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febrero + marzo 2024
¡hola, difus@s!
since i’m way, way behind on getting this out (and getting moved over to mailchimp from tinyletter), we’ll just cut to the chase…
dance: i cannot wait to see anne teresa de keersmaeker (whose work i adore) dance the goldberg variations at skirball this weekend, and i’m equally excited to see trisha brown dance company at the joyce next month. both venues other shows worth looking into, including doug varone and dancers, mette ingvartsen, pontus lindberg, and sankofa danzafro. mark morris dance group and ensemble pay tribute to burt bacharach at bam, sara juli performs at dixon place, the movement research festival is on at judson memorial church and danspace project, and the 23rd flamenco festival takes place at several venues around town.
film: one of my all-time favorite films, tarkovsky’s nostalghia, arrives in a new 4k restoration to film forum, where i’m also looking forward to rewatching about dry grasses the latest from nuri bilge ceylan (very much a tarkovsky disciple) that had me completely captivated at nyff. two films i missed at nyff and have been eagerly awaiting also arrive in march: alice rohrwacher’s la chimera (you must see lazzaro felice) and radu jude’s do not expect too much from the end of the world (i’ve loved all his films). the other new feature on my must-see list is jessica hausner’s club zero (because little joe was profoundly disturbing in a good way). the museum of the moving image’s annual “first look” series always merits a look (and i’m particularly thrilled that they’re bringing lois patiño’s latest—i hope we’ll get a mini-series of all his features this year because they really deserve the big screen), as do moma’s annual “doc fortnight” and film at lincoln center’s “rendezvous with french cinema.” if that’s not enough, other series of interest include “ken jacobs: from orchard street to the museum of modern art,” “snubbed 2: the performances,” “socially relevant film festival,” and “new york international children’s film festival.”
performance + theater: the two shows I’m most looking forward to seeing are a symphony of rats with the wooster group and ibsen’s ghost: an irresponsible biographical fantasy with charles busch (how’s that for a study in contrasts?). robert ashley’s work defies categorization, but i’ve really enjoyed all of it that i’ve seen and so hope to catch perfect lives at spectacle theater. also high on my list are bathhouse.pptx at the flea, teeth at playwrights horizon, holy saturday at the kitchen, and the “witches, queers, and clowns” series at here. still more shows that have my interest piqued are self portraits (deluxe), you don’t have to do anything, sunset baby, the christine jorgensen show, on set with theda bara, “oh, mary!”, ryan rafferty’s the titans of media triology, and the banality of evil.
music: le poisson rouge hosts zoë keating and maría josé llergo (premio ‘el ojo crítico’ de rne de música moderna 2023), joe’s pub presents my brightest diamond (#karaokekiller), the jack quartet plays roulette, and palaver strings plays national sawdust—all should be phenomenal shows. for more new music, check out alaara, contemporaneous, and john zorn at roulette, the kaufman music center contemporary music festival, and the international contemporary ensemble at skirball. for more classical and early music, check out the quaretteto di cremona, the takács quartet, and the choir of st. luke’s in the fields’ program of mexican polyphony. for still more music, check out hamza akram qawwal & brother’s “sufi chants of pakistan,” “trans voices cabaret,” and meow meow’s “sequins and satire, divas and disruptors: the wild women of the weimar republic.”
art: among the museum shows i’m hoping to catch soon are “dominican yorks,” “the harlem renaissance and transatlantic modernism,” “harold cohen: aaron,” “joan jonas: good night good morning,” “i am a thousand different people—every one is real,” and “radical perverts: ecstasy and activism in queer public space, 1975-2000.” some of the gallery shows i’d like to see are “all watched over by machines of loving grace” (i recently watched and recommend the adam curtis’ documentary of the same name), seth becker, huma bhaba, vija celmins, mary helena clark, spencer finch, robert grosvenor, jeppe hein, thomas hirschhorn, jacob kassay, adrianne rubenstein, raymond sauders, cindy sherman, david smith, and paul thek.
i’ll have a new sign-up in the next issue, but in the meantime can (as always) be reached directly via pablo[dot]diuso[at]gmail[dot]com.
un abrazo,
p
febrero / february (lo que queda / what’s left)
23: artek: money, misery, music (music)
23: ben & arthur (film)
23: bruce brubaker: eno piano (music)
23: lisa hannigan (music)
23: musicians from marlboro (music)
23: the lost village of seneca + other works (music)
23: timo andres, piano (music)
23: untitled arguments (dance)
23: victor jones is a construct (theater)
23: you don't have to do anything (theater)
23-24: alonzo king lines ballet’s deep river (dance)
23-24: anne teresa de keersmaeker: the goldberg variations, bwv 988 (dance)
23-24: between two knees (theater)
23-24: emanuel ax, hillborg, and rachmaninoff (music)
23-24: figures minus facts: the films of mary helena clark (film, art)
23-24: new combinations (dance)
23-24: self portraits (deluxe) (theater)
23-25: enough! plays to end gun violence (theater)
23-25: miracle (performance)
23-25: munich medea: happy family (theater)
23-25: primordial (theater)
23-25: the immersive coffee cantata experience (music)
23-25: the mulberry tree (theater)
23-25: twyla tharp dance (dance)
23-25: where women go (theater)
23-26: struggle of memory: forgetting haiti, remembering ayiti (film)
23-27: african futurism: the world of jean-pierre bekolo (film)
23-27: stories to get us through the night (theater)
23-28: brooklyn laundry (theater)
23-28: innovators & icons (dance)
23-28: soledad barrio & noche flamenca (dance)
23-29: composers now festival 2024 (music)
23-29: nostalghia (film)
23-: about dry grasses (film)
23-: corruption (theater)
23-: doula monster (theater)
23-: i love you so much i could die (theater)
23-: jean butler: what we hold (dance)
23-: lab stripped: the complicated (theater)
23-: on set with theda bara (theater)
23-: sacha yanow: uncle! (performance)
23-: spiritus / virgil's dance (theater)
23-: stop making sense: 40th anniversary re-release (film)
23-: sunset baby (theater)
23-: the ally (theater)
23-: the apiary (theater)
23-: the aristocrats (theater)
23-: the christine jorgensen show (theater)
23-: the connector (theater)
23-: the frankenstein project (theater)
23-: the hunt (theater)
23-: the seven year disappear (theater)
23-: the whole of time (theater)
24: ayano elson + iris mccloughan (dance)
24: juilliard voices: a night of drama, jazz, and vocal arts (music)
24: kandace springs, piano and vocals (music)
24: the urania triology (film)
24: the year my dad died twice (theater)
25: alkemie and guest artist amanda gookin: a worthy mirror (music)
25: joseph parrish, bass-baritone; shawn chang, piano (music)
25: parlando: transient voices (music)
25: revolutionary (e)motions / niyoosha ahmadikhoo (performance)
25: saint-saëns and fauré (music)
25: the met orchestra chamber ensemble (music)
25-: eddie izzard: hamlet (theater)
26: alaara – tarkovsky: of its own accord (music)
26: insectum featuring susie ibarra, jeffrey zeigler, graham reynolds, and evolutionary biologist jessica ware (music)
26: vulgar title that deals with race (theater)
26-: oh, mary! (theater)
27: calidore string quartet (music)
27: carmina burana (music)
27: contemporaneous: songs at night (music)
27-28: perfect lives: an opera for television by robert ashley (performance)
27-: sankofa danzafro (dance)
28: beatrice rana, piano (music)
28: risa hokamura, violin, albert cano smit, piano (music)
28: trio zimbalist and roberto díaz (music)
29: classic nycb (dance)
29: new york no limits, art of the short (film)
29: saint-saëns, bonis, poulenc, and spohr (music)
29: the knights (music)
29-: buglisi dance theater (dance)
29-: deliadelia! the flat chested witch! (theater)
marzo / march
1: kantuta concerts, opus 1: sergio escalera soria, piano (music)
1: vienna philharmonic (music)
1-2: buglisi dance theater (dance)
1-2: deliadelia! the flat chested witch! (theater)
1-2: rachna nivas: reclaiming the divine feminine (dance)
1-2: sacha yanow: uncle! (performance)
1-3: balanchine + wheeldon (dance)
1-3: eddie izzard: hamlet (theater)
1-3: jean butler: what we hold (dance)
1-3: ken jacobs – from orchard street to the museum of modern art (film)
1-3: lab stripped: the complicated (theater)
1-3: sankofa danzafro (dance)
1-3: stop making sense: 40th anniversary re-release (film)
1-3: the apiary (theater)
1-3: the aristocrats (theater)
1-3: the christine jorgensen show (theater)
1-3: the whole of time (theater)
1-9: i love you so much i could die (theater)
1-9: on set with theda bara (theater)
1-9: spiritus / virgil's dance (theater)
1-10: doula monster (theate
1-10: existentialism (theater)
1-10: puppetopia 2024 (theater)
1-10: rendez-vous with french cinema (film)
1-10: snubbed 2: the performances (film)
1-10: sunset baby (theater)
1-10: the ally (theater)
1-10: the frankenstein project (theater)
1-14: japanese horror (film)
1-14: madama butterfly (music)
1-14: ryan rafferty: the titans of media triology (performance)
1-17: flamenco festival (dance)
1-17: script in the closet (theater)
1-17: the connector (theater)
1-17: three scenes in the life of a trotskyist (theater)
1-21: teeth (theater)
1-24: pericles (theater)
1-24: the hunt (theater)
1-25: anh vo: introjective exhibition (nhập xuất nhập xuất) (performance)
1-29: la forza del destino (music)
1-31: the seven year disappear (theater)
1-: bad actress (film)
1-: forever young (film)
1-: problemista (film
1-: shayda (film)
2: artist spotlight: hilary hahn (music)
2: at odds: the concerto grosso (music)
2: international contemporary ensemble (music)
2: toshi reagon: meaning and memory—a sonic song cycle through the rooms (music)
2: vienna philharmonic (music)
2-4: soul picnic: the songs and legacy of laura nyro (music)
2-9: also starring… john cazale (film)
2-13: ibsen's ghost: an irresponsible biographical fantasy (theater)
2-16: welcome to the machine (film)
2-23: illinoise (dance, music, performance)
3: boston early music festival vocal & chamber ensembles (music)
3: john zorn: nothing is true everything is permitted (music)
3: schumann quartet (music)
3: vienna philharmonic (music)
3-31: the effect (theater)
4: 2024 movement research festival artists at the judson church (dance)
4-17: afterimage: counter cinema, radical cinema (film)
4-24: spark theatre festival 2024 (performance, theater)
5: ariel lanyi, piano (music)
5: camerata ireland (music)
5: justin austin, baritone; howard watkins, piano (music)
5-6: the amazing banana brothers (theater)
5-9: searching for abuelo (theater)
5-26: nicolas philibert: a tender lens (film)
5-: dating, depression, dirtbags: a love story (theater)
6: contemporary music of the weimar republic (music)
6: mannes orchestra performs saariaho, horvitz, ives (music)
6: orchestre métropolitain de montréal (music)
6-10: pontius lindberg (dance)
6-23: wake (performance)
7: igor levit, piano (music)
7: interpretations: yuko fujiyama / reggie nicholson (music)
7: master of mexican polyphony (music)
7: nasa4nasa (dance)
7: time for three (music)
7-8: ute lemper (music)
7-9: merce / misha / more_a film event (dance, film)
7-9: oasis de la impunidad (theater)
7-9: sol gabetta, elim chan, and scheherazade (music)
7-10: play here [ ______ ] (theater)
7-23: the little pony (theater)
7-24: fair winds and winds of war (theater)
7-30: roméo et juliette (music)
8: bridget barkan: a wake (music)
8: castalian string quartet with stephen hough, piano (music)
8: hagen quartet (music)
8: hamza akram qawwal & brothers: sufi chants of pakistan (music)
8: meghan kasanders, soprano; dror baitel, piano (music)
8: quartetto di cremona (music)
8: sahar damoni (dance)
8-10: a touch of wang hongwei (film)
8-12: archives of power: the palestinian film archive and the erasure of history (film)
8-23: 43 stages of grieving: a comedy (theater)
8-23: the slow dance (theater)
8-24: up until now collective: midair for sometime (music)
8-: glitter & doom (film)
8-: high & low — john galliano (film)
8-: space: the longest goodbye (film)
9: antonia jiménez & inma la carbonera: a gaya (to mother earth) (music)
9: bora yoon: ( ((phonation)) ) ft. r. luke deboi (music)
9: celebrating 90 years: christian wolff (music)
9: charlie prince (dance)
9: jason moran (music)
9: rotterdam philharmonic orchestra (music)
9: tariq el-sabir (music)
10: escher string quartet (music)
10: kaufmann music center contemporary music festival (music)
10: leon botstein and the orchestra now (music)
10: new york international children's film festival (film)
10: tafelmusik baroque orchestra (music)
10-13: the glass between the stars (theater)
10-31: like they do in the movies (theater)
11: dominica greene, barkha patel, jade manns (dance)
11: the met orchestra chamber ensemble (music)
12: american composers orchestra (music)
12: instrumental array (music)
12: mak grgic, guitar (music)
12-24: burbank (theater)
12-24: lab stripped: lolita lolita (theater)
13: jan lisiecki, piano (music)
13: takács quartet (music)
13-14: la douleur (theater)
13-16: the julia perry centenary celebration & festival (music)
13-17: first look (film)
13-18: socially relevant film festival 2024 (film)
13-19: beethoven’s fifth, mozart, and conrad tao (music)
14: avant joik / joan la barbara (music)
14: composer joseph daley at 75 (music)
14: israel fernández & diego del morao (music)
14: nyo-usa all-stars (music)
14-16: naughty bits (dance)
14-21: party? (theater)
14-31: american rot (theater)
14-31: witches, queers and clowns (performance, theater)
15: jack quartet: beautiful trouble by natacha diels (music)
15: jodie landau's performance of self (music)
15: maría josé llergo (music)
15: mark padmore, tenor; mitsuko uchida, piano (music)
15: ryuichi sakamoto | opus (film)
15: the new york pops (music)
15-19: edgar allan shitpoest, or, 19th century poets are all fuckboys! (theater)
15-21: classe tous risques (film)
15-24: ernie gehr: mechanical magic (film)
15-30: leni’s last lament / brave new world repertory theatre (theater)
15-31: pharoah (theater)
15-: club zero (film)
15-: much ado about dying (film)
16: jodie landau's performance of self (music)
16: orchestre de paris (music)
16: trans voices cabaret (music)
16-17: mette ingvartsen: moving in concert (dance)
16-: philadelphia, here i come! (theater)
16-: the circus is coming to town (performance)
17: chris cochrane: how will we recognize each other, part ii (music)
17: new york international children's film festival (film)
17: zoë keating (music)
18: ensemble connect (music)
18: martin nevin: scratch at the same table (music)
19: alexander malofeev, piano (music)
19: an evening with michael stephen brown (music)
19: new york festival of song: eros & co. (music)
19-30: houses (theater)
19-: bathhouse.pptx (theater)
20: ches smith & laugh ash (music)
20: daniel mcgrew, tenor (music)
20: fast forward (dance)
20: laetitia sadier (music)
20-23: the look of love (dance)
20-24: epidermis circus: the weirdest puppet show you've ever seen (theater)
20-: travels (performance)
21: erin wagner, mezzo-soprano & shawn chang, piano (music)
21: jigjam (music)
21: kathleen supové: epics (music)
21: max raabe & palast orchester (music)
21: quatuor van kuijk (music)
21-23: sound river (performance)
21-23: stacy matthew spence (dance)
21-24: mendelssohn, tan dun, and joel thompson (music)
21-: the banality of evil (theater)
22: brokeneck girls: the murder ballad musical (theater)
22: dorian grey (theater)
22: palaver strings (music)
22-23: cascade's fire (theater)
22-23: doug varone and dancers (dance)
22-28: west indies: the fugitive slaves of liberty (film)
22-: do not expect too much from the end of the world (film)
22-: doc fortnight 2024 (film)
22-: femme (film)
22-: free time (film)
22-: limbo (film)
23: joni: performance #1 (music)
23: meow meow (music)
23: soh daiko (music)
23: we’re too talented to be this sad: part ii (performance)
24: ballaké sissoko & derek gripper (music)
24: my brightest diamond (music)
25: gordon beeferman: alerta! (music)
26: alarm will sound (music)
26: artist spotlight: herbie hancock (music)
26: tablao: an intimate flamenco experience (dance, music)
26-30: trisha brown dance company (dance)
26-: king (theater)
26-: la rondine (music)
27: 8 in show (dance)
27: an evening with vijay iyer and graham haynes (music)
27: tablao: an intimate flamenco experience (dance, music)
27-31: packages o’ the things we deliver (theater)
27-: kenji misumi's sword triology (film)
27-: symphony of rats (theater)
27-: the writing on the stall (theater)
28: bach collection (music)
28: ema nikolovska, mezzo-soprano; howard watkins, piano (music)
28: mahler chamber orchestra (music)
28: ning yu + qubit (music)
28: sandra weigl (music)
28: spring dances (dance)
28-30: baye & asa: 4 | 2 | 3 (dance)
28-30: lacina coulibaly | compagnie artistique hakilisi sigi: until the lion tells the story… (dance)
28-31: w.o.(e).r.d. – on the verge (performance)
28-: sally & tom (theater)
29-24: short play fest (theater)
29: roger eno (music)
29-: la chimera (film)
29-: on the adamant (film)
29-: swimming with lesbians (theater)
30: neal medlyn: holy saturday (performance)
30: spirit riser (film)