Management for downtown dance-theater/performance artists (we really may need to just make up a term that covers this; suggestions? I guess Na’vi is already taken…) is not a simple thing. It’s obscure, there is very little money in it, and in a financial climate that threatens both artist funding and the capital that goes into [...]
TO DO: DTW Lobby Talks
Jun 9 at 7:30pm
Dance Theater Workshop
219 West 19th Street, New York, NY
Organized by Chase Granoff
“As the internet continues to develop and mature into a powerful platform for communication, marketing, networking, and criticism, we will look at how these technologies have influenced dance. How has this development challenged and changed the landscape of dance journalism and [...]
Killing The Family To Build The House
So, crap.
Friday, Dan Wakin reports that our dear Brooklyn Philharmonic has canceled all of its concerts for this season, as well as “all of next season’s subscription concerts”. Ironically, the educational programs will still continue, since they still have funding from the government.
This is the kind of crap that drives me insane.
It’s part and parcel [...]
TO DO: “Pussy Faggot”
TONIGHT @ The Delancey, ubiquitous downtown producer Earl Dax is throwing a birthday bash for himself, which doubles as a fundraiser for Dixon Place’s HOT! Festival of queer performance.
In light of Claudia La Rocco’s insightful piece on the negative impact capital campaigns and anchoring real estate ventures can have on the missions of small [...]
Performance Club, Now from concentrate!
I don’t know what’s going on with the folks over at WNYC. They just can’t seem to figure out how to solve a problem like La Rocco (Claudia La Rocco, that is…)
Does everyone remember the good old days when L. Ro. had her own blog, and it was like a huge success?!
And then remember when [...]
“The Christ in Me” and “The Bagwell in Me”: A comparative analysis
Below, you will find a post that I prepared weeks ago but didn’t get around to finalizing. It’s a revisit to Ann Liv Young’s “The Bagwell in Me.” It’s a kind of mega-rant, full of twists and turns, perversities, theories, doubts, and, as always, criticisms. I know this makes me officially obsessed with her work, [...]
A Measure of Change: Or, What “Sleeping With The Enemy” and Goat Island’s “Lastmaker” have in common with the election of Barack Obama
If this election cycle has had any single theme that has dominated all possible themes, it was without a doubt: CHANGE. Not only did Barack Obama’s campaign coin it and stick to it, but John McCain’s campaign co-opted it in an effort to portray the McCain/Palin ticket as the real agents of change. It is [...]
TO DO: Live chat with L. Ro.!
Today at 3pm, WNYC’s blog is hosting a live chat with Claudia La Rocco and Nathan Lee.
Details are few, but whatever, any chat with L. Ro. is bound to be like chicken soup for the critical soul. (Cheesy and delicious!)
I’ll update later on as soon as it becomes clear exactly how the hell this is [...]
L. Ro. enters the Blogo
Stop the presses!
No really. Stop ‘em.
Because The Times has eased its exclusivity grip on at least one of its stringers, and allowed none other than Claudia La Rocco (aka, L. Ro.)…TO START A BLOG!
“The Culturist” is being hosted by WNYC and promises to host some inspiring confab. In her maiden post, L. Ro. writes:
…with [...]
Quirky Cool: The Problem of Joanna Newsom
Music Review: Joanna Newsom @ BAM
For Michael
For one night at least, the cool kids took over BAM. I am, of course, using the phrase as I once believed Claudia La Rocco had used it (reviewing Jeremy Wade’s “…and pulled out their hair” at The Joyce Soho), that is, with an edge of condescencion. Well, with [...]
