | EMAIL: | |
zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
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| July 19, 2010: 6-8:30 PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to Memberservices@art-newyork.org |
| Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this quarterly roundtable brings together ensemble practitioners from around the region. The two and a half hour conversation is loosely structured to allow ensemble members to swap strategies, trade know-how, raise questions and connect to one another through field-specific conversations. |
SCRATCH THAT:chalkboard improv and poetry
THE STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE creates an improvisational response to Fox News Host Glenn Becks attacks on the Brecht Forum by improvising on his use of the chalkboard in, SCRATCH THAT: CHALKBOARD IMPROV AND POETRY. SAs interdisciplinary ensemble of world-class jazz musicians, modern dancers, and actors will share the evening with the internationally acclaimed performance versifiers MAYHEM POETS, whose one of a kind performance stays fresh no matter what they happen to be rhyming about. Strike Anywhere will improvise on Glenn Becks personality and the issues that he touches upon in his show using their signature style, 3D-Jazz . The evening is part of The 9.13 Project an International Theatre Festival at The Brecht Forum (June 9-20) designed to respond to Fox News Host, Glenn Becks attacks on the Brecht Forum.
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| VENUE: | |
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 15,2010: 8 PM |
| $10-$50 |
| The Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble merges music, theater, improvisation, and structured composition into a total multi-media experience a happening in which art leaps off the wall and into the seat next to us. Asbury Park Press |
ANTIGONE:remix - Immigrant Youth Speak!
For the final !! FreEpLaY !! of our '09-'10 season, students from Manhattan International HS will join the ensemble on stage with scenes and monologues from "Antigone". The ensemble will improvise off the material. Strike Anywhere is performing its 4th year-long residency at the school for recent immigrants where it partners closely with classroom teachers to improve students' comminication skills. The night will be a passionate cry for rebellion, for being heard, and for finding one's voice.
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| VENUE: | |
Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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 13, 2010: 7:30 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| "A totally unpredictable and sometimes telepathically linked mixture of gesture, dance and movement, set to music also improvised on the spot." -Rick Palley, Brooklyn Skyline |
MOTHER: The Scavenger Hunt!
THE STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE uses its monthly !!FreEpLaY!! performance series for an off-the-wall scavenger hunt. SA's interdisciplinary ensemble of world-class jazz musicians, modern dancers, and actors will riff on the theme of "Mother" to spontaneously spin out performance pieces in a style dubbed 3D-Jazz. Clues and directives will guide the piece. Known for their use of SOUNDPAINTING, the live composing sign language, the ensemble creates art in the moment, allowing intuition, the sounds of the room and audience suggestion to shape what they play. In light of Mother's Day, all mothers accompanied by a child get in free!
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| VENUE: | |
Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| May 9, 2010: 7:30 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| "Untidy gray areas exist in the way we experience art - between artist and composition, between audience and performance, between painting and music and poetry and dance, between structure and chaos. ...Smack in the middle of this in-between-ness lives the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble."
- Carlton Wilkinson, Asbury Park Press
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See How the Breeze Blows Us!
Strike Anywhere will move its feast to Panetta for its first ALL IMPROV FRIDAY. SA will be part of a line-up which includes choreographer Danny Gwirtzman and performer Amy Larimer. Who knows what the content will be, we just know it will be improvised and that sea-breezes will be served. Come see how the breeze blows us!
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| May 7, 2010: 8:30 PM |
| $5 suggested donation |
Strike Anywhere Infiltrates the WTO!
For two nights, members of Strike Anywhere will merge with the Walter Thompson Orchestra for a safari through the wild world of Soundpainting! Many of the SA members originally met in the WTO, way back in 1997 or beyond. Leese, Rolf, Rob and Damen will take up their posts as core WTO members playing with Walter Thompson, the inventor of Soundpainting, demonstrating how this sign-lanugage for live composition has evolved over the 25 years that is has been around.
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ENSEMBLE THEATER CROSS-TRAINING!
This month only, the Ensemble Roundtable gets physical. Members of Wreckio Ensemble, Bond Street Theatre, and the NACL will exchange training techniques with one another and the other participants through a series of interlocking workshops with a discussion following. Workshops will allow working professionals the opportunity to physically experience training and devising techniques by working with members from the three companies. The Learning-Exchange is designed for professional performers working in the field of Ensemble Theater. The workshops will be extremely physical and performers should wear loose, comfortable clothing.
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| VENUE: | |
ART/NY Spaces at 520 |
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520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) 3rd Floor, NY, NY |
| PHONE: | |
(212) 244-6667 ext. 221 | | EMAIL: | |
zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
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| April 26, 2010: 6-8:30 PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to Memberservices@art-newyork.org |
BRECHT/BARD MASH-UP!!
THE STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE uses its monthly !!FreEpLaY!! performance series to riff on poems by Bertolt Brecht and excerpts from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. Performers from Blessed Unrest's current production of Midsummer (playing uptown at the Interart Theater) will be on hand to intersect excerpts of their production which will serve as fodder for Strike Anywhere to improvise on. Tannis Kowalchuk, Artistic Director of NACL Theatre will interject snip-its from her dynamic two-woman show "10 Brecht Poems". SA's interdisciplinary ensemble will use the material as a launch pad to spontaneously spin out performance pieces in a style dubbed "3D-Jazz". Known for their use of SOUNDPAINTING, the live composing sign language, the ensemble creates art in the moment, allowing intuition, the sounds of the room and audience suggestion to shape what they play.
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| VENUE: | |
Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| April 11, 2010: 7:30 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| "I've seen this performance several times now and every show is unique." - Kate Cordaro, Education Coordinator, Two River Theatre Company |
The Brecht Broads are Back!
Celebrating the opening of an art exhibit featuring wood cut prints of Bertolt Brecht, Tannis and Leese will perform an excerpt of "10 Brecht Poems". Featured on NPR, WBAI and German Public Radio, the dynamic duo use satire and a variety of performance styles to examine the horrors of war, the importance of solidarity and the need for dissent. This show was extended twice and has toured to over 40 venues. Look for a remount of the show later in the year as the Brecht Forum celebrates its 35th Anniversary.
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| VENUE: | |
Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| April 2, 2010: 6-9PM |
| FREE! |
| "Performing in a vaudevillian style including song, dance, storytelling, hand-painted slides and shadow-puppets, Tannis Kowalchuk and Leese Walker could be serving fairy tales to the kiddies, but their intent is far more poignant and appreciated."
-Village Voice
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SPRING AHEAD: IT'S TIME- the 3D Jazz Improv Show!
To celebrate the changing of the clocks, THE STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE uses its monthly !!FreEpLaY!! performance series to riff on the lengthening daylight hours and the rumor of impending spring. SA's interdisciplinary ensemble of world-class jazz musicians, modern dancers, and actors will spontaneously spin out performance pieces in a style dubbed 3D-Jazz. Known for their use of SOUNDPAINTING, the live composing sign language, the ensemble creates art in the moment, allowing intuition, the sounds of the room and audience suggestion to shape what they play.
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| VENUE: | |
Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| March 14, 2010: 7:30 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| Featuring: Donna Bouthillier (dance), Bob Bowen (bass), Michel Gentile (flute), Rob Henke (trumpet), Rolf Sturm (guitar) & Leese Walker (actor).
"The Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble merges music, theater, improvisation, and structured composition into a total multi-media experience a 'happening' in which art leaps off the wall and into the seat next to us." -Asbury Park Press |
!! FreEpLaY !! LOVE STINKS: The Anti-Valentine Improv Show - Featuring Guest Poet Jerry Williams
In honor of Valentine's Day, THE STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE uses its monthly !!FreEpLaY!! performance series to riff on the exquisite pain of heartache. The evening will feature several guest appearances including downtown performer Laura Wickens and poet Jerry Williams. Williams will read from "It's Not You, It's Me" , his recently released collection of poetry on break-up and divorce. SA's interdisciplinary ensemble of world-class musicians, dancers, and actors will improvise off of humorous and heart-wrenching stories of missed love, foolish foibles, heart-break and divorce. Known for their use of SOUNDPAINTING, the live composing sign language, the ensemble creates art in the moment, allowing intuition, the sounds of the room and audience suggestion to shape what they play. !!FreEpLaY!! Sundays happen every second Sunday of the month at the Brecht Forum at 7:30PM.
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| VENUE: | |
Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| February 14, 2010: 7:30 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| "A totally unpredictable and sometimes telepathically linked mixture of gesture, dance and movement, set to music also improvised on the spot."
-Rick Palley, Brooklyn Skyline |
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ART/NY Spaces at 520 |
| ADDRESS: | |
520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) 3rd Floor, NY, NY |
| PHONE: | |
(212) 244-6667 ext. 221 | | EMAIL: | |
zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
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| February 1, 2010: 6-8:30 PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to Memberservices@art-newyork.org |
| Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this quarterly roundtable brings together ensemble practitioners from around the region. The two and a half hour conversation is loosely structured to allow ensemble members to swap strategies, trade know-how, raise questions and connect to one another through field-specific conversations. |
Showcasing the Best in Ensemble Theater
A quirky melange of feisty & thought-provoking ensembles. A MUST-SEE in the sea of showcases that is APAP! See our PRODUCTIONS PAGE for descriptions of the pieces that will be presented as part of The R&D Wing.
Featuring: ArtSpot Productions & Mondo Bizarro (New Orleans, LA),
Purefinder (Brooklyn, NY), Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble (NY, NY) & the Wreckio Ensemble
(NY NY)
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| VENUE: | |
Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| January 10, 2010: ***SPECIAL TIMES 6PM & 9PM***THIS MONTH ONLY! |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) *FREE with your APAP Badge! |
| Ensemble Theater is where boundaries are being pushed, where innovation is happening, where risk-taking is the base-line of creation. For one night only, five ensembles will offer a sneak-peek of current work. Featuring an eclectic menu of soundpainted Shakespeare, physical theater, and site-specific social critique, the evening will highlight some of the tastiest treats from the Network of Ensemble Theaters (N.E.T.). Post-show drinks in lobby. |
FREEPLAY! Every 2nd Sunday at the Brecht!
"A totally unpredictable and sometimes telepathically linked mixture of gesture, dance and movement, set to music also improvised on the spot." -Rick Palley, Brooklyn Skyline
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Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| December 13, 2009: 7:30 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| It's our second 2nd SUNDAY AT THE BRECHT! FreePlay Sundays feature SA's interdisciplinary ensemble of world-class musicians, dancers, designers and actors spontaneously creating performance pieces. Part performance, part creativity lab, the ensemble will step into the unknown, creating art in the moment, allowing intuition, the sounds of the room and audience suggestion to guide what they play. From special guests to Soundpainting, the evening will one of perpetual surprise. |
DEVELOPING AND ENGAGING AN ENSEMBLE BOARD
Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this quarterly roundtable brings together ensemble practitioners from around the region. The two and a half hour conversation is loosely structured to allow ensemble members to swap strategies, trade know-how, raise questions and connect to one another through field-specific conversations.
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| VENUE: | |
ART/NY Spaces at 520 |
| ADDRESS: | |
520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) 3rd Floor, NY, NY |
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(212) 244-6667 ext. 221 | | EMAIL: | |
zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
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| November 17, 2009: 6-8:30PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to Memberservices@art-newyork.org |
SA launches FREEPLAY SUNDAYS!!! EVERY 2ND SUNDAY AT THE BRECHT
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| VENUE: | |
Brecht Forum |
| ADDRESS: | |
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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| November 8, 2009: 7:30 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| THE STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE is proud to announce a new monthly performance series called FreePlay Sundays. Happening every second Sunday at the Brecht Forum, the evening will feature SA's interdisciplinary ensemble of world-class musicians, dancers, designers and actors spontaneously creating performance pieces. Part performance, part creativity lab, the ensemble will wrap audience ideas into the development of the piece. Celebrate the birth of this new series as the ensemble weaves an impromptu performance based on a quote by Anais Nin. Featuring: Donna Bouthillier (dance), Bob Bowen (bass), Michel Gentile (flute), Nolan Kennedy, Damen Scranton, Rolf Sturm (guitar), Leese Walker. |
FALL FLING-A-LING!
Having just completed a wildly successful set of performances of Macbeth Variations II at Irondale with SA's international sister Soundpainting company Anitya, Strike Anywhere is proud to share a taste of its work, entitled Ceci N'est Pas Macbeth. The evening will mix shards from that show with remnants of other acts that evening to spontaneously spin a surrealistic collage about performance.
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| October 17, 2009: SA is on at 9 PM (Activities all day - FREE Dinner at 6PM - Performances 7:30-10PM) |
| FREE! |
| The Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble merges music, theater, improvisation, and structured composition into a total multi-media experience - a happening in which art leaps off the wall and into the seat next to us.
-Asbury Park Press |
A Drum! A Drum! Macbeth Doth Come!!!
MACBETH VARIATIONS II is the second stage of an international collaboration between NYC-based Strike Anywhere and Paris-based Anitya. The two companies are innovators in their use of Soundpainting, the sign language for conducted improvisation, and its application to classical text.
MACBETH VARIATIONS II is a set of improvised inter-disciplinary compositions using Shakespeare's play "Macbeth" as the melody from which the improvisers depart. Just as jazz musicians improvise on jazz standards finding infinite variety within classic tunes, each performance of the show will be different. Improvisers rip apart rehearsed scenes and reassemble them in new ways examining the elasticity of ethics, the nature of ambition, and the corruption of the mind. The result is a highly-charged interdisciplinary performance event that is different every night.
Musicians: Bob Bowen (bass), Christophe Cagnolari (sax), Michel Gentile (flute), Rob Henke (trumpet), Rolf Sturm (guitar)
Performers: Donna Bouthillier, Maud Ivanov, Thierry Jozé, Nolan Kennedy, Maxime Nourissat, Damen Scranton & Leese Walker
Set: Kate Foster & David Evans Morris /
Costumes: Camille Assaf /
Lighting Design: Nolan Kennedy
GET YOUR TICKETS ONLINE NOW!!!
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| October 1-3, 2009: 8 PM |
| $40 (Recession Sliding Scale $20-$40 pay what you can) |
| "An event that brings together musicians, puppeteers, dancers, and actors in an audacious version of Shakespeare's Macbeth. ...Shakespeare would have been proud of this modern take of his classic."
-Daniel Brown, Radio France |
Cross Collaboration & Cross Pollination: How can Ensembles Work Together?
Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this quarterly roundtable brings together ensemble practitioners from around the region. The two hour conversation is loosely structured to allow ensemble members to swap strategies, trade know-how, raise questions and connect to one another through field-specific conversations.
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| VENUE: | |
ART/NY Spaces at 520 |
| ADDRESS: | |
520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) 3rd Floor, NY, NY |
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(212) 244-6667 ext. 221 | | EMAIL: | |
zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
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| July 27, 2009: 6-8 PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. TO MEMBERSERVICES@ART-NEWYORK.ORG (no walk-ins) |
| This month's roundtable will explore ways that ensemble theaters can connect to one another. How can we share resources & knowledge? In times of economic turmoil are there ways we can band together to ensure each other's survival? |
A Technique Swap between Dandelion Dance and Strike Anywhere
Be part of an exchange of ideas and techniques when Dandelion Dance Company (San Francisco, CA) collides with the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble (New York, NY) to share training and devising techniques.
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| July 18, 2009: 11-2 PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to: office@strikeanywhere.info |
FRENCH KISS - La Soiree des Surprises!
For eleven years, the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble has been rigorously testing the boundaries of interdisciplinary performance and using theatre to transform student learning. Now Strike Anywhere is reaching across the Atlantic. We are embracing the foremost French Soundpainting Orchestra, ANITYA, to devise a new production entitled MACBETH VARIATIONS which will be produced later this year. Help us celebrate this first with a FRENCH KISS. Join us for an evening of gypsy jazz, pop-up performances, a silent auction and a mini morsel of MACBETH. Proceeds from the evening will benefit Strike Anywhere's upcoming collaboration and its educational programs.
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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, 2009: 6-9 PM |
| $45 (1 ticket), $100 (1 ticket & VIP seating), $150 (2 tix & VIP seating), $250 (2 tix & VIP seating & reception), $500+(more!) |
| 6:00 PM Cocktails, Hors d'Oeuvres & Silent Auction
7:30 PM Performances
8:45 PM Silent Auction Winners Announced
RESERVE YOUR TICKETS ONLINE NOW!
*PLEASE NOTE: There is limited seating. ONLY THOSE WITH VIP SEATING ARE GUARANTEED SEATS DURING THE PERFORMANCE PORTION OF THE EVENING. |
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May 16, 2009:
NETnite
- New York, N.Y.
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NETnite- A Celebration of Ensemble Theater Performance & Practice
All over America, ensemble theaters are on the rise,
breaking boundaries and redefining what constitutes performance. Join us for NETnite when 3 members of the NETWORK OF ENSEMBLE THEATERS (N.E.T.) will share an excerpt of current work and a taste of their process. Curated and hosted by New York's Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble.
Featuring special guests: LAVA (New York, NY), olive Dance Theatre (Philadelphia, PA)
RESERVATIONS CAN BE MADE THROUGH EMAIL at: project.audience@gmail.com OR BY CALLING: 212-453-4532.
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The Performance Project @ University Settlement |
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184 Eldridge Street (Corner of Rivington St), New York, N.Y. |
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212-453-4532 | | WEBSITE: | |
Http://www.universitysettlement.org |
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| May 16, 2009: 8 PM |
| $15 adults/$10 for students and seniors |
| A 2 hour MASTER CLASS for ensemble practitioners will take place during the afternoon, allowing performers to experience skill-building exercises and creation techniques of the ensembles featured in the evening performance. Workshop limited to 12 participants alongside of the NETnite performers. $40 workshop / $35 for NET members.
To reserve a spot in the workshop: Please send a check to University Settlement ATTN: Alison Fleminger 184 Eldridge Street New York, NY 10002. Checks should be made out to University Settlement, write NETnite workshop in the memo section. For more information about the workshop please email office@strikeanywhere.info. The Learning Exchange will take place at The Performance Project @ University Settlement located at 184 Eldridge Street (Corner of Rivington St), New York, N.Y. For directions to the space, please visit:
http://www.universitysettlement.org
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Mulching the Soil: In this roundtable, we will discuss ways to integrate new ensemble members & create a longer life span for pieces
Convene with like-minded folk. At the Roundtable you can share ideas, raise questions, trade strategies, swap know-how & find out what is happening at the national level.
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TBD |
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, New York, NY |
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| April 27, 2009: 6-8 PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to Memberservices@art-newyork.org (location provided upon confirmation of reservation) |
| Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this quarterly roundtable brings together ensemble practitioners from around the region. The two hour conversation is loosely structured to allow ensemble members to swap strategies, trade know-how, raise questions and connect to one another through field-specific conversations. |
A Schechner Soundpainting!
Come support experimental theater and enjoy a few short soundpaintings by Strike Anywhere. Strike Anywhere's ensemble of musicians, dancers and actors will spontaneously weave a composition using the Soundpainting sign language to guide the improvisation. Experiencing a Soundpainting has been described as "3-D Jazz" or watching a sculptor create an audio/visual collage. The conductor communicates with the players using gestures that indicate how the improvisers should modify their improvisation. It is a kind of poetry in motion.
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| April 26, 2009: Benefit 7-10PM - SA Performs at 8:30PM |
| $20-$50 Pay-what-you-can! Benefit Performance |
| Come support the work of an important theatrical innovator, Richard Schechner. Schechner(born August 23, 1934) is a University Professor/Professor of Performance Studies at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, editor of TDR: The Drama Review, and artistic director of East Coast Artists. Schechner is one of the founders of the Performance Studies department of the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU. He also founded The Performance Group, an experimental theater troupe. Schechner was artistic director of TPG from its start in 1967 until 1980 when TPG changed its name to the Wooster Group which continues under the leadership of Elizabeth LeCompte. In 1992, Schechner founded a new theater company, East Coast Artists, of which he is still the artistic director. Tonight's Soundpainting is part of a benefit to support and celebrate Schechner's lifetime achievement in the field of experimental theater. |
Anthony Braxton and Strike Anywhere Infiltrate the WTO!
Jazz legend, Anthony Braxton, is the featured soloist and has composed a series of palettes that will be Soundpainted into the evening's performance. Check out Strike Anywhere as they Soundpaint under the banner of the Walter Thompson Orchestra. Walter will conduct.
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| April 16-18, 2009: 8 PM |
| Join several members of the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble as they slip back into the ranks of the WTO (Walter Thompson Orchestra). SA Ensemble Members: Rolf Sturm (guitar), Rob Henke (trumpet), Nicole Poole (actress), Damen Scranton(actor) and Leese Walker (actress/Artistic Director) all met as core members of the Walter Thompson Orchestra. Walter Thompson, inventor of Soundpainting, is making a rare stateside appearance. Originally a NYC-based composer, Walter has spent the last 5 years living in Sweden where he has enjoyed tremendous support for his work in conducted improvisation. This is a special treat. Please come! |
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| March 28, 2010: 7:30 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| "A totally unpredictable and sometimes telepathically linked mixture of gesture, dance and theater, set to music also improvised on the spot." -Brooklyn Skyline
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| February 28, 2010: 7:30 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
Moving Beyond The Conversation: In this roundtable, we will discuss tangible ways to build a strong, vibrant ensemble community in NYC and the region.
Convene with like-minded folk. At the Roundtable you can share ideas, raise questions, trade strategies, swap know-how & find out what is happening at the national level.
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TBD |
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, New York, NY |
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| January 21, 2009: 6-8 PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. to Memberservices@art-newyork.org (location provided upon confirmation of reservation) |
| Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this quarterly roundtable brings together ensemble practitioners from around the region. The two hour conversation is loosely structured to allow ensemble members to swap strategies, trade know-how, raise questions and connect to one another through field-specific conversations. |
Ensembles: The R & D Wing of American Theater
Ensemble Theater is where boundaries are being pushed, where innovation is happening, where risk-taking is the base-line of creation. For one night only, ensemble theaters from around the country will converge to offer a sneak-peek of current work. Featuring an eclectic menu of puppetry, physical theater, Soundpainting and sharp comedy this evening will highlight some of the tastiest treats from the Network of Ensemble Theaters (N.E.T.). Curated and produced by the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble. Post-show drinks in lobby.
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The Interart Theater |
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500 West 52nd Street (Just West of 10th Avenue), 2nd floor, New York, N.Y. |
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212-875-7476 |
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| January 11, 2009: 6PM & 9PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. (212) 875-7476 |
| Featuring: Blessed Unrest (New York, N.Y.)
foolsFURY (San Francisco, CA.)
The New York Neo-Futurists (New York, N.Y.)
Sandglass Theater (Putney, Vt.)
Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble (New York, N.Y.)
Watts Village Theater Company (Los Angeles, CA.)
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Come Kick off the Series in Brooklyn!!!
After launching the !! FreEpLaY !! Series in Manhattan, join the ensemble as we kick off a monthly party here in Brooklyn. Happening EVERY 4TH SUNDAY AT THE BROOKLYN LYCEUM at 7:30PM, the evening will feature SA's interdisciplinary ensemble of world-class musicians, dancers, designers and actors spontaneously spinning performance pieces. Part performance, part creativity lab, the ensemble will step into the unknown, creating art in the moment, allowing intuition, the sounds of the room and audience suggestion to guide what they play. From special guests to Soundpainting, the evening will one of perpetual surprise.
Featuring: Donna Bouthillier (dance), Bob Bowen (bass), Michel Gentile (flute), Rob Henke (trumpet), Nolan Kennedy, Damen Scranton, Rolf Sturm (guitar), Leese Walker.
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| January 24, 2010: 7:30 PM |
| $12-$25 (Sliding Scale) |
| "Untidy gray areas exist in the way we experience art - between artist and composition, between audience and performance, between painting and music and poetry and dance, between structure and chaos. ...Smack in the middle of this in-between-ness lives the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble."
- Carlton Wilkinson, Asbury Park Press
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November 22, 2008:
NETnite
- New York, N.Y.
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THEATER ON A MISSION
All over America, ensemble theaters are on the rise, offering up their own brands of artist-driven, collaboratively created, innovative theater. Join us for NET Nite, when four members of the Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET) will share a piece of their socially relevant and community-oriented work. Curated and hosted by the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble.
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The Performance Project @ University Settlement |
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184 Eldridge Street (Corner of Rivington St), New York, N.Y. |
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212-453-4532 | | WEBSITE: | |
Http://www.universitysettlement.org |
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| November 22, 2008: 8 PM |
| $15 adults/$10 for students and seniors |
| Featuring: Bond Street Theater, Coatlicue Theatre Company and Hartbeat Ensemble. |
STRETCH YOURSELF!!! YOGA FOR YOU!
Come join us in dynamic play as we explore the realms of body, breath, and mind through a heart-expanding, fun-filled yoga practice.
Through this 5 week series, open to all levels of yoga experience, we'll systematically work with the principles of alignment in a broad range of asanas (yoga postures). Utilizing partnering work, pranayama (breathing techniques), and perhaps some vocal work (mantra), the classes will encourage a joyful creativity within the practice of yoga.
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ART/NY Spaces at 520 |
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520 Eighth Avenue (between 36th and 37th) 3rd Floor, NY, NY |
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(212) 244-6667 ext. 221 | | EMAIL: | |
zhollwedel@art-newyork.org |
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| 11/6, 11/13, 11/20 & 12/4: 6:30-8PM |
| $15 Class, $2 Mat Rental DROP-INS WELCOME |
| Donna Bouthillier (a modern dancer and performer with Strike Anywhere) has been a serious student of yoga for 13 years. Last fall she completed an intensive (250+ hours) teacher training in Anusara Yoga. Donna has been a NYS Licensed Massage Therapist since 1999. Her explorations of the workings of the body/mind include study of the Alexander Technique, Continuum Movement, Cranio Sacral Therapy, Zero Balancing, Anusara Yoga and a BA in Psychology and Dance. She is a certified Zero Balancer. Through her years of study and her experience as a dancer, she has come to see the body as inherently changeable and deeply intelligent. In her private practice in Manhattan and Brooklyn, she aims to guide the client into a place of optimal alignment, so that body, mind, and spirit can work together with ease. |
FALL FLING-A-LING!
Strike Anywhere will perform an improvised performance piece at Irondale's annual Fall Benefit. Drawing on its core ensemble of dancers, actors and musicians, the company will spontaneously weave a 3D Jazz tapestry.
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| October 17, 2009: TBA |
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Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble merges music, theater, improvisation, and structured composition into a total multi-media experience a happening in which art leaps off the wall and into the seat next to us.
- Asbury Park Press
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THE MACBETH VARIATIONS- SA SOUNDPAINTS IN FRANCE!
THE MACBETH VARIATIONS is a set of improvised inter-disciplinary compositions exploring Shakespeare's play "Macbeth". The performance features on-stage conductors who sculpt the improvisation through a complex sign language called Soundpainting. Soundpainting is the live composing sign language created by New York composer Walter Thompson for musicians, dancers, and actors. Performers respond to the conductor's gestures by shaping their improvisation as signed. By using Soundpainting to disrupt narrative, to loop, splice and reorder text, the sonorous quality of Shakespeare's language takes front seat. The use of repetition and variation breeds multiple layers of meaning. The result is a highly-charged interdisciplinary performance event that transcends language; a soundscape that floats in the sea of jazz, and is anchored in classical text.
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| November 6 & 7, 2008: 20:00 |
| As part of the THE MACBETH VARIATIONS development process, the company is scheduled to perform a series of international learning exchanges with jazz legend, Francois Jeanneau and the foremost Soundpainting ensemble in France, Anitya. Over the course of the next year, the companies will trade ideas and new applications of Soundpainting using Strike Anywhere's THE MACBETH VARIATIONS project as their meeting point. This week in Paris represents the first stage of the artistic exchange. |
PLAY!!! ENSEMBLE THEATER 101
Creating and performing as part of an ensemble is one of the most joyous forms of theater. Join master teacher, Leese Walker for a six week course. Participants will use theater games, improvisation, movement exercises and creative writing to learn to work collaboratively and to develop original performance material as a group.
Leese is the Artistic Director of the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble, a multi-disciplinary ensemble theatre she founded in 1997. Leese also serves on the Board of Directors of the Network of Ensemble Theaters, a national consortium of over 100 ensemble theaters.
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| 10/20/08-12/1/08 (no class on 11/3): Mondays from 7-9 PM |
| $280 PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED |
| A Class for Curious, Creative Adults. No Experience Necessary. |
Welcome to your New Home Irondale!!!
Join us as we celebrate the opening of the Irondale Ensemble's beautiful new home. After 5 years of preparation, the Irondale Center is ready. Free beer! Free performances! Games, drumming & a pot-luck community dinner. It should be a blast! See Irondale's website for the full line-up of Open House activities.
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| October 11, 2008: SA is on at 9 PM (Activities all day - Dinner at 6PM - Performances 8-10PM) |
| FREE! |
| Strike Anywhere will share a taste of its new Soundpainting project, THE MACBETH VARIATIONS. The company is part of an exciting line-up of fabulous ensembles including Universes and Lava (remember them from our 10th Anniversary Benefit last year??) Come down and shake your thang for a great cause. |
Attracting New Board Members to Your Ensemble
Co-produced by A.R.T./NY (Alliance of Resident Theaters) and Strike Anywhere, this quarterly roundtable brings together ensemble practitioners from around the region. The two hour session is loosely structured to allow ensemble members to swap strategies, trade know-how, raise questions and connect to one another through field-specific conversations and activities.
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TBD |
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, New York, NY |
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| September 24, 2008: 5-7 PM |
| FREE! MUST R.S.V.P. BY 9/18 to Memberservices@art-newyork.org (location provided upon confirmation of reservation) |
| Explore ways to attract new board members to your ensemble. At the 9/24 Roundtable, Ensemble practitioners will swap ideas and engage in experiential activities geared toward recruiting new board members.If you have questions please contact Lisa Stevenson at A.R.T./New York 212-244-6667; ext. 221 or Leese Walker, Strike Anywhere 212-875-7476. |
A TASTE OF STRIKE ANYWHERE!
Have you been thinking about volunteering? Looking for a meaningful way to get more involved in the community? SA offers many different ways to do so. Come see what we are doing, get to know us, let us get to know you...The evening will feature hors d'oeuvres, informal chat, a showing of new and old performance work, and an intro to the many facets of the outreach work SA does in the community.
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| June 8, 2008: 7 PM |
| Free! Reservations Recommended 212) 875-7476 |
| Come and see what Strike Anywhere is all about. From our community outreach programs, to original productions and international collborations, SA has a lot happening. The company will share a taste of its latest production in development, "soundpaintingSHAKESPEARE" as well as highlight current educational outreach programs with the Special Olympics, with immigrant students at Manhattan International HS, and its 7th year of the Romeo and Juliet Residency at St. Aloysius in Harlem. |
Strike Anywhere Soundpaints at the Salon!!!
Strike Anywhere will share a taste of the new soundpaintingSHAKESPEARE project. Check out this unortohodox remix of the Bard! By using Soundpainting to disrupt narrative, to loop, splice and reorder text, the sonorous quality of Shakespeares language takes front seat: the ferocity and beauty of Shakespeares text become sculptural elements. The use of repetition and variation breeds multiple layers of meaning and represents a fresh approach to Shakespeare. The result is a highly-charged interdisciplinary performance event that transcends languagea soundscape that floats in the sea of jazz, and is anchored in classical text.
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The Performance Project @ University Settlement |
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184 Eldridge Street (Corner of Rivington St), New York, N.Y. |
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212-453-4532 | | WEBSITE: | |
Http://www.universitysettlement.org |
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| May 19, 2008: 7PM |
| Free! |
| The Performance Project/Live Arts Collaboration hosts this monthly Salon, where audiences have a singular opportunity to unwrap the creative process. Each evening, selected artists from across disciplines will share samples of a work-in-progress, illuminate their process, seek out collaboration, and engage in a talk-back with the audience. A reception will follow. |
A.R.T./NY and Strike Anywhere Host an Event for Ensemble Practioners!
Ensemble theaters occupy a unique space in the American theater. Encompassing a field as diverse as the country itself, ensembles are often defined by a deep connection to community, collective decision-making power and ownership, long gestation periods to devise new work, egalitarian processes and artists/administrators who work together consistently over years. The needs and concerns of ensembles are often quite different than their more traditional cousins.
Over the last 5 years, the field has enjoyed greater visibility, thanks to the organizing and advocacy efforts of N.E.T. (Network of Ensemble Theaters) and funders like Duke, Ford, NEA, APAP and Flintridge who have lent major support to the ensemble field.
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| May 28, 2008: 6:00-7:30PM |
| FREE! RSVP by May 26th to MemberServices@art-newyork.org or 212-244-6667; ext. 320 |
| Ensemble Practitioners: Please join us for the Ensemble Roundtable where you can: bring games or ideas to share, raise questions, trade strategies, swap know-how & find out what is happening at the national level.
Come convene with like-minded folk.
Those who wish to continue the conversation beyond the allotted time are invited to move upstairs to the Zipper Tavern following the roundtable. |
soundpaintingSOPHOCLES
soundpaintingSOPHOCLES is a set of improvised inter-disciplinary compositions for instrumentalists and actors. The composition uses different scenes from Antigone as points of departure. The performance features an on-stage conductor who sculpts the improvisation through a complex sign language called Soundpainting. World-class musicians and actors well-versed in the language of Soundpainting respond to the conductor's gestures by shaping their improvisation as signed. Musicians might jump from an up-tempo swing-feel to a splatter of pointillistic sound, as actors, tangled in a conflict, suddenly reveal their whirring interiors through a set of repetitive actions. The result is a three dimensional aural collage that up-ends expectation and blurs the boundaries between music and theater.
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Milagro Theater @ Clemente Soto Velez Center |
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107 Suffolk Street (Between Rivington & Delancey), New York, N.Y. |
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(212) 260-4080 | | WEBSITE: | |
http://csvcenter.com/2005/ |
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| April 29-30, 2008: 8 PM |
| $12 |
| Featuring: Donna Bouthillier as Ismene, Brian Duguay as Creon and Nicole Poole as Antigone; Musicians: Bob Bowen (bass), Michel Gentile (flute) and Rob Henke (trumpet) with Leese Walker conducting.
"Led by founder and director Leese Walker, the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble merges music, theater, improvisation, and structured composition into a total multi-media experience a happening in which art leaps off the wall and into the seat next to us." --Asbury Park Press |
soundpaintingSHAKESPEARE
Strike Anywhere will share a taste of the new soundpaintingSHAKESPEARE project. Check out this unortohodox remix of the Bard! By using Soundpainting to disrupt narrative, to loop, splice and reorder text, the sonorous quality of Shakespeares language takes front seat: the ferocity and beauty of Shakespeares text become sculptural elements. The use of repetition and variation breeds multiple layers of meaning and represents a fresh approach to Shakespeare. The result is a highly-charged interdisciplinary performance event that transcends languagea soundscape that floats in the sea of jazz, and is anchored in classical text.
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Brooklyn Academy of Music |
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Hillman Attic Studio 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. |
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718-636-4130 x4 | | WEBSITE: | |
http://www.bam.org |
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| April 18, 2008: 5 PM |
| Free! |
| Strike Anywhere will share a taste of its latest project with teachers and students who participated in the 2008 Shakespeare Teaches Teachers/Students Program, which promotes innovative, experiential approaches to teaching Shakespeare in NYC. |
UNDER THE ZIPPER - N.E.T. at APAP!
Strike Anywhere is proud to host UNDER THE ZIPPER a showcase of Ensemble Theater designed to coincide with the 2008 Arts Presenters Conference. Strike Anywhere will share two excerpts of current work: a "Soundpainting" and its dynamic two-woman vaudeville, "10 Brecht Poems". Soundpainting is the live compositional sign language designed by Walter Thompson for musicians, dancers, and actors working in the medium of structured improvisation. This gestural sign language of over 750 signs allows a conductor to communicate with an orchestra of performers and to shape an improvisation while it is in motion. SA is one of only 3 theater companies in the United States licensed to use the Soundpainting language. "10 Brecht Poems" is a collaboration with NACL Theatre. Tannis Kowalchuk (NACL) and Leese Walker (Strike Anywhere) use satire and a variety of performance styles to bring to life 10 poems by Bertolt Brecht, the renowned German playwright and social critic.
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| January 13, 2008: 6PM & 9PM |
| Free! Reservations Recommended 212) 875-7476 |
| UNDER THE ZIPPER is a dim sum sampling of ENSEMBLE THEATER. Companies from around the country will converge at a new underground space at the Zipper Factory to share a nibble of current work. Featured companies include: THEATRE OF YUGEN, STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE, SANDGLASS THEATER, NACL THEATRE, M.U.G.A.B.E.E. and BOND STREET THEATRE.
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UNDER THE ZIPPER - N.E.T. at APAP!
Strike Anywhere is proud to host UNDER THE ZIPPER a showcase of Ensemble Theater designed to coincide with the 2008 Arts Presenters Conference. UNDER THE ZIPPER will feature 6 Ensemble Theaters: THEATRE OF YUGEN, STRIKE ANYWHERE PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE, SANDGLASS THEATER, NACL THEATRE, M.U.G.A.B.E.E. and BOND STREET THEATRE. Ensemble Theater is where boundaries are being pushed, where innovation is happening, where risk-taking is the base-line of creation. For one night only, ensemble theaters from around the country will converge at a new underground space at the Zipper Factory to offer a sneak-peek of current work. Featuring an eclectic menu of puppetry, hip-hop/jazz, American Noh Theater, and Brechtian vaudeville this evening will highlight some of the tastiest treats from the Network of Ensemble Theaters (N.E.T.). Post-show cocktails at Zipper Tavern upstairs.
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| January 13, 2008: 6PM & 9PM |
| Free! Reservations Recommended 212) 875-7476 |
| These companies are all members of the Network
of Ensemble Theaters (N.E.T.) which exists to
propel ensemble theater practice to the forefront of
American culture and society. A national coalition
of over 80 distinct ensemble theater companies,
N.E.T. links a diverse array of ensembles and practitioners
to one another and the performing arts
field, encouraging collaborations and disseminating
knowledge and discoveries. N.E.T. is the place
where the national conversation about ensemble
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November 22, 2008:
NETnite
- New York, N.Y.
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A Taste of Ensemble Theater!
For one night only, join us for a diverse sampling of Ensemble Theater. Ensemble Theater is where boundaries are being pushed, where innovation is happening, where risk-taking is the base-line of creation. For one night only, ensemble theaters from the North-East will converge on the Lower East Side to offer a sneak-peek of current work. The evening will feature four ensembles from the Network of Ensemble Theaters (N.E.T.) who will share a taste of their work as well as a look into their ensemble process.
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The Performance Project @ University Settlement |
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184 Eldridge Street (Corner of Rivington St), New York, N.Y. |
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212-453-4532 | | WEBSITE: | |
Http://www.universitysettlement.org |
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| November 22, 2008: 8 PM |
STRIKE ANYWHERE'S BLOWOUT 10TH ANNIVERSARY BENEFIT!!!
Sharing excerpts from SA's newest work-in-progress A JOHN LENNON SOUNDPAINTING, the bohemian bash is sure to be blast. Live music, raunchy acts, tasty treats of all kinds...all to raise money for the troupe we know and love, Strike Anywhere.
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| November 12, 2007: 6:30 Cocktails, 8PM Shows |
| $35 and up |
| Don't miss an eclectic menu of trapeze, tarot, burlesque, jazz and clowning. Featuring performances by Universes (poetry-jazz-theater), LAVA (female acrobats), the Ukuladies (Ukulele Trio), 4-Five-VI (Live music & Silent Film), Howlin' Vic (Hoola Hooping Strip Tease!) and Strike Anywhere of course! |
Eating our way to extinction-a Jolly Soundpainting of epic proportions!
As part of the Globesity Festival, Strike Anywhere has been commissioned to create a Soundpainting examining the U.S. obsession with over-consumption. Using the Soundpainting sign language to sculpt the improvised performance, Strike Anywhere will create a 3D performance collage sure to delight, surprise and provoke. Soundpainting is a compositional tool that allows a conductor to create real-time sculpted improvisations with actors, dancers and musicians. Strike Anywhere is the only theatre company in the US currently licensed to perform using the Soundpainting language.
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| October 28, 2007: 7:30PM |
| FREE! |
| Featuring Musicians: Jody Espina (reeds), Michel Gentile (flute), Rob Henke (trumpet), Rolf Sturm (guitar); Dancers: Donna Bouthillier; Actors: Brian Duguay, Nicole Poole and Leese Walker. |
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SUNY College-Oswego |
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7060 Route 104 , Oswego, NY |
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315.312.2500 | | WEBSITE: | |
http://www.oswego.edu |
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| October 16, 2007: 8 PM |
| Free! |
| Hewitt Union Ballroom |
IMAGINE - a John Lennon Soundpainting
At this year's annual Network of Ensemble Theatres Conference, Strike Anywhere will share a work-in-progress showing of its latest Soundpainting exploration, that of the maverick former Beatle, John Lennon.
Using the Soundpainting sign language, conductor Jody Espina will sculpt the improvisation, mixing pieces of Lennon's writings, songs and interviews into a dada-esque performance collage, created on the spot.
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| Featuring Musicians: Michel Gentile (flute), Jody Espina (reeds), Rolf Sturm (guitar); Dancers: Andrea Ariel and Donna Bouthiller; Actors: Brian Duguay and Leese Walker. |
A Silly Summer Soundpainting!
A madcapped romp through the zany world of Kook-quirk-istan! Using the Soundpainting sign language to guide this improvised performance, the Strike Anywhere Ensemble of actors, dancers and musicians will delight young audiences with their quick-witted wackiness. After a quick pre-show intro, the students will be wrapped into the performance having learned a handful of soundpainting getsures.
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Sullivan County Community College |
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112 College Road , Loch Sheldrake, New York |
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845-434-5750 |
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| August 7, 2007: 10:30 AM |
| Featuring Musicians: Jody Espina (reeds), Michel Gentile (flute), Rob Henke (trumpet), Rolf Sturm (guitar); Dancers: Andrea Ariel and Lindsey Dietz-Marchant; Actors: Brian Duguay and Leese Walker. |
The Brecht Broads Come Home!
After a triumphant tour to 45 plus places, from Pontine Theatre in a blizzard to the windy city and most recently out to sunny CA and back...the Brecht Gals are coming home! Catch their two night stint at NACL's lovely hideaway in the Catskills...where the nights are cool, the beer always chilled and those sexy gals in wool coats HOT! Oi!
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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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| July 13-14, 2007: 8PM |
| $15 / $12 Students and Seniors |
Your Acting Can Make A Difference!
Put those acting skills to work in a job that can have a positive impact on young people and the education field. NYC is in the forefront of a national experiment where the arts are being used to animate education. Train to be a teaching-artist. Use your craft and earn a living!
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SITI Company |
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520 Eighth Ave., 3rd floor , New York, N.Y. |
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| August 17-19, 2007: Friday 6-9PM, Saturday and Sunday 10AM-5PM |
| $375 ($300 if you register by August 1, 2007) |
| Teaching Artist Institute is for performers who wish to train as teaching-artists and for teaching artists who want to take their teaching to the next level. In this experiential institute, we will explore ways to actively involve the classroom teacher, learn how to structure workshops and residencies so that the aim is crystal clear, and try out some practical solutions to common behavior issues. TAs will be encouraged to bring in challenges that they have encountered in the field for the group to problem-solve. You will increase your toolbox of games and exercises and have a great time doing so! |
Tannis Kowalchuk and Leese Walker to teach Master Class
Collaborative Drama/Poetry in Motion - In a workshop designed to mirror the creative process employed to create 10 Brecht Poems, artists will lead participants through the process of transforming meaningful text into original theatre. Participants will work as an ensemble using theatre games, acappella singing, and physical theatre techniques to generate their own unique response to one of Bertolt Brecht's poems. Participants should wear loose fitting clothing, be prepared to move and should bring a pen and paper.
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| April 28, 2007: 11AM-1PM |
| $75 General Public / $60 Students |
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| April 25, 2007: 8 PM |
| $20 General Admission / $15 Students/Seniors |
| The performance will be coupled with a post-show discussion led by UC Davis Professor, Larry Bogad. |
Bay Area Braces for Brechtian Brou-haha!
With 40 plus venues under their Brechtian Belt, the dynamic duo heads to the "Best Coast" to perform at the FURY factory Festival in San Francisco. If you live in the Bay Area, and you have not yet seen the show, GO! One weekend only!
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FURY factory Festival |
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Travelling Jewish Theatre 470 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA |
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415-626-0453 ext. 108 | | WEBSITE: | |
http://www.foolsfury.org |
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| April 26-28, 2007: 7 PM |
| $15 General Admission / $12 Student/Senior |
| "10 Brecht Poems" will be presented as part of a special NET (Network of Ensemble Theatres) weekend. This festival within a festival will feature performances, workshops and panels focused on the growing cultural movement of ensemble theatre in America. |
Master Puppeteer Eric Bass of Sandglass Theatre to teach Weekend Intensive
WHY A PUPPET AND HOW - A performing workshop conducted by Eric Bass in which physical training techniques are carried over into the puppet, and then differentiated from the way in which an actor would use them. Emphasis is placed on breathing disciplines and on improvisation. The class will use puppets specially designed for the original exercises they will participate in. The workshop will also touch on what kind of theater projects invite the use of puppets and on defining the differences between puppet theater and actors theater. Emphasis is placed on the use and understanding of metaphor as a theatrical device.
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Trish Brown Studios |
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625 West 55th Street , New York, N.Y. |
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| March 9-11, 2007: Friday 6-9 PM, Saturday and Sunday 10-5 PM |
| $475 ($375 if you register by Feb. 19) |
| ABOUT ERIC BASS, Master Class Teacher: Eric Bass has worked in the theater as a director, playwright, performer and mask and puppet maker. He was a member of Jean Erdmans Theater of the Open Eye in New York City for five years, until he left in 1980 to create his first solo performance using puppets, Autumn Portraits, which was awarded a Diploma of Excellence in Pecs, Hungary and the First Prize Critics Award for Best Production at the International Puppetry Festival in Adelaide, Australia. In 1982, Mr. Bass founded Sandglass Theater in Munich, Germany, with his wife, Ines Zeller Bass. Mr. Bass conceived, designed and performed in Sandglass productions: Sand, Invitations to Heaven, The Village Child, and Never Been Anywhere each of which earned a Citation of Excellence from the International Union of Puppeteers. As a director, Mr. Bass has worked in America, Australia, Poland, and Finland, as well as the United States. His staging of Bertolt Brechts Caucasian Chalk Circle was produced at the Helsinki City Theater, Canadas Caravan Farm Theater and by Sandglass Theater for the Jim Henson International Festival of Puppet Theater in September 1996. His childrens play, In My Grandmothers Purse, has been produced by theaters in the United States, Finland and Poland. In 1991, Mr. Bass was awarded the Figurentheater Prize of the City of Erlangen, Germany for his contributions to the field of puppet theater. He is currently collaborating with new vaudevillean Bob Berky on Richard 3.5: Light Ruminations on Murder, a production of Shakespeares Richard III; and with theater company Sovanna Phum of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Mr. Bass taught theater and directing at Marlboro College from 1996-2002. He teaches on a regular basis at the Turku Arts Academy in Finland, and currently directs an intensive puppet theater training institute with the rest of the Sandglass Company for three weeks during the summer at the University of Connecticut. Eric Bass has also served on the Board of Trustees of the Network of Ensemble Theaters. |
Paint and Be Painted!
Come join us for a quick lesson on Soundpainting and become part of the orchestra! Strike Anywhere will be returning to NACL Theatre to envelop the audience into the evening's improvised performance. Audience members can jump in as little or as much as they want. Finger paints will be on hand for those who prefer a silent medium while more vociferous guests will be invited to move and make some sound!
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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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| January 11, 2007: 8PM |
| $5 |
Puppet Painting Packs a Punch!
Strike Anywhere lends its brand of Soundpainting to PUNCH, the monthly puppet showcase. Soundpainting is the live composition sign language used to conduct improv. Developed by Walter Thompson, the language is comprised of over 750 signed gestures that shape the composition while it is in motion. Tonight's soundpainting will surely be a wacky one, where all things puppet will be in the mix. Guest musician: Bohdan Hilash (bass clarinet) will join SA members: Michel Gentile (flute), Brian DuGuay, Julie Pasquale and conductor, Leese Walker.
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| November 27, 2006: 8PM |
| $5 |
| PUNCH is a monthly showcase for all things puppet. Here, artists experiment and/or try out their latest puppet-flavored fare. Come if you dare! There will be puppet films, twisted puppet improv, a puppet band and mucho puppet mayhem! Curated by Gretchen Van Lente, of Drama of Works. |
Break Through the Blocks and Boost Your Career! A Workshop with AMY FORTOUL
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| December 1-3, 2006: Friday 6-9 PM, Saturday and Sunday 10-5 PM |
| $390 ($300 if you register by Nov. 6, 2006) |
Devising Inter-disciplinary Performance-A Master-Class with PING CHONG
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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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| October 27-29, 2006: Gavin |
| $475 ($375 if you register by Oct. 6) 10% Union Discount/15% Alumni Discount-cannot be combined |
Brecht Broads Beltway Bound!
After last year's successful tour to Chicago and New England, the Brecht Broads head back to D.C. where they began their East Coast tour in 2003 at the Goethe Institut. For this stint, they will be hosted by Open Theatre/DC and will perform at Busboys and Poets, the watering hole for D.C. progressives. (A scarce breed these days...) So belly up to the bar and take in an earful of Brecht. We must progress!
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Busboys and Poets |
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2021 14th Street NW (V & 14th St) , Washington, DC |
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202.387.7638 (Poet) | | WEBSITE: | |
HTTP://www.busboysandpoets.com |
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| September 29-30, 2006: Friday at 10:30PM, Saturday at 4PM and 10:30PM |
| $12 |
| Performances will be coupled with a post-show dialogue |
Vaudevillians Raise More Than Eyebrows!
Who says sotto voce? Over the last few years it is the librarians who have been on the front lines of activist battles waging war against the Patriot Act and similar measures of censorship. So for one day only, the S.S. Brecht will anchor in Port Jervis where the library will play host to the gals who just wont keep their voices down!
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Port Jervis Library |
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138 Pike Street , Port Jervis, NY |
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845-567-7313 | | WEBSITE: | |
http://www.rcls.org/ptj/ |
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| September 23, 2006: Saturday at 3PM |
| FREE! |
Vaudevillians Raise More Than Eyebrows!
Who says soto voce? Over the last few years its the librarians who have been on the front lines of activist battles waging war against the Patriot Act and similar measures of censorship. So for one day only, the S.S. Brecht will anchor in Port Jervis where the library will play host to the noisy cabaret that could!
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Port Jervis Library |
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138 Pike Street , Port Jervis, NY |
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845-567-7313 | | WEBSITE: | |
http://www.rcls.org/ptj/ |
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| September 23, 2006: Saturday at 3PM |
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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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| July 14 - 15, 2006: Friday & Saturday at 8 PM |
| $8 - $20 (sliding scale) |
UNFLINCHING POLITICAL PERFORMANCE ART TO START JUNE 2 AT THE BRECHT FORUM IN NYC
Mixing jazz, clowning, dance, and physical theatre, the Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble probes the political landscape in its latest offering POCKET FULL OF CHANGE. From the deleterious effects of apathy and consumerism, to media manipulation and the rush to war, the ensemble deftly skewers its subjects with humor and insight. Appropriating concepts from jazz and popular music, Strike Anywheres performers act as different instruments or parts of the band. Imagine actors dialogue as a horn section or dancers movement as a visual baseline. And, as with jazz, the company improvises on the pieces every night making each performance unique. An unflinching set of questions are raised by the ensemble as they riff on topics such as civil liberties and healthcare in todays society. Its art that asks questions. Post-show dialogue will be served up with drinks.
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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 2-17, 2006: Fridays & Saturdays at 8 PM; Sundays at 7 PM |
| Tickets are $20; $15 for students/seniors - Sliding Scale Sundays $12-$20 |
| Post-show dialogue will be served up with drinks. |
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High School of Art & Design |
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1075 2nd Ave , New York, NY |
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212-752-4340 |
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| May 22, 2006: Monday at 9:10 AM and 10:50 AM |
| TALK-BACK FOLLOWING PERFORMANCE! |
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April 1,2006:
- Hoboken, NJ
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Hoboken High School |
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, Hoboken, NJ |
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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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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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