Events

Friday, October 2, 2009 (17)

Oct 2, 2009
August 14, 2009
Friday

  • Marcel Duchamp: tant Donns

  • Aug 14, 2009 to Nov 29, 2009
  • Location: Philadelphia, USA Philadelphia Museum of Art
  • Description: tant Donns, Duchamps last major work, has been described by Jasper Johns as é’“the strangest work of art in any museum. What at first looks like an boarded-up wooden door is actually a tableau visible only through two peep holes, which reveal a half-hidden naked woman in a landscape. Duchamp worked on the piece in secret for 20 years, while even his friends thought he had given up his art, and it was only revealed to the public when it was posthumously installed in the museum. To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first display, and in memory of the late director Anne dHarnoncourt, who oversaw the original installation as a 25-year-old assistant, the museum has organised this show of 80 studies, photographs, erotic objects and other documents.
  • Created by: Louise Mathieu
September 10, 2009
Thursday

  • first impression (à priori)

  • Sep 10, 2009 at 2:00pm to Oct 10, 2009 at 3:00pm
  • Location: agnès.b
  • Description: à prioriphotographs by Cécile VaccaroIt’s in the little room, in my parent’s shop, where my father used take identification card photos that my brother and I started playing with the Polaroids.The people who had unwillingly moved, spoken or closed their eyes during the session, unintentionally offering us a new contact print to cut out, one more to slip in our box, to pick up, a new face to explore, find a name, an age, a job...That game I share today, along with the people who posed for me, & agnès b.A series of portraits, like huge ID photos; men & women photographed, following the same process.Same lighting, same pose, same centering, same bareness.A uniform, simple and steady approach, this is a study on my generation.The people I chose to photograph are between and around 30 and 40 years of age with different names, origins, occupations…A study on their gaze in the lens, their look of the world, a snapshot of their soul.Their backgrounds, their doubts, their expectations…People in
  • Created by: Cecile Vaccaro
September 12, 2009
Saturday
September 19, 2009
Saturday

  • "What Can PerformerTrack Do For Me?"

  • Sep 19, 2009 at 6:00am to Dec 31, 2009 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Your Computer & Your Phone
  • Description: "What Can PerformerTrack Do For Me?"We have had such outstanding success & feedback from our FREE "Talent On Target" webinars - that we have JUST ADDED a NEW FREE Webinar entitledWhat Can Performertrack Do For Me?"!Get the scoop on what you could & should be doing with your performing career with PerformerTrack!*Be Stand out as a quality performer amongst a huge number of competitors!*Be consistent and centered!*Strengthen your track record!*Understand the difference between being PRODUCTIVE vs. proactive!"I’ve been helping actors guide their careers and reach their goals for nearly 30 years and I can honestly say that I have never encountered a more practical tool for career management and innovation than Holdon Log’s PerformerTrack."Sam ChristensenSam Christensen Studioswww.SamChristensen.com
  • Created by: Adian Sumner, Holdon Log
September 28, 2009
Monday

  • French Mondays - a beginning language class for Performing Arts Professionals and Theatre Lovers

  • Sep 28, 2009 at 2:30pm to Dec 14, 2009 at 3:00pm
  • Location: Manhattan Theatre Club Creative Center*
  • Description: La Comedie Francaise New York presents: French MondaysFrench Mondays is a basic French language class designed for performing arts professionals and theatre lovers. The first half of the class will focus on grammar with an emphasis on verbs. In the second half of class, students will read and perform scenes and monologues from contemporary French plays to improve pronunciation skills, build vocabulary and develop reading comprehension and listening skills. At the end of the 12 week class, students will be able to pronounce written French, have a basic conversation in French, conjugate 113 essential verbs in six tenses and read French fluently. Class size limited to 15. Pre-Registration Required.COURSE FEE: $180 (Class size limited to 15, pre-registration required)CONTACT: manisha@alumni.brandeis.eduAbout the instructor: Manisha Snoyer is an actress, translator and French instructor who has taught French in Paris and New York City for over five years. Private clients include students fr
  • Created by: Manisha Snoyer - Actress/Teacher
September 29, 2009
Tuesday

  • New York Electronic Art Festival with Celeste Boursier-Mougenot

  • Sep 29, 2009 at 5:00am to Oct 29, 2009 at 1:00pm
  • Location: Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center
  • Description: New York Electronic Art Festival Launches Month-Long Celebration of Cutting-Edge Electronic artNew York, August 17, 2009 – Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center announces the 2009 New York Electronic Art Festival, a month-long series of concerts, panels, workshops, and exhibitions centered on the cutting-edge work being done at the intersection of art and technology. The festival will take place from September 29- October 29, 2009 and will feature the highest quality work in the evolving field of art and technology. Presentations will include New York City resident artists as well as the most exciting work from around the globe.Read more...
  • Created by: Audrey Cruz-Mermy
 

  • Francine LeClercq: [3:2]

  • Sep 29, 2009 at 8:00am to Oct 24, 2009 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Soho20 Chelsea Gallery
  • Description: SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery est heureuse d' annoncer l'exposition de l'artiste Française Francine LeClercq.L'installation intitulée 3:2 (prononcé 3 par 2) se compose de plusieurs centaines de "cellules" peintes ne mesurant pas plus que 3 par 2 inches en référence au quotient rapport/largeur utilisé pour les écrans LED de nos appareils photographiques digitales, i-phones et autres : notre nouveau format de perception.Le scenario evoque l' image d'un affichage de mémoires dispersées comme des particules de gas en suspension, enfin liberées de leur charnelle captivité.Une couche d'encre thermochromique est appliquée sur chaque cellules, causant une nuance telle qu' elles sont perçues comme un monochrome noir et opaque, un flou, ou transparentes laissant l'image sous-jacente apparaître en fonction de la température ambiante, ou du toucher.Cette exposition se veut experimentale où l'art est un moment de dépendence mutuelle sous la participation des sens.Pour plus d'information, contactez le dire
  • Created by: Francine LeClercq
October 1, 2009
Thursday

  • New York - 2 weekend Theatre Master Class in English for French speakers

  • Oct 1, 2009 at 6:00am to Oct 11, 2009 at 2:00pm
  • Location: Manhattan, New York
  • Description: MORE SOON...Learn the basics of the industry while practicing your craft in English.Workshop led by Nora Armani. www.noraarmani.comSchedule:1st weekend: Friday-Sunday immersion, Monday and Tuesday evening meetings with a casting director and an agent.2nd weekend: Thursday-Sunday linguistic and acting immersion through scene and character study including simulation of audition situations and interviews with a New York stage director and producer.Includes meetings with casting directors, agents and visits to Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.Contact PEMART for details, acceptance conditions and fees.Leave contact or sign up for followup information. Signing up here does not commit you in ANY way. It is just for us to be able to estimate the demand. OR write to admin@pemart.org and we will send you more information.
  • Created by: Nora Armani
 

  • They won't Budge, Africans in Europe, MoCADA exhibition

  • Oct 1, 2009 at 7:00am to Jan 19, 2010 at 1:00pm
  • Location: MoCADA
  • Description: Their stories are numerous, some similar and others flavored by particular struggles in specific sites of discontent. Overall, their attitudes are of stubborn resilience, hope, and survival in environments desperate for their labor but resentful of their presence. With over 100 photographs and videos from Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Holland, Czech and Britain, the exhibition, organized by NYU's Africana Studies Department, follows some remarkably resilient immigrants on their uncertain sojourn on makeshift, intermittently powered fishing boats from West Africa, through the rigors of European immigration control, into the interstices of European society. These works of art are created by award winning photographers, photo-journalists, and human rights activists all over Europe including Juan Medina (Spain), Alfredo Muňoz de Oliveira (Portugal), Francesco Cocco, Angelo Aprile, Elisa Cozzarini, Marco Ambrosi, Matteo Danesin, Aldo Sodoma and Stefano Renna (Italy). Also include
  • Created by: Audrey Cruz-Mermy
 

  • MACBETH VARIATIONS II: A Shakespeare Soundpainting

  • Oct 1, 2009 at 4:00pm to Oct 3, 2009 at 4:00pm
  • Location: The Irondale Center
  • Description:

    Bi-lingual, Inter-disciplinary Soundpainted MACBETHPremiering October 1-3, 2009 at the Irondale Center, NYCMACBETH VARIATIONS II: A Shakespeare Soundpainting“The Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble merges music, theater, improvisation, and structured composition into a total multi-media experience – a ‘happening’ in which art leaps off the wall and into the seat next to us.” -Asbury Park Press“An event that brings together musicians, puppeteers, dancers, and actors in an audacious version of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Shakespeare would have been proud of this modern take of his classic.” -Daniel Brown, Radio FranceNEW YORK, OCTOBER 1-3, 2009 - MACBETH VARIATIONS II is the second stage of an international collaboration between NYC-based Strike Anywhere and Paris-based ANITYA. Using physical theater, modern dance, improvised new music and a live composing sign language called Soundpainting, the piece explores excerpts from Shakespeare's "Macbeth" to create a highly-charged interdisciplinary
  • Created by: Leese Walker
October 2, 2009
Friday

  • Le Club Théâtre @ L’Alliance Française NYC

  • Oct 2, 2009 at 6:00am to Dec 18, 2009 at 7:00am
  • Location: Alliance Française 22 East 60th Street NYC
  • Description: Lovers of French and the theater perform together on stage, native and non-native speakers alike!Physical and voice warm up - Improvisations - Diction exercises - Theater games - Modern and classic French texts studies (monologues and scenes).A different public performance project for each term.Lose yourself in famous French texts!Taste the real savor of the words. Become a real French speaker by acting, listening and reacting all in French!Le Club Théâtre is lead by Marie-Hélène Brabant, a professionally trained actress who has been teaching theater games and acting techniques in Paris and New York for 15 years.Fall 2009The imaginary world of J.Deschamps and les DeschiensPerformance: Friday, December 18 at 12pm

  • Created by: Linda G
 

  • A Salute to Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922-2008)

  • Oct 2, 2009 from 11:00am to 5:30pm
  • Location: La Maison Française NYU
  • Description: With Catherine Robbe-Grillet, Paul Auster, Tom Bishop, Royal Brown, Georges Borchardt, Olivier Corpet, Richard Foreman, Richard Howard, Emmanuelle Lambert, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Barney Rosset, Edmund White.Schedule available on website: www.nyu.edu/maisonfrancaiseAfternoon location is La Maison Française, evening location is 19 West 4th Street (which is east of Washington Square Park)
  • Created by: Francine Goldenhar
 

  • Wax Tailor en concert

  • Oct 2, 2009 from 4:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Location: Blender Theatre at Gramercy
  • Description: A l'occasion de la sortie de son album "In The Mood For Life", Wax Tailor se produira en concert au Gramercy Theatre le Vendredi 2 Octobre. Entre Hip-Hop orchestral et pop des annees 60, Wax Tailor s'est affirme en l'espace de 4 ans comme l'un des artistes francais les plus exitants du moment. Il sera accompagne sur scene de son groupe, ainsi que de plusieurs invites americains.Les billets sont en vente sur le site de Live Nation.www.waxtailor.com
  • Created by: Laurent Masset
 

  • Wax Tailor @ Blender Theater

  • Oct 2, 2009 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm
  • Location: Blender Theater
  • Description: JC's stage name, Wax Tailor, originated in 2004 with the release of his EP “Lost The Way.” He subsequently released his first full-length album, “Tales Of The Forgotten Melodies,” completely on his own. The album garnered critical acclaim and love from French music fans and became one of the best selling electronic releases of the year. His next move was to take his show live, with a four-piece band, and find a way to translate the cinematic feel of his music through the use of video. Building on the solid foundation in France, Wax Tailor licensed “Tales” to Decon in 2006 for North American distribution and continued touring across the globe, opening up for the likes of Aceyalone & RJD2. In 2007-2008, in addition to the release of his sophomore effort, “Hope & Sorrow,” WT & his musiciens made a worldwide tour of a 200 shows. After the recording of “Seize the day” the main theme from “PARIS” (Cedric Klapisch last movie), he produced a remix for ASA (Jailer) & remixed a Nina Simone track
  • Created by: Audrey Cruz-Mermy
 

  • Gina Athena and guests, La MaMa, Friday, October 2

  • Oct 2, 2009 from 6:00pm to 7:45pm
  • Location: La MaMa E.T.C.
  • Description: Gina Athena and guests, in program called "Out of the Abyss" and described as "Diasporic poets muse on hunger, nation, bearing witness and love to illuminate Haiti's path." Live poetry jam/performance will likely be in French, English, Spanish, Creole...Search on the website of La MaMa E.T.C. (Experimental Theater Company) for details regarding the Poetry Electric Festival & this evening's performance www.lamama.org.Friday, October 2, 10 p.m., $12, tickets available in advance.In addition to La MaMa site, web links for some of the artists give more info:* Gina Athena* Michèle Voltaire Marcelin.* Jean-Dany Joachim, currently 2009-2010 Poet Populist of Cambridge.* Millery Polyné* Marc Arena* Jennifer Celestin...
  • Created by: Thomas C. Spear