Mt. Tremper Arts – NYC Benefit Party Monday, April 27 7pm-9pm Powerhouse Books in DUMBO 37 Main Street Brooklyn, NY 8456889893 info@mttremperarts.com (more details below) Come out and support this amazing festival, founded by Aynsley Vandenbroucke and Mathew Pokoik. Arts, across the board, are in dire need of direct funding right now. If you can [...]
Dancing to the “Beep”
I know this Architecture In Helsinki video/song is probably really trendy, or maybe I missed the trend, and I’m old, and not hip and young as commenters and friends often like to point out to me. Whatever. It’s Friday. Directed by Melbourne-based Krozm, this video is fun, and has some SERIOUS dance moves. Right around [...]
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 [...]
How Does NYCO Spell Relief? O-R-C-H-E-S-T-R-A A-I-S-L-E-S
Holy fuck balls! Change has come. On the heals of its image redesign, New York City Opera has unbelievably announced (although the link to the press release doesn’t appear to work) that the State Theater is getting…aisles in the orchestra!!! And Peter Martins is cool with it! I don’t know how long the dispute between [...]
Grab Bag
A few things worth noting… Right now, there’s a pretty raging debate over the use of animals in performance over at L. Ro.’s Performance Club. C.C. is like “umm, dogs can’t consent to making art,” and others are like, “well, he’s having fun, so chill the fuck out!” People are also commenting about other aspects [...]
BREAKING: Brooklyn Philharmonic On the Brink
Counter Critic has learned that vital funds for the survival of Brooklyn Philharmonic have fallen through, leading to significant layoffs and threatening the remainder of the season. “Much of the senior team has been laid off, and a small skeletal staff is in place to attempt to move the organization forward through this life support [...]
Breaking Blind Item: Recessionomics Hits Dance Company
Which major New York City modern dance company is firing three of its highest paid dancers this spring, citing “artistic differences,” rather than the total economic meltdown that one of the dancers charges is the real reason for being forced out?
Did Paul Taylor invent the Moonwalk?…
I don’t know that there’s any way to corroborate or prove this, but… Last night, I had the luxury of attending the opening night of Paul Taylor’s season at City Center, and at one point in the first piece, Images (set to a score by Debussy), Robert Kleinendorst does a dance move that appears to [...]
The Curious Case of Balanchine Button…and Hurricane Katrina. WTF?
Umm…so…did anybody know that Cate Blanchette’s character, Daisy, in “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a fucking ballet dancer? And her career arc, from entering the School of American Ballet to dancing with Balanchine to getting caught up in the new modern dance bohemia to soured old ballet teacher–is like a major plot element [...]
TO DO: ACME, OHIO, and Arias
There are a few notable affairs this weekend. Tonight, the fab chamber ensemble, ACME, is presented by Wordless Music at Le Poisson Rouge. They will perform, along with former Shudder to Think frontman Craig Wedren, Lovesongs by Jefferson Friedman, which premiered last night at The Miller. Saturday is the OHIO Theater‘s “Quantify Your Love Valentine’s [...]
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