Karin von Aroldingen, 76

Karin von Aroldingen, a Major Dancer for Balanchine, Is Dead at 76
by Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times, January 9, 2018

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Oprah Winfrey, Cecil B. deMille Award, 2018 Golden Globes

Time's up!

A new day is on the horizon!

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Ray Thomas, 76

Ray Thomas, Founding Member of the Moody Blues, Dies at 76
The Associated Press, The New York Times, January 7, 2017

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Jerry Van Dyke, 86

Jerry Van Dyke, ‘Coach’ Actor and Foil for His Brother, Dick, Dies at 86
by Daniel E. Slotnik, The New York Times, January 6, 2017

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Under The Radar: The furious diaspora of "Panorama"

Above: Perry Yung
Below: Maura Nguyen Donohue
in Panorama at La MaMa Downstairs
(photo courtesy of La MaMa)

Panorama
presented by La MaMa and Motus as part of The Public Theater's Under The Radar Festival


We can look at the word panorama in two ways: One offers an immediate, seamless view of an entire field of vision--a landscape, say, or a seascape; the other breaks that view into its components, revealing a piece at a time, gradually delivering the whole. In the case of Panorama--an evening created by Enrico Casagrande and Daniela Nicolò, directors of Italy's Motus Theatre Company, with actors of the Great Jones Repertory Company at La MaMa--numerous components scroll or zoom into view, overlap, masquerade as one another, tumble together, bombard the senses and wreak dizzying, amusing, endearing confusion. The whole, we might conclude, is far more interesting than any single part, though the parts can also be fascinating.

How you look at the panorama of Panorama is part of the puzzle and the fun, with live players before you and a number of video monitors showing recorded or live action with actors playing themselves or adopting the biography of someone else in the cast or taking over live from where they began presenting themselves on screen in intimate close-ups. It's eye-popping and colorful and only grows more so--all the way from distracting to hallucinogenic--as the allotted 80 minutes roll out.

The fabric of this panorama interweaves threads of diverse cultures, genders, sexual orientations and life histories--some exceedingly dramatic--of being uprooted, replanted in unfamiliar territory and, of necessity, reinventing one's self. Through vivid performances and visual excess, the show celebrates theater as model for how we all might survive and thrive--"inclusive and 'migrant'...a real space of welcoming and freedom." It charms us into feeling and understanding the method of its madness as further laid out in the company's program notes:

Panorama puts to the test every attempt at irrevocably fixing people, nationalities, genders, professions in hierarchical and unchangeable categories. It is a furious diaspora.

Furious, yes. Self-indulgent, yes--often and without reservation. And yes, ultimately, a panorama of joy.

Performers: Maura Nguyen Donohue, John Gutierrez, Valois Mickens, eugene the poogene, Perry Yung and Zishan Ugurlu; on video: Billy Clark, George Drance, Gian Marco Lo Forte, Onni Johnson, Julia Martin, Matt Nasser, Patrick Ssenjovu, Shigeko Suga, Christopher Wild and Mia Yoo

Dramaturgy: Erik Ehn and Daniela Nicolò
Music: Heather Paauwe
CultureHub and Seoul Institute of the Arts Production Team 
Video Design: Bosul Kim, Sangmin Chae and Billy Clark
Set Design: Seungho Jeong
Illustration and Animation: Bosul Kim 
Technical Direction: Yarie Vazquez 
Production Assistant: Youngsun Lim

Panorama continues through Sunday, January 21 with performances Wednesdays through Saturdays at 7pm, Sundays at 2pm. For schedule and ticket information, click here.

For schedule and ticketing information of other events in The Public Theater's Under The Radar Festival, click here.

La MaMa (The Downstairs)
66 East 4th Street (between 2nd Avenue and Bowery), Manhattan
(map/directions)

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Join us at BAX's Artist Services Weekend, February 10-11

(Brooklyn Arts Exchange) welcomes you to its annual Artists Services Weekend, Saturday, February 10 and Sunday, February 11. The entire weekend of events is free with reservations made here.

For complete details on the events listed below,  click here.

BAX Artists Services Weekend

Saturday 2/10

2:30

Maria Bauman | AIR Open Studio


2:30 – 4:00

PROCESS AS PRODUCT – hosted by Tanisha Christie: a conversation/presentation looking at work that is explicitly or implicitly "process based" whether that is defined as ritual, practice, or participatory; where the work is shown as generative, "raw,"  "unfinished," improvisational and/or in the moment.

Participants include: Nina Angela Mercer (playwright/performer), Aisha Bell (multidisciplinary artist and sculptor), NIC Kay (artist), and BJ Evans (Associate Producer, Performing Arts @ BRIC)


3:30 – 4:30

ORIENTATION AND INFORMATION SESSION FOR 2018/19 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AND SPACE GRANT APPLICATIONS


5:30

Mariana Valencia | AIR Open Studio


6:30

luciana achugar | AIR Open Studio

Sunday 2/11

11:00 - 12:00

ORIENTATION AND INFORMATION SESSION FOR 2018/19 ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AND SPACE GRANT APPLICATIONS


11-12:30

REDEFINING POWER

A workshop created and facilitated by BAX's Youth Education Racial Equity Cohort: Angie Pittman, Donna Costello, Maira Duarte, Billy Schultz, Casey Hayes-Deats and Lucia Scheckner

BAX Youth Education invites you to join us for a conversation about ways in which we can dismantle white supremacist power structures while working with young artists (and beyond) in classrooms and studios.


12:00

Kat Galasso | AIR Open Studio


12:00 – 4:00

OPEN FORUM - Studio C will remain open and available throughout the day. Meet a friend for coffee. Lay down on a mat, or continue a conversation from a previous workshop. Light body work will be available at intervals on a first come, first serve basis.

1:30-3:3O

All Black: A Long Table on Stress and Self-Care

presented by
Dancing While Black and Eva Yaa Asantewaa /EYA Projects

Let's talk about the many sources of stress in the lives of Black and Brown artists. What approaches, resources and tools help us counteract the effects of stress on our physical health, psyches, interpersonal relationships and creativity?

Core participants: Rashida Bumbray, Charmaine Warren, Orlando Hunter and Paloma McGregor

Curated and facilitated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa/EYA Projects

Please note that we are holding this private space for Black and Brown artists and community members. We request that all respect this designation.


2:00

Aya Ogawa | AIR Open Studio


3:45-5:45

Space for Everyone: Different Approaches to Finding the Right Space for Your Project and Your Community.

Join Risa Shoup, ED Space works, Inc. as she explores with and brainstorms about developing your own space and the creating & managing of capital campaigns. What does it mean to advocate against cultural displacement and who are our allies in the business community?

With Stephanie Alvarado and Mara Kravitz from 596 Acres. Jimena Martinez from CUMBE, and Katy Rubin from Theater of the Oppressed NY

6:00

Tanisha Christie | AIR Open Studio


BAX
421 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn
(map/directions)

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Aharon Appelfeld, 85

Aharon Appelfeld, Israeli Novelist Haunted by the Holocaust, Dies at 85
by Joseph Berger, The New York Times, January 4, 2017

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