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febrero 2023
¡hola, difus@s!
though january was a strong start for the year's cultural calendar, it was more of a soft launch for me—but a very promising one. the two best things i saw were from spain: carla simón's alcarrás and israel galván's solo. the former is a tender (simón's sensibility is exquisite) portrait of rural family life and a trenchant critique of a "green energy revolution" that questions neither its consumptive demands nor its extractive dynamics. the latter was, quite simply, one of the best performances i've seen, especially in recent memory, with its combination of rigor and humor, virtuosity and generosity, reflexive criticality and unabashed joy. i was utterly transfixed, and i can't help wondering if his pioneering dance work hasn't directly influenced musicians like rodrigo cuevas, niño de elche, and tarta relena. the rest of what i saw was good (and, javier marías' last novel, which comes out in english later this year, is great), but, in the interest of time...
music: having not yet seen caroline shaw perform live, i'm eager to catch her with sö percussion at 92y or on her own at kaufman music center. other new music shows of note include, "how to fall apart", "ekmeles sings stockhausen", "in c", tyshawn sorey and adam rudolph, and the free ear festival. for more classical (yes, some of it contemporary, i realize) and early music, filharmonie brno, cuarteto casals, voces8, gesualdo six, blue heron, "from the new world", and "an evening with yo-yo ma" are all worth considering. among the other concerts that have my interest piqued are "archivo de guatemala", claudia acuña, edna vasquez, afro dominicano, and mon laferte and las mujeres del viento florido.
performance + theater: theater was regrettably absent from my january partaking, so i'm quite intent on seeing some this month. high on my list are on set with theda bara (which closes out the exponential festival, because i enjoyed i'm looking for helen twelvetrees and haven't managed to see david greenspan since), the village, a disco daydream (i <3 nora burns), la machine de turning (timely for one of my new classes this semester), and "[internally screaming]: comedies on capitalism". also vying for my time and ticket budget are han!, the race of the ark tattoo, 1+1, public obscenities, the seagull / woodstock, ny (i <3 parker posey), and role for initiative (jesse green please don't come). we also have a lot of opportunities to see and support new / developing work (as we should!): "love, science, and magic: new plays from emerging playwrights", "everything everywhere all at brunch" (i'm stealing this title), "barn series 2023", "now in process", and "gestating baby volume 3" (which features spinoza!).
film: albert serra's pacifiction arrives this month, and i cannot wait. other features i'm hoping to see are searchers, father was a peculiar man, let it be morning, and one fine morning. among this month's series are "filmcraft: bradford young, asc", "films from iran for iran", "michael snow (1928-2023)", "lives of performers: the films of yvonne rainer", and "snubbed: great movies, no nominations" (because EVERYONE should see the women at some point in their lives).
dance: batsheva dance company arrives at the end of the month and is the performance i'm most excited to see, but several shows before it also look worthwhile: the "21st century choreography" program at new york city ballet, dean moss at danspace project, naomi tanner at the brick, and dohee lee puri arts at gibney. the annual "dance on camera" festival at film at lincoln center is essential for dance enthusiasts.
art: the galleries are chock-a-block with quality exhibitions this month, including a lot of long-time personal favorites and less familiar names i'm eager to get to know (andrea fraser, bernadette corporation, charles atlas, dan flavin, engineering for human spirit, felix gonzalez-torres, gilbert lewis, gordon matta-clark and pope.l, hans haacke, ja'tovia gary, jeni spota c., jennifer bartlett, john baeder, shala miller, tom fairs / david shoerner, tom of finland, "my way, a gathering", and "video store"). beyond the galleries, i'm also looking forward to seeing "comparative hell: arts of asian underworlds", "jumama manna: break, take, erase, tally", "political / subjective maps: anna bella geiger, magali lara, lea lublin, and margarita paksa", "queer love: affection and romance in contemporary art", and "she who wrote: enheduanna and women of mesopotamia, ca. 3400-2000 b.c."
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un abrazo,
p
febrero / february
1: 21st century choreography (dance)
1: trina basu & arun ramamurthy: "nakshatra" album release (music)
1-3: to save and project: the 19th moma international festival of film preservation (film)
1-4: nava dunkleman (music)
1-5: cullberg (dance)
1-5: not about me (theater)
1-5: richard ii & henry iv workshops (theater)
1-8: on set with theda bara (theater)
1-9: the exponential festival (performance)
1-11: jill sobule’s f*ck7thgrade (theater)
1-12: barn series 2023 (theater)
1-12: fedeli d'amore (love's faithful) (performance)
1-12: joseph and marsha (theater)
1-12: life is a one-act play (theater)
1-12: modern swimwear (theater)
1-12: now in process (theater)
1-19: between riverside and crazy (theater)
1-26: cornelia street (theater)
1-: life upside down (film)
1-: one fine morning (film)
1-: wolf play (theater)
2: johan dalene, violin; sahun sam hong, piano (music)
2: johnnie cruise mercer — revival 2023: ‘to those who have seed in the ground’ (dance)
2: suzanne farrin (music)
2: yulianna avdeeva, piano (music)
2-10: the race of the ark tattoo (theater)
2-17: sugar daddy (theater)
2-18: shedding load (theater)
2-19: audience (theater)
2-24: the village, a disco daydream (theater)
2-: let it be morning (film)
3: anne-sophie mutter and mutter virtuosi (music)
3: joe rainey & owls (music)
3: rachel lark: anthems & confessions for a complicated world (music)
3: schubert forever (music)
3: sugar (theater)
3: wendy eısenberg trıo (music)
3-4: copland episodes (dance)
3-4: girlhood (theater)
3-6: films from iran for iran (film
3-9: verse-jumping with daniels (film)
3-12: filmcraft: bradford young, asc (film)
3-21: claudia cardinale (film)
3-25: solo (theater)
3-: baby ruby (film)
3-: full time (film)
3-: godland (film)
3-: snubbed: great movies, no nominations (film)
4: bed rest (theater)
4: bergsonist + miho hatori + peter burr (music)
4: caroline shaw, vocals & sō percussion: let the soil play its simple part (music)
4: julliard orchestra (music)
4: stine janvin & cory arcangel with string noise (music)
4: the ki ki experience (music)
4: vijay iyer trio (music)
4-5: a new old play (film)
4-5: man bites dog (film)
5: everything everywhere all at brunch (theater)
5: les délices (music)
5: ny phil ensembles (music)
5: qasim naqvi + mirovaya liniya + peter burr (music)
5-25: strange fruit (film)
6: terry riley's "in c" (music)
6: trio casals (music)
6-11: kingdom, phylum, a** (theater)
7: albert cano smit, piano (music)
7: copland episodes (dance)
7: forbidden city (theater)
7: jeanne and the perfect guy (film)
7-12: rennie harris presents: rome & jewels (dance)
7-: becomes a woman (theater)
7-: letters from max (theater)
7-: the best we could (a family tragedy) (theater)
7-: the seagull / woodstock (theater)
8: archivo de guatemala (music)
8: filharmonie brno (music)
8: korngold's piano quintet in e major (music)
8: sean shibe, guitar, plays barrios, villa-lobos, and more (music)
8-9: 21st century choreography (dance)
8-11: immanuel wilkins (music)
8-: amani (theater)
9: claudia acuña (music)
9: emmanuel ax plays mozart (music)
9: let’s hope mastication doesn’t take too long (theater)
9: linda mary montano: an interactive life and maybe no art experience with laurie berg, kim brandt, yanira castro & tatyana tenenbaum (performance)
9: midori, violin (music)
9: thrust! (film)
9: tyshawn sorey / adam rudolph (music)
9-10: 2023 soloduo dance festival (dance)
9-12: nilson matta's brazilian voyage quintet (music)
9-12: the night falls (theater)
9-23: thoroughbreds: two silent features by john ford (film)
9-: black odyssey (theater)
9-: elyria (theater)
10: amy halpern program 1: falling lessons (film)
10: from song (music)
10: gabriela montero, piano: westward (music)
10: new amsterdam symphony orchestra (music)
10: samora pinderhughes and friends (music)
10: sugar (theater)
10-11: dani larkin x the murphy beds and liz hanley (music)
10-11: how to fall apart (music)
10-11: iolanthe (music)
10-11: karaoke means joy (performance)
10-13: dance on camera festival 2023 (film)
10-14: searchers (film)
10-26: handmade horror (film)
10-: cecilia mangini (film)
10-: cinema sabaya (film)
10-: irreversible: straight cut (film)
10-: the blue caftan (film)
11: 21st century choreography (dance)
11: adam (film)
11: amy halpern program 2: unowned luxuries (film)
11: amy halpern program 3: plausible light sources (film)
11: caroline shaw (music)
11: king arthur (music)
11: lessons for an incomplete blackboy (theater)
11: love tapes (film)
11: nightcap: esa-pekka salonen (music)
11: the met orchestra (music)
11-12: thank you and goodnight (theater)
11-19: the classical theatre of harlem: twelfth night (theater)
12: bach collegium japan & roderick williams, baritone (music)
12: i am a sex addict (film)
12-: the trees (theater)
13: edna vasquez (music)
13: phantasmagorical film fantasies: a valentine’s day screening (film)
14: a fair go (theater)
14: ekmeles sings stockhausen (music)
14: up, down, fragile (film)
14: valentine's at metrograph (film)
14: voces8 – lux aeterna (music)
14-15: love, science, and magic: new plays from emerging playwrights (theater)
14-16: michael snow (1928-2023) (art, film)
14-19: hubbard street dance (dance)
15: cuarteto casals (music)
15: lviv national philharmonic orchestra of ukraine (music)
15: new york festival of song: amor (music)
15: sonatenabend (music)
15-18: jen shyu (music)
15-: public obscenities (theater)
16: a radiant girl (film)
16: tipa tipo (music)
16-17: homecoming (dance)
16-18: gestating baby volume 3: harold lehmann and aya jane saotome (performance)
16-18: justin vivian bond delivers a julie valentine (performance)
16-18: oh, okay (theater)
16-18: ruth reinhardt conducts adès and dvořák (music)
16-19: new york indie theatre film festival (theater)
16-19: puppet slam 2023 (theater)
16-19: the hip hopera of 5p1n0k10 (theater)
16-26: (beyond) doomsday scrolling (performance)
16-: the harder they come (theater)
17: afro dominicano (music)
17: after sherman (film)
17: ensemble connect (music)
17: greece & art song: in myth and tradition (music)
17: serge modular 50th anniversary: thomas ankersmit / dani dobki (music)
17: sugar (theater)
17-19: galahad takes a bath (theater)
17-19: memoria (film)
17-20: maria lassnig (film)
17-26: lives of performers: the films of yvonne rainer (film)
17-: emily (film)
17-: of an age (film)
17-: pacifiction (film)
17-: suzhou river (film)
18: “soundscapes” with opener cyrus aaron (music)
18: breabach (music)
18: gesualdo six (music)
18: julliard orchestra (music)
18: the docks of new york (film)
18-: the jungle (theater)
19: blue heron (music)
19: mon laferte & mujeres del viento florido (music)
19-25: bās: the harmony between me and you (performance)
20: father was a peculiar man (film)
20: racine’s phèdre (theater)
20: the music of bud powell (music)
21: asiya korepanova | 24 liszt etudes (music)
21: ensemble connect (music)
21: same old guy (film)
21: sarah hennies and judith hamann perform hennies’s the reinvention of romance (music)
21-25: versa-style company (dance)
22: dating, depression, dirtbags: a love story (theater)
22: hanzhi wang, accordion, and steven banks, saxophone (music)
22: poof!(or what the fairies know) (performance)
22: the jokes saved my soul (theater)
22: west-eastern divan ensemble plays dvořák, mendelssohn, and more (music)
22-24: from the new world (music)
22-25: dither (music)
22-25: free ear festival 2023 (music)
22-: conversations after sex (theater)
22-: doc fortnight 2023 (film)
22-: how to defend yourself (theater)
23: here and elsewhere / ici et ailleurs (film)
23: it feels like a dream (music)
23: ledisi sings nina (music)
23: pascale criton, silvia tarozzi & judith hamann (music)
23-25: [internally screaming]: comedies on capitalism (theater)
23-25: dean moss: your marks and surface (dance)
23-25: dohee lee puri arts (dance)
23-25: i love my family, but... (theater)
23-26: eva doumbia: autophagies (self-eaters) (performance)
23-26: tick, tick... boom (theater)
23-27: 1+1 (theater)
23-: han! (theater)
23-: la machine de turing (theater)
24: drew petersen, piano, plays chopin, schumann, ravel, and more (music)
24: faten kanaan with opener jjjjjerome ellis (music)
24: mitsuko uchida, piano (music)
24: role for initiative (jesse green please don't come) (theater)
24: the docks of new york (film)
24-25: geraldine realigned drives from gay place to gay place and you’re in the car too (performance)
24-26: kim ki young x 2 (film)
24-: dancing the twist in bamako (film)
24-: god's time (film)
24-: lizzie borden selects (film)
24-: the quiet girl (film)
25: christmas in february (theater)
25: the new york virtuoso singers: the unadorned bach – cantatas #148-177 (music)
25-26: the afrikan poetry theatre presents black history month film festival (film)
25-: love (theater)
25-: working girls (film)
26: lohengrin (music)
26: parlando: cold war (music)
26: richard goode, piano, plays beethoven (music)
28: an evening with yo-yo ma (music)
28: batsheva dance company (dance)
28: disabled stories (theater)
28: don juan (film)
28: joshua bell, violin; daniil trifonov, piano (music)
28: naomi tanner: return (dance)
28: norma (music)
28: orchestra of st. luke's: piano quintets with hamelin (music)
28: tabea debus, recorder, and adam cockerham, archlute (music)