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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

Tower of Babel

TOWER OF BABEL

“And while the stranger’s eyes and lips pour out a stream of incomprehensible words, you start feeling like a beloved child. Not a child of one mother or father, but of all these storytellers. A human child in a global bed.” – Marijn van der Jagt, Vrij Nederland

“Tower of Babel realizes a paradox: people who speak different languages at the same time do not produce a cacophony, but create a harmonious symphony… The Tower of Babel becomes no longer a symbol of opposites, but a foundation for solidarity. This is a unique experience in a time when our differences are increasingly being misused as political weapons.” – Nan van Houte, Artistic Director, The Nes Theatres, Amsterdam.

This one-of-a kind, interactive, full immersion, theatre experience transcends the boundaries of language. Dutch artists Lidy Six and Robert Steijn bypass distinctions of “us and them” and create a truly living and intimate performance ritual. Each audience member is individually greeted, embraced by an atmosphere delicately poised between dreaming and waking. Storytellers from around the world share secrets and tales as different languages converge and invent a new vocabulary for understanding. This exquisitely personal experience metamorphoses into a party for everyone’s ears. Featuring live DJ Cassie 6, live VJ Roberta Marques – and lots of tea.

Running time: Approximately 50 minutes; space is limited to 25 audience members per performance – advance reservations strongly recommended.

Tower of Babel show is a featured presentation in both the European Dream Festival and the Impact Festival.

Made possible in part by the Consulate General of The Netherlands in New York.

U.S. Premiere
September 20 – 23, 2006