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TBA Diaries: Chelfitsch, Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner and The Farewell Speech

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Arts & Books
The conversations of Japanese theater troupe Chelfitsch are repetitive, mundane and awkward. They are also spellbinding.In three related vignettes (presented in Japanese with easy-to-follow supertitles), the cast captures the everyday annoyances and absurdities of modern office life. Employing the stylized choreography for which Chelfitsch is known—movements simultaneously balletic and robotic�...   More
 
Saturday, September 15, 2012 by REBECCA JACOBSON

TBA Diaries: Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol, Asalto al Agua Transparente

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Arts & Books
“The city is a human creation reflecting its actors,” Gabino Rodríguez says, midway through Asalto al Agua Transparente (in English, The Assault on Clear Waters). It’s not a particularly earth-shattering statement, but it rings true for both the content and the form of this satisfying production, which was the second TBA offering...   More
 
Thursday, September 13, 2012 by REBECCA JACOBSON

TBA Diaries: Sam Green and Yo La Tengo, The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller

A second opinion

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Arts & Books
I was first introduced to Buckminster Fuller by a college professor in a history of architecture course. This professor, an endearing and excitable German we all revered, bounced about the lecture hall as he spoke, oh-so-sonorously, about Fuller’s geodesic dome, his avant-garde designs and his utopian principles.No matter how much enthusiasm that professor had for Fuller, experimental filmmaker ...   More
 
Thursday, September 13, 2012 by REBECCA JACOBSON

A Steady Rain/The Detective’s Wife (Hellfire Productions)

Plays with plenty of pulp and not enough juice.


Performance
Both A Steady Rain and The Detective’s Wife, presented by Hellfire Productions, take place on stormy nights. At least that’s what the thundery sound effects suggest—the exact context of ea   More
 
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 REBECCA JACOBSON

TBA Diaries: Kota Yamazaki and Fluid Hug-Hug, (glowing)

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Arts & Books
So much at the Time Based Art festival is in your face. Big Art Group screams about Greek tragedy and squirts ketchup all over the place. Miguel Gutierrez unleashes a mile-a-minute monologue about a thousand topics. This can be exhausting, and it can also trick you into thinking that performance is supposed to assault you in some way. That’s why I was so glad to catch (glowing), a clean a...   More
 
Monday, September 10, 2012 by REBECCA JACOBSON

TBA Diaries: Miguel Gutierrez, Heavens What Have I Done

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Arts & Books
If you have plans to see Heavens What Have I Done tonight or tomorrow, Miguel Gutierrez probably wants you to stop reading this. Gutierrez is an advocate of audience members entering performances blindly. He dislikes programs, and he dislikes papers about the “meaning” of his work. Does Gutierrez want to read a graduate student’s analysis of his performance? No. Like everyone else, he...   More
 
Saturday, September 8, 2012 by REBECCA JACOBSON

TBA Diaries: Nora Chipaumire, Miriam

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Arts & Books
Miriam, a world premiere from Zimbabwean choreographer Nora Chipaumire, is dark. Not gloomy or sinister—no, this is a performance genuinely devoid of light. As a result, it can be difficult to make out what exactly is happening onstage, what Chipaumire and fellow dancer Okwui Okpokwasili are wearing, what sorts of props they’re handling. Occasional flashes of light break the darkness—...   More
 
Saturday, September 8, 2012 by REBECCA JACOBSON

Miriam/The Quiet Volume

Previews for week one of PICA’s Time-Based Art Festival.


Performance
Nora Chipaumire is a force of nature. The Zimbabwe-born, New York City-based choreographer has a style both visceral and regal, evoking a powerful and charismatic bird of prey. Chipaumire’s crea   More
 
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 REBECCA JACOBSON

Trek in the Park (Atomic Arts)

Set phasers to “mildly entertaining.”


Performance
The audience at Cathedral Park looked so normal. They licked Popsicles, fanned themselves with their programs and drank bottles of craft brew. There were kids. And dogs! There were surely other    More
 
Wednesday, August 8, 2012 REBECCA JACOBSON

Kabuki Titus (Bag&Baggage)

Turning Shakespeare Japanese.


Performance
In Japanese Kabuki theater, tricks of costuming and staging assist actors as they undergo swift transformations or make sudden revelations. It’s a theme applied to bold effect in Bag&Bagga   More
 
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 REBECCA JACOBSON
 

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