Kissing is in the air, and not just because it’s spring and my allergies are attacking my face to death. No. Led by Tino Sehgal‘s “This Progress,” which opened at The Guggenheim back in January and featured “Kiss”, where exclusively male-female couples made out on the rotunda of the museum for like, all day, kissing [...]
New Kid On The Block
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 [...]
Regarding Michael Jackson…
I’m sure you’ve all been wondering what the hell I think about Michael Jackson and his death. (Really?) At least friends and family last night seemed to be wondering. So, here I go, trying to formulate what feels for me something difficult to talk/write about, not because of any kind of grief, but more for [...]
And dream of Ann Liv Young…
For a while now I’ve been having–every so often–dreams that feature Ann Liv Young. Well, three dreams, to be exact. These started, as far as I can surmise, shortly after my first writing on Ms. Young’s work. The central anxiety of these dreams–and they are always anxious dreams–balances precariously on a paradigmatic axis of whether [...]
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 [...]
TO DO: Mt. Tremper Arts NYC Benefit Party
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 [...]
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 [...]
Opera…In…Spaaaaace….
My crew over at the New York Press/Manhattan Media have come out with City Arts, a new monthly arts insert (expansion during a recession!!??) that you can find sandwiched in The Press. (It’s already been lampooned by a snarky renegade blogger…) For it’s maiden voyage, our very own Ryan Tracy offers a little preview of [...]
I’m ready for my close-up…
Sometimes you just can’t say no to free beer. Nor can you turn down a night of hanging out with L. Ro.–for realz, you guys–at the BAM Takeover. Check out her genius post on Art.Cult, which includes this recockulous picture of yours truly double-fisting Bud Light or something. I posted a comment, clarifying some of [...]
To Do: Shameless Self-Promotion
Ten years after coming out, composer/performer/writer Ryan Tracy has one more thing to come clean about: His songwriting. Since 1998, Ryan has written over a dozen songs that chronicle his pursuit of the big gay life. But for inexplicable reasons, these songs have remained trapped in the closet: Until now! BIG RELEASE Original songs by [...]
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