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marzo 2023
¡hola, difus@s!
the inarguable highlights of last month for me were caroline shaw's performance at the kaufmann music center (an absolute joy, both for the beauty of her music and for her generosity with her student collaborators—the finale honestly had me in tears) and albert serra's pacifiction (benoît magimel's performance is masterful, especially his in-car monologue, and now i can't wait to see what serra's done for / with tauromachy). ekmeles expertly performed stimmung for valentine's day, a loving reminder of how wondrous (and weird) stockhausen's work can be. the village, a disco daydream was a charming riff on our town (and nora burns is my kind of comic genius), but it did leave me with lots of questions about second-hand nostalgia. how to fall apart featured some beautiful music and fine dancing, but the choreography and text never cohered the way that dance-theater should...
though only three weeks are left in the month (apologies for the delay!), we've got a lot on offer...
film: after the oscars, both "new directors new films" and "first look" will be refreshing doses of new cinema. i haven't seen a dardenne brothers' film i haven't liked, usually a lot, so i'm thrilled for "brotherhood: the films of jean-pierre and luc dardenne" at ifc. i'm also quite excited for nam june paik: moon is the oldest tv. other series of note this month are "also starring...karen black," "botanical imprints," "china's sixth generation," "jeanne dielman and its roots," "jeanne moreau, cinéaste," and "social relevant film." among this month's feature screenings, the black and the green, color of pomegranates / sayat nova, the devil queen / a rainha diaba, the five devils, rimini, smoking causes coughing, and tokyo story all stand out.
dance: el instituto cervantes presents its annual flamenco festival across several venues this month, and skirball hosts keely garfield dance and ccn ballet de lorraine (the latter program includes work by miguel gutierrez that i'd really like to see). cie l'oublié(e) takes the stage at montclair state, and atamira dance company comes to the joyce. jordan demetrius lloyd is on at danspace project, baira and beth graczyk are on at the center for movement research, and c/s movement projects is on at the kraine theater.
performance + theater: this month's calendar has a surfeit of interesting shows, and so the following (which are my, admittedly idiosyncratic, priorities) only scratch the surface: puppetopia, la petite chartreuse (cross-dressing monk), rough trade, katy and jennifer vs. the flasher on new year's, m3ltd0wn, the hip hopera of 5P1N0K10, día y noche, the black that i am, arden of faversham, the poor rich, and misty.
music: two of the concerts i most want to see this month are ones that i'll miss due to a family trip—tarta relena at national sawdust and the residents at lpr—but the alvin lucier shows (with and without three solos) at blank forms, gamelan dharma sarwa at lincoln center, and peter evans at roulette are also high on my list. other concerts worth noting include chineke! orchestra, cross border orchestra of ireland, ensemble connect, ensemble intercontemporain, international contemporary ensemble, john zorn's new masada quartet, magos herrera and paola prestini, talea ensemble, and "voices of the americas."
art: many museums and galleries have turned over their exhibitions in the last two weeks, and many more will be doing so before the end of the month. among the museum shows i'm eager to see are chuquimamani-condori and joshua chuquimia crampton and oneyka igwe at ps1, nina katchadourian at the morgan, "the sassoons" at the jewish museum, "signals: how video changed the world" at moma, and wangechi mutu at the new museum. among the gallery shows i'd like to catch are amoako boafo, bill viola, buck ellison, chris burden, dan graham, erika ranee, helen frankenthaler, joe coleman, latoya ruby frazier, leidy churchman, mark van yetter, melvin edwards, nancy spero, paul sietsema, rachel whiteread, susan hiller, and tony cragg.
the full calendar below, as always, features much more, and you're more than welcome to share this newsletter with anyone who'd be interested by signing them up here.
un abrazo,
p
marzo / march
10: adam w. sadberry, flute; artina mccain, piano & ayo jackson, dancer/choreographer (music)
10: alvin lucier’s so you . . . (hermes, orpheus, eurydice) (music)
10: bint: solve et coagula → عيب, stage i: تسويد (the blackening) (performance)
10: joanna mattrey: arrhythmia (music)
10: rhiannon giddens with members of the silkroad ensemble (music)
10: samantha hankey, mezzo-soprano; sophie raynaud, piano (music)
10: simone porter, violin & rohan de silva, piano, play strauss and more (music)
10: the lesson (theater)
10-11: conversations after sex (theater)
10-11: jordan demetrius lloyd (dance)
10-12: a bright new boise (theater)
10-12: batsheva dance company (dance)
10-12: keely garfield dance: the invisible project (dance)
10-12: la petite chartreuse (cross-dressing monk) (theater)
10-12: medea (theater)
10-12: michael tilson thomas and schubert (music)
10-12: my cousin nelu is not gay (theater)
10-12: rendez-vous with french cinema 2023 (film)
10-12: snubbed: great movies, no nominations (film)
10-12: the smuggler (theater)
10-12: time traveler's club, manhattan division (theater)
10-13: cecilia mangini (film)
10-14: autofiction at work: an intimate portrait of christophe honoré (film)
10-14: the black and the green (film)
10-16: friederike pezold (pezoldo) (film)
10-17: justin vivian bond: london calling (performance)
10-18: sad boys in harpy land (theater)
10-19: becomes a woman (theater)
10-19: brainsmash (theater)
10-19: elyria (theater)
10-19: letters from max (theater)
10-19: radio 477! (theater)
10-19: the jungle (theater)
10-19: the trees (theater)
10-25: love (theater)
10-25: norma (music)
10-25: puppetopia (theater)
10-25: war dreamer (theater)
10-26: dark disabled stories (theater)
10-26: sleeper (theater)
10-26: the conductor (theater)
10-26: the harder they come (theater)
10-28: black odyssey (theater)
10-28: public obscenities (theater)
10-: 99 moons (film)
10-: arden of faversham (theater)
10-: dancing the twist in bamako (film)
10-: endgame (theater)
10-: how to defend yourself (theater)
10-: i love my family, but... (theater)
10-: lohengrin (music)
10-: magnetic melvil poupad (film)
10-: misty (theater)
10-: public obscenities (theater)
10-: stonewalling (film)
10-: sugar daddy (theater)
10-: the best we could (a family tragedy) (theater)
10-: the quiet girl (film)
10-: the strange undoing of prudence hart (theater)
10-: wolf play (theater)
10-: yes, i can say that (theater)
11: alvin lucier’s so you . . . (hermes, orpheus, eurydice) and three solos (music)
11: array’s leap: the reckoning by francesca harper, music by nona hendryx (dance)
11: egg and stone (film)
11: it's getting tired mildred (theater)
11: lakecia benjamin (music)
11: liquidverse with ricardo romaneiro: frag’ments (music)
11: nibal malshi: women in the golden age of arab music (music)
11: the beardonna parody power hour (performance)
11: the naghash ensemble of armenia: songs of exile (music)
11: viajes y raíces (journeys and origins) (music)
12: berklee indian ensemble live: the shuruaat tour (music)
12: found. (theater)
12: slim bone head volt (performance)
12: the english concert (music)
12: the foolish bird (film)
12: varispeed and peggy weil: the blurring test (music)
12: viajes y raíces (journeys and origins) (music)
12-: falstaff (music)
13: davey williams memorial concert (music)
13: lisa stephen friday: trans am (performance)
13: rock medea (theater)
13: spring chamberfest (music)
13: spring chamberfest | music by rhiannon giddens (music)
14: con alma: magos herrera & paola prestini (music)
14: new york festival of song: mediterranean (music)
14: rachmaninoff | hakobyan & antonov | piano and cello (music)
14-: white girl in danger (theater)
15: contemporaneous: swan songs (music)
15: dating, depression, dirtbags: a love story (theater)
15: fast forward (dance)
15: palaver strings & kebra-seyoun charles (music)
15: william socolof, bass-baritone, and gracie francis, piano (music)
15-18: split brick bill: floodpants and the pickle twins (theater)
15-19: dear world (theater)
15-19: first look 2023 (film)
15-26: parsons dance (dance)
15-26: ryan rafferty: mother of the year – the kris jenner musical! (performance)
15-: hang time (theater)
15-: lunch bunch (theater)
16: american composers orchestra (music)
16: benjamin grosvenor, piano, plays schumann, prokofiev, and more (music)
16: david kaplan: moments of invention (music)
16: peter evans: being & becoming (music)
16: sandeep das and the hum ensemble: delhi to istanbul (music)
16-17: veles/тіні (performance)
16-26: carte blanche: guillermo del toro (film)
16-31: socially relevant film festival 2023 (film)
16-: katy and jennifer vs. the flasher on new year's (theater)
16-: romeo & juliet: tribal rock musical (theater)
16-: the hunting gun (theater)
17: annie rigney: “...she was becoming untethered.” (dance)
17: cauleen smith: shorts program i (film)
17: cross border orchestra of ireland (music)
17: loah (music)
17: the in-between: album release concert (music)
17: voices of the americas (music)
17-18: baira + beth graczyk: decay delay (dance)
17-18: international contemporary ensemble (music)
17-18: iv castellanos: leche hervida (performance)
17-19: turangalîla-symphonie (music)
17-19: ukrainian contemporary music festival: tribute to borys liatoshynsky (music)
17-23: brotherhood: the films of jean-pierre and luc dardenne (film)
17-23: jeanne moreau, cinéaste (film)ç
17-23: the spirit of '45 (film)
17-25: also starring... karen black (film)
17-26: china's sixth generation (film)
17-26: unspeakable: the films of tod browning (film)
17-: drysolong (film)
17-: inside (film)
17-: rimini (film)
17-: rodeo (film)
17-: rough trade (theater)
17-: the black that i am (theater)
17-: the innocent (film)
18: kravis nightcap: gamelan dharma swara (music)
18: rafael riqueni: flamenco guitar master (music)
18: stuck at the office: kate mohanty & frank/ie consent (performance)
18-26: flamenco festival (dance)
18-: día y noche (theater)
19: a new old play (film)
19: bear (dance)
19: cauleen smith: shorts program ii (film)
19: diaspora: jewish music of longing and celebration (music)
19: justin elizabeth sayre: my beatnik youth (performance)
19: musicians from the curtis institute of music & john de lancie, narrator, perform stravinsky’s l’histoire du soldat and more (music)19: my name'sound (film, performance)
19: selena (film)
19: the wind (film)
19-26: botanical imprints (film)
20: chineke! orchestra (music)
20: ensemble midtvest (music)
21: lucie vítková: pieces from darkness (performance)
21-22: ccn ballet de lorraine: miguel gutierrez’s cela nous concerne tous & for four walls (dance)
21-: doc nyc selects (film)
21-: the five devils (film)
22: dating, depression, dirtbags: a love story (theater)
22: praying for godot (performance)
22: string orchestra of brooklyn – nepanthae – nyokabi kariũki (music)
22: the night of the hunter (film)
22: two films on art and survival (film)
22: william tyler & yasmin williams (music)
22-25: spring dances 2023 (dance)
22-25: steve bernstein (music)
22-26: guerilla (theater)
22-: generations (theater)
22-: regretfully, so the birds are (theater)
23: brokeneck girl: the murder ballad musical, concert performance (music)
23: chiaroscuro quartet (music)
23: harlem quartet (music)
23: lawrence brownlee, tenor; kevin miller, piano (music)
23: liederabend (music)
23: regenerative nature' with gabriella smith & gabriel cabezas: music from lost coast and more - with the billion oyster project’s danielle bissett (music)
23: rose studio: ligeti & brahms (music)
23: still house plants, melvin gibbs, and 7038634357 (music)
23: summation dance & sikora + dance (dance)
23: the brain cloud (music)
23: the string orchestra of brooklyn and andrew yee (music)
23-25: st. matthew passion (music)
23-25: the square: displacement with no end (performance)
23-26: ivories (theater)
23-26: m3ltd0wn (theater)
23-26: ombres portées (dance)
23-26: the hip hopera of 5p1n0k10 (theater)
23-: a scream in the dark (theater)
23-: according to the chorus (theater)
23-: iceland: a re-creation myth (theater)
23-: solo: a show about friendship (theater)
24: flor de toloache; nella (music)
24: still house plants, dawuna, and charles curtis (music)
24: tammy faye starlight: nico – underground (performance)
24: the devil queen / a rainha diaba (film)
24: the poor rich (performance)
24-25: bereishit dance company: balance & imbalance (dance)
24-25: worldwind: aljo + ayodele, mezclada, music from the sole (music)
24-26: abigail child (film)
24-26: tokyo story (film)
24-: a good person (film)
24-: nam june paik: moon is the oldest tv (film)
24-: the lost king (film)
24-: the worst ones (film)
24-: tori and lokita (film)
24-: walk up (film)
25: ensemble intercontemporain (music)
25: soh daiko (music)
25: the new york virtuoso singers: the unadorned bach – cantatas #178-188 (music)
25-26: all in between|a 3rd space to be by sj swilley (performance)
25-27: the woman in the waves (theater)
25-: the thanksgiving play (theater)
26: john zorn's new masada quartet (music)
26: lara st. john, violin (music)
27: bill orcutt guitar quartet (music)
27: ensemble connect (music)
27: this purple fucking pot (theater)
27-29: 2023 starr reading series (theater)
27-: der rosenkavalier (music)
28: 8 in show (dance)
28: jeanine de bique and concerto köln (music)
28: talea ensemble (music)
28: tetzlaff-tetzlaff-dörken trio plays schubert, beethoven, and more (music)
28: the stinking nose: a dinner (performance)
28: thrive (music)
29: color of pomegranates / sayat nova (film)
29: dating, depression, dirtbags: a love story (theater)
29: the night you stopped acting (performance)
29: the saga of the shining emblem: chapter ii (theater)
29-31: mälkki conducts stravinsky and lara (music)
29-: aaron landsman: night keeper (performance)
29-: atamira dance company (dance)
29-: new directors new films 2023 (film)
30: gabbeh (film)
30: juilliard's the new series: spotlight on composer reena esmail (music)
30: nicole mitchell (music)
30: stephen hough, piano, plays debussy, liszt, and more (music)
30: tarta relena (music)
30: tel aviv wind quartet (music)
30: the residents (music)
30-: a thousand and one (film)
30-: keynote at necro-con (theater)
30-: national ballet of canada (dance)
30-: pearls and swine / this body is mine (theater)
30-: phelim mcdermott & philip glass: tao of glass, presented with improbable (theater)
30-: smart (theater)
30-: stupid ed (theater)
30-: w.o.(e).r.d. – on the verge (performance)
31: gamin & ensemble: korean music & beyond (music)
31: the philadelphia orchestra (music)
31-: a crowded field (performance)
31-: eight deadly shots (film)
31-: jeanne dielman and its roots (film)
31-: smoking causes coughing (film)