Taylor Mac | Performance Space New York

AGA Summer 07

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

Avant-Garde-Arama:
High Octane Ethyl

P.S. 122’s longest-running series is the definitive
multi-disciplinary mini-festival, showcasing a nightly
line-up of bite-sized, eclectic new works from daring
and dangerous artists. A fun, festive and informal
atmosphere frames the best in breakout dance,
music, theatre, performance, video and more – all
presented in 8 minutes or less. Anything can –
and will – happen!

Hosts: Justin Bond and Taylor Mac (Ethyl Eichelberger
Award Winners)

Ethyl Eichelberger costume and memorabilia
installation by Miss Joan Marie Moossy and Joe E.
Jeffreys

Friday, June 1st:

Deb Margolin
Rindfleisch
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Ethyl Eichelberger Video
Zeesy Powers
S M O (Slink Moss Orchestra)

Saturday, June 2nd:

Stanley Love
Michele Beck and Jorge Calvo
Not Waving But Drowning
Ethyl Eichelberger Video
Dynasty Handbag
TIMBILA

Curated by Salley May and the Avant-Garde-Arama
Committee

Photo Credit:
Ethyl Eichelberger: Dona Ann McAdams
Justin Bond: James and James
Taylor Mac: Simon Phillips

June 1 and 2, 2007
Fri, Sat at 8:00 p.m.

Red Tide Blooming

” by turns (and sometimes all at once) filthy, hilarious, heartfelt, sentimental, raw, and genuinely moving…attacking it all with smarts, style, and a stark-raving fabulousness” – Next Magazine

PS122’s first-ever recipient of the Ethyl Eichelberger Award for artistic excellence, Taylor Mac teams up with puppeteer Basil Twist, choreographer Julie Atlas Muz and a slew of New York’s most outrageously gifted performers in this aquatic musical bonanza grappling with Coney Island’s revitalization. Classic Mermaid Parade antics swim alongside a collective creative visualization of Armageddon in the murky waters of gentrification and cultural homogenization.

As featured in New York Magazine, The New Yorker and The Brooklyn Rail

Join us for a talkback with the artist after the performance Sunday April 16

Friday, April 21: Join us for The Underwater Party

So much to celebrate… Taylor Mac’s aquatic extravaganza… Opening Night of Radiohole’s Fluke… the announcement of the 2006 recipient of the Ethyl Eichelberger Award. Dive in – the party begins in the upstairs theatre immediately after both shows.

Member Exclusive: Underwater After-Party

P.S. 122 Members will get complimentary admission to the new nightclub Element for their exclusive party Just Dance!

Benny Soto In Association With Robbi present…
JUST DANCE!
FRIDAY, APRIL 21ST!
MUSIC BY…ANTONIO OCASIO, FRANKIE FELICIANO, MR. V, MKL

element
225 East Houston St
@ Essex St / Avenue A
Directions: F and V Trains to Second Avenue
Info & Tables 212.254.2200 | reservations@elementny.com
Doors at 10pm, 21+
www.elementny.com

April 13 – 23, 2006
Opens Thursday, April 13
Wednesday – Saturday 8 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 5 p.m.
$20($10 Members)

Taylor Mac’s “Young Ladies Of”

Schoolhouse Roxx presents Taylor Mac’s Young Ladies Of…

In Vietnam 1968, Texan born 2nd Lt. Robert Mac placed an ad asking “young ladies” to write him. Hundreds replied. Almost thirty years after Robert’s death, his son Taylor Mac manhandles these found texts into a show about war, romance, and fathers. Partially sung, the 80-minute solo performance contains original songs and text, along with the letters. By juxtaposing the images and circumstances of his father in Vietnam, with Taylor’s own screwball gender-bending visuals and New York lifestyle, the work bridges the gap between perceptions of masculinity and femininity, fathers and sons, and red and blue states.

Written and Performed by Taylor Mac
Directed by Tracy Trevett

June 2 – 4, 2005
9pm
$12

Live Patriot Acts: Patriots Gone Wild!

Live Patriot Acts: Patriots Gone Wiiiild! was produced by Ethyl Crisp Productions and Performance Space 122 in participation with the Imagine Festival ’04.

It was created, curated, and hosted by Taylor Mac with special guests Rinde Eckert, Julie Atlas Muz, Mike Albo, Fake Brain, Naked Puppets,The Dazzle Dancers, Dirty Martini, The World Famous *Bob*, Scotty the Blue Bunny, Brandon Olson, Tigger, Fritzi Collins, Helen Stratford, Lady Ace, Bradford Scobie (as Ukulele Louie), and Bitch providing their own divine madness material to the mish-mash.

It took place during the Republican National Convention in New York and was a political vaudeville bringing together downtown subversives and spring break Americana. Audience members were allowed in for $5 if they wore Red, White, and Blue bathing suits. There was a tailgating community on stage: complete with lawn chairs, Old Glory beach towels, and Murray Hill cooking hot dogs on a George Foreman’s grill. There was puppetry, dance, music, spoken word, giant seditious documentary photographs, a follow-the-bouncing-boobs-dressed-up-like-the-Bush-twins sing-along, and almost enough nudity to counterbalance the Madison Square Garden power-tie bonanza in honor of George W., just up the street.

Avant-Garde-Arama: High Octane Ethyl

Avant-Garde-Arama:
High Octane Ethyl