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<b>8</b> eight choreographers / eight new works  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12726' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Bang on a Can Marathon</b>  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12728' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Cankerblossom - A Dark Fairytale for Kids Aged 9 to 90</b> by Pig Iron Theatre Company  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12730' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Cédric Andrieux</b> by Jérôme Bel  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12732' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>CHICKEN</b> by Charlotte Ford  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12734' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>DANCE</b> by Lucinda Childs  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12736' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Decadere</b> by BoánDanz Action  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12738' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>¡EL CONQUISTADOR!</b> by Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12723' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>TAKES</b> by Nichole Canuso Dance Company  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12748' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>First Love by Samuel Beckett</b> by Conor Lovett  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12740' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>FREEDOM CLUB</b> by New Paradise Laboratories & The Riot Group  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12742' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Romeo and Juliet</b> by Nature Theater of Oklahoma  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12744' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Sanctuary</b> by Brian Sanders' JUNK  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12746' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>The Sun Also Rises- Based on the Novel by Ernest Hemingway</b> by Elevator Repair Service  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12750' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Journey to the West - Reinterpreting Tradition Series</b> by Danny Yung  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12860' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Release: Vijay Iyer Live</b> by Vijay Iyer and Bill Morrisson  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12754' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Decasia</b> by Bill Morrison  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12857' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>Stew and the Negro Problem with Heidi Rodewald</b>  <b>[<a href='/details.cfm?id=12856' style='text-decoration:none;'>MORE</a>]</b> <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko <b>2009 Festival Bar</b> photo by Kevin Monko
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And much love from Toby Zinman, in Inquirer mode, for 4.48 Psychosis [Brow wipe. Exeunt.] --Nicholas Gilewicz [More]
Tonight: Launching "8"
Hi friends! Sorry we've been out of commission for a day, but my presence was required at a wedding, and I was distracted by large amounts of Indian food and martinis. I ran into friend-of-a-friend and fellow theater blogger Matt Freeman there. [More]
Sunday Reading
The Inquirer continues to flood the zone. Reviews of Sanctuary, Chicken, and more here, and Merliyn Jackson has an excellent feature on our centerpiece show, Lucinda Childs's Dance. Quoth Jackson: "[Caitlin] Scranton dances it as no less a tour de force than Childs did three decades ago. Glass' paradoxically joyful and melancholy Dance No. [More]
Featured Live Arts Shows
8
8
eight choreographers / eight new works
Eight rising choreographers have been commissioned to stage eight major new works at the Live Arts Festival. Come see what they create. Choreographers: Meg Foley, Eun Jung Gonzalez, Jaamil Kosoko, Megan Mazarick, Shavon Norris, Olive Prince, Jumatatu Poe, and Daniele Strawmyre. [More]
TAKES
TAKES
Nichole Canuso Dance Company
TAKES examines all the extra bits that surround the snapshots of our memory. Inside a giant box made of transparent screens, Nichole Canuso and Dito Van Reigersberg's live performance is melded with their character's personal memories and past moments through video projections. [More]
CHICKEN
CHICKEN
Charlotte Ford
Oppressive boredom, obsession with nuclear annihilation, and growing petty hatreds inspire three guards stuck in a nuclear submarine to gleefully enact their worst fears. [More]
Decasia
Stew and the Negro Problem with Heidi Rodewald
This Afro Baroque cabaret ensemble hovers between the divergent worlds of rock and theater. Songs from their Tony award-winning Passing Strange and new work from Stew and Heidi's upcoming musical are combined with the band's repertoire for this wild concert. [More]