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mayo 2024
(junio + julio + agosto = vacaciones)
¡hola, difus@s!
in the interest of time, i’ve got just three quick notes on the last month. ken loach has an extraordinary ability to see the world so clearly and yet still hold out hope for it; the old oak is as unflinching as r.m.n. and even more tender than the other side of hope, and loach’s portrayal (and practice) of compassion in and through restraint is deeply moving. the wooster group’s artistic integrity and technical virtuosity, on full display in symphony of rats, never cease to impress and inspire me; every production underscores their rare commitment to a unique vision and, as such, is a gift to audiences and artists. the long play festival, itself a gift to brooklyn and music lovers everywhere, was a firm reminder that i need to see more live music.
as the spring season comes to a close, we’ve got a lot to enjoy:
performance + theater: late spring tends to bring out the kind of work i’m more drawn to (perhaps because the tony nominations are over), and two shows i’m particularly looking forward to are dave malloy’s three houses (ghost quartet remains one of my favorite theatrical experiences) and raja feather kelly’s the fires. other shows i’ve got my eye on are chopped liver & unions (part of the “brits off broadway” series), iceboy, no, but i’m definitely in a better place than i’ve been in a long time, priestess of twerk, small acts of daring invention, and wild project’s summerworks 2024 festival.
film: metrograph has this month’s most essential film series, “american landscapes: the cinema of kelly reichardt” and “chris marker’s le dépays”, as well as other compelling series like “dream with your eyes open” and “visionary auteurs: five decades of mk2”. another series worth checking out is “atlas variations: the moving-image work of charles atlas” at anthology. among this month’s features that i’m hoping to catch are evil does not exit, hidden master, a prince, robot dreams, self-portrait in 23 rounds: a chapter in david wojnarowicz’s life, slow, and time of the heathen. i’m also looking forward to film comment’s podcast coverage of the cannes film festival.
music: among this month’s most promising musical events are operas (in the most expansive sense of the word): robert ashley’s foreign experience and a divine echo at roulette, shall we gather at the river at the park avenue armory, an american soldier at the perelman arts center, and (most conventionally) orfeo ed euridice at the met (where i finally saw fire shut up in my bones last month). other shows that pique my interest are blank forms’ eighth anniversary, decoda, international contemporary ensemble, “loeffler’s forgotten octet”, and tammy faye starlite.
dance: kyle abraham (of whom i’m definitely a fan) curates the “a delicate ritual” platform at danspace, la mama hosts its annual dance festival, and new york live arts showcases new work. new york city ballet features william forsythe on its “classic nycb ii” program, and chelsea factory presents travesty doll play (after coppélia).
art: accompanying may’s fair frenzy—and major auctions, whose previews definitely are worth visiting, at christie’s, phillips, and sotheby’s—are numerous gallery shows of note: adam pendleton, amy sillman, daniel walbidi, elizabeth murray, eva hesse, francis bacon and lucian freud, hugh hayden, kapwani kiwanga, niki de saint phalle, paul klee, rachel eulena williams, ronny quevedo, sahara longe, tamiko nishimura, tanya merrill, tara donovan, wayne thiebaud, and yves klein. off the commercial circuit, shows i’m hoping to see are isaac julien (whose contribution to the current whitney biennial is a highlight) and latoya ruby frazier at moma, walton ford at the morgan, grounded in clay: the spirit of pueblo pottery and petrit halilaj’s roof garden commission at the met, and the word-shimmering sea: diego velázquez / enrique martínez celaya at the hispanic society.
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un abrazo,
p
mayo / may
8-9: oscar micheaux and the birth of black independent cinema (film)
8-9: catching fire: the story of anita pallenberg (film)
8-10: mozart and beethoven with jane glover (music)
8-11: madama butterfly (music)
8-11: uri gurvich (music)
8-11: of mothers and men (theater)
8-12: gibney company (dance)
8-12: message in a bottle (dance)
8-12: lines (theater)
8-12: exagoge (theater)
8-12: oh, mary (theater)
8-12: orlando (theater)
8-12: agreement (theater)
8-12: grenfell: in the words of survivors (theater)
8-12: until (theater)
8-12: frybread queen (theater)
8-14: new york african film festival 2024 (film)
8-15: marguerite duras: auto-remakes (film)
8-16: classic nycb i (dance)
8-17: el niño (music)
8-18: cinema of palestinian return (film)
8-18: windrush secret (theater)
8-18: geraldine realigned drives from gay place to gay place and you’re in the car too (theater)
8-18: the vicky archives (theater)
8-19: hiroshi shimizu, part i: the shochiku years (film)
8-19: in crocodile's lair (theater)
8-19: staff meal (theater)
8-22: tammy faye starlite in nico underground (music)
8-25: carmen (music)
8-26: classic nycb ii (dance)
8-26: the keep going songs (theater)
8-31: bulle ogier: a tribute (film)
8-31: the hours (music)
8-: platform 2024: a delicate ritual (dance)
8-: after hours (film)
8-: wildcat (film)
8-: adiós buenos aires (film)
8-: evil does not exist (film)
8-: slow (film)
8-: 90s noir (film)
8-: davy chou's cinematic travels (film)
8-: atlas variations: the moving-image work of charles atlas (film)
8-: the lonely few (theater)
8-: the fires (theater)
8-: three houses (theater)
8-: small acts of daring invention (theater)
8-: the brief life & mysterious death of boris iii, king of bulgaria (theater)
9: julie jacklin's new york residency (music)
9: orchestra of st. luke's (music)
9: human petting zoo / brian andrew whiteley (performance)
9-10: la esperanza (theater)
9-11: foreign experiences: an opera by robert ashley (music)
9-16: illuminated hours: the cinema of nathaniel dorsky and jerome hiler (film)
9-19: not calm (theater)
9-19: bring them back (theater)
10: yuja wang, piano (music)
10: blank forms eighth anniversary: hitech and more (music)
10-12: prismatic ground (film)
10-12: jupiter's journey to the earth (music)
10-25: all stravinsky (dance)
10-25: s a t u r n: a revelation (performance)
10-26: modern families (film)
10-: time of the heathen (film)
10-: a prince (film)
10-: power (film)
10-: dream with your eyes open (film)
11: daughters (film)
11: pekka kuusisto, violin and gabriel kahane, piano and vocals (music)
11: the woodshed (performance)
11: lady adhd (theater)
11-12: stage door (dance)
11-27: american landscapes: the cinema of kelly reichardt (film)
11-: muses (theater)
11-: it's getting tired mildred (theater)
12: prism quartet (music)
12: kathleen battle in concert (music)
12: vicky chow performs philip glass etudes book 2 (music)
12: the hello girls (theater)
12-14: dear mom, sorry for being a bitch (theater)
12-19: an american soldier (music)
12-: relationships (theater)
13: paul taylor dance company (dance)
13: clae lu & kim savarino, luis lara malvacías, ani / malaya works (dance)
13-14: the new georges jam in jamboree: coagulated works (dance)
14: decoda (music)
14: david leon: a divine echo (music)
14-25: parsons dance (dance)
14-25: contemporary choreography i (dance)
15: fast forward (dance)
15: self-portrait in 23 rounds: a chapter in david wojnarowicz’s life, 1989-1991 (film)
15: man ray: return to reason (film)
15: julie jacklin's new york residency (music)
15: the met orchestra chamber ensemble (music)
15: doyeon kim: sun shower (music)
15-18: sam kulik (music)
15-24: contemporary choreography ii (dance)
15-: molly sweeney (theater)
16: the knights (music)
16: michèle bokanowski / paula matthusen (music)
16: international contemporary ensemble and prism: music, ai, and co-creation (music)
16: rebecca patek: tough titties (performance)
16-18: sidra bell dance new york and immanuel wilkins quartet (dance)
16-19: the briefest year (theater)
16-20: segal film festival 2024 (film)
16-: la mama moves! dance festival '24 (dance)
16-: orfeo ed euridice (music)
16-: summerworks 2024 (theater)
16-: the welkin (theater)
17: the wave of queer cinema in super-8 from paraíba (film)
17: seong-jin cho, piano (music)
17: tony siqi yun, piano (music)
17-18: fresh tracks new works (dance)
17-18: urban / tribe: maybe in the future, i deserve you (performance)
17-19: illuminated hours: three evenings with nathaniel dorsky and jerome hiler (film)
17-19: pluto is listening (theater)
17-25: alex romania (performance)
17-25: the one with violets in her lap (theater)
17-: "out of the 80s" (film)
17-: in our day (film)
17-: what become of us (theater)
18: éile eire (film)
18: peig (film)
18: hump! film festival: part two (film)
18-19: totally mozart (music)
18-: priestess of twerk: a black femme star temple + wisdom school (performance)
19: ny brazilian film series (film)
19: three promises (film)
19: iceboy (theater)
20: josefina maro, emily barasch, al evangelista, angel edwards (dance)
20-21: matthew polenzani and ken noda (music)
21: malcolm-x betts: what happens when things become undone? (dance)
21: david virelles nosotros ensemble featuring dafnis prieto (music)
21: shall we gather at the river (music)
21: weston olencki + tak ensemble (music)
22: cowards bend the knee & guy maddin rarities (film)
22: julie jacklin's new york residency (music)
22: yarn/wire: currents 2024 (music)
22: pam (theater)
22-25: cyro baptista (music)
22-: never let go: an unauthorized retelling of james cameron’s titanic (theater)
22-: chopped liver & unions (theater)
22-: watson: the final problem (theater)
23: kat brown: archive of forgotten vibrations (extended) (dance)
23: distractfold with conrad tao (music)
23: loeffler's forgotten octet (music)
23: twelfth night (music)
23-24: ross mclaren (film)
23-26: no, but i’m definitely in a better place than i’ve been in a long time (performance)
23-26: three chickens confront existence (theater)
23-28: the mozart requiem and sofia gubaidulina’s viola concerto (music)
23-: preoccupations: a jamie nares retrospective (film)
24: evgeny kissin, piano (music)
24: sirius quartet (music)
24: a musical celebration of asian american and pacific islander heritage month with cellogayageum (music)
24: john zorn: new masada quartet (music)
24-26: les arts festival (art, performance, theater)
24-26: travesty doll play ballez (after coppélia) (dance)
24-27: danceafrica 2024 (dance)
24-30: west indies: the fugitive slaves of liberty (film)
24-: a woman under the influence (film)
24-: queen of the deuce (film)
24-: lillies (film)
24-: kidnapped (film)
24-: solo (film)
25-: chris marker’s le dépays (film)
26: moss (music)
28-: a midsummer night's dream (dance)
29: ensemble connect (music)
29: evgeny kissin, piano (music)
29: julie jacklin's new york residency (music)
29: wrack zone (performance)
29-31: molly&nola: agituhhhhh (music)
29-: miles okazaki (music)
30: nicholas phan with jasper string quartet & myra huang (music)
30: crystal's channel / souls unseen (music)
30-31: kayfabe (theater)
30-: prix fixe: the restaurant plays (theater)
30-: how to eat an orange (theater)
30-: the hungry mind buffet (theater)
31: the philadelphia orchestra (music)
31-: elliot reed: you can hear footsteps (dance)
31-: visionary auteurs : five decades of mk2 (film)
31-: windowed worlds: the films of barry gerson (film)
31-: robot dreams (film)
31-: handling the undead (film)
31-: hidden master (film)