Archived Events | Page 68 of 96 | Performance Space New York

Invisible Messages

INVISIBLE MESSAGES

“Director Peter S. Petralia is a master at creating atmosphere . . . Keep an eye out for this adventurous group. . .”
– Jason Zinoman, Time Out New York

In September of 2005, Peter S. Petralia conducted an adventurous journey-cum-experiment in which he set out on the Trans-Siberian Railway, connecting with artists from around the world for as long as the train was in the station. He collected a constellation of collaborative art objects, experiences and stories which culminate in this unique performance.

The ephemeral nature of perception, mobility and fame are teased out by three people who are in the process of disappearing. Invisible Messages travels from the depths of the brain to the most remote corner of the Gobi desert in search of an understanding of what it means to be truly present in the modern world.

Performers: Mandy Caughey, Alessandro Magania, Meredith Smart
Music: Max Giteck Duykers
Lighting: Rebecca M. K. Makus
Stage Management: Ashley Kosier
Dramaturgy: Glenn Kessler
Photo: Alison Grippo

Learn more about Proto-Type at proto-type.org

See photos from Peter’s trip.

Post-performance Special Event
Sunday, October 22:
Collaborative Art and Globalization:
Retrace Peter’s footsteps along the amazing trip that led to Invisible Messages and get the inside scoop on the events and encounters that shaped it along the way. Join Peter and special guests including Imre Szeman, Director of the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition, McMaster University, for a conversation exploring the making of international collaborative art vis-à-vis globalization. This special event is featured as part of the Discovery Series, PS122’s take-back of the talk-backs.

World Premiere
October 12-29, 2006
Opens Thursday, October 12
Wednesday-Saturday 8:30 p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays at 4:30 p.m.
Approximate Running Time: 90 minutes
$20, $15 (students/seniors),
$10 (members)

AGA FALL 06

AVANT-GARDE-ARAMA

“Orchestrated mayhem and the excitement that ensues are the only predictable variables…Try as it may to maintain theatrical composure, this always ends up degenerating, or exploding, into an all-out party.” – flavorpill.com

Flavorpill orchestrates the exciting mayhem that is Avant-Garde-Arama! as PUPU Platter (Mike Albo, Michele Brilliant, Sandra Bauleo, John Roberts, Gina Vetro) hosts this special installment of PS122’s longest-running series. Each evening in this multidisciplinary mini-festival showcases a different lineup of bite-sized, eclectic new works from established and emerging artists. In a fun, festive and informal atmosphere, the best in breakout dance, music, theatre, performance, video and more is presented in 8 minutes or less. Anything can – and will – happen!

Featuring (in no order):
Friday October 6th:

Host PUPU Platter
The Debate Society
Martha Colburn
DD Dorvillier
Victor Morales
Leigh Evans
Dr. Schüler and Christine Holt
Plus DJ Justin Carter

Saturday, October 7th:
Host PUPU Platter
Jollyship the Whiz-Bang
Lear de Bessonet
Susan Buice and Arin Crumley
Miguel Gutierrez
Rob Niell / Neo-Futurists
Helen Stratford
Plus DJ

Photo by Pete-Y

October 6, 7
8:00 p.m.
AGA FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
Sunday October 8
4:00 and 7:00 p.m.

Danceoff Fall 2006

Danceoff

“FRESH, FIERCE, AND A WHOLE LOT OF FUN!… DANCEOFF! deserves its flamboyant reputation for being one of the most palatable and entertaining, yet sophisticated evenings of performance around.”
– Tom Pearson, NYC Dance Journal

Way before there was “So, You Think You Can…” there was DANCEOFF!, NYC’s only full-contact, non-competitive, not-really-a, dance competition. Continuing to present the best and brightest in emerging and emerged dance/theatre artists, Terry Dean Bartlett (Associate Artistic Director of Streb) & Katie Workhum (co-recipient of Dance in Progress at The Kitchen, an NEA Endowment for the Advancement for the Arts) bring back DANCEOFF! to P.S. 122 after presentations at Lincoln Center’s Out of Doors Festival and Symphony Space.

Photo by Leigh Garrett

October 3, 4, 2006
8:00, 10:00 p.m.
$15, $10 (members)

A Room of One’s Own

A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN

“Ladies and gentlemen, it was the great British writer Virginia Woolf who argued that every woman had to have a room of her own in order to manifest her strengths. At the onset of the new millennium, American women finally have what they need to demonstrate their prowess. The War on Terror offers an unprecedented opportunity to the women of this great country.”
– from A Room of One’s Own

“It’s in the cracks, Ms. Fusco suggests, that the political truth is revealed.”
– Holland
Cotter, The New York Times

Coco Fusco presents an unflinching examination of the expanding role of American women in the war on terror. A seasoned interrogator briefs the audience on the rationales for using sexual innuendo as a tactic for extracting information, as well as the merits of a career in military intelligence for emancipated women seeking to follow in the footsteps of Condoleeza Rice and other powerful women in the military.

Coco Fusco has presented performances and videos in events world-wide, including
The Whitney Biennial, Sydney Biennale, The Shanghai Biennale, Transmediale, and The
London International Theatre Festival.

Special Pre-Show Screening
and Panel Discussion
Saturday, September 30, at 5:00 p.m.
Coco’s critically acclaimed video OPERATION ATROPOS, about her training with former U.S. Army interrogators, will be screened and followed by a discussion about her work with panelists Jose Muñoz, Chair of Performance Studies, NYU; Anne Norton, Professor of Political Science, UPenn; and Mike Ritz, former U.S. Army Interrogator and co-founder of Team Delta. This event is free. Email boxoffice@ps122.org to reserve your spot. Approximate running time for special event: 100 minutes

A Room of One’s Own is a featured show in the Impact Festival.

Above photo by Paula Court / Performa05

This production is made possible with financial support from the Rockefeller Brothers
Fund for the book and project.

New York Premiere
September 28 – October 1, 2006

Moopim 2006

MOOPIM MOOPIM

Israeli choreographer Saar Harari and Actress Lee Sher craft a compelling coda to the critically heralded “Herd of Bulls,” in which explosive military movement was co-opted to inform one soldier’s journey through the emotional aftermath of violence.

Here, the company’s physical vocabulary implodes, occupying a mental territory torn by the duality of
living a life of freedom in a place where others cannot. Underscored by the live accompaniment of composer Brian Prunka on the oud (a traditional Arabic instrument), writhing, undulating bodies unite and collide, ricocheting between manifestations of sensual pleasure, joy and tenderness to anger, fear and madness – engaging the audience in a riveting exploration of humanity and the right to dream.

Made possible in part by the Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York.

Featuring: Ellen Cremer, Rossella Fusco, Saar Harari, Rachel Okimo, Brian Prunka, Lee Sher.

Photo by Justin Bernhaut

This show is a featured presentation in both the Impact Festival and The New York Musical Theatre Festival

“Intense emotions and quick-shifting physical states… Ingenious… They fall, rise and inch across the floor as if wounded, slipping through quick bursts of emotions, hunting.”
-The New York Times

September 27 – October 8, 2006
Wednesday – Saturday 8:30 p.m.
Sunday 4:30 p.m.
Additional Performances during the
COIL Festival 2007