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septiembre 2024
after the extended summer break, we’re back for a promising fall season:
dance: jérôme bel is responsible for some of the best performances i’ve seen, so i’m especially looking forward to jérôme bel (2021) as part of l’alliance’s crossing the line festival (always a highlight of the fall season). other shows i’m eager to catch are marikiscrycrycry at abrons, kyle abraham at montclair state (because i really prefer his non-nycb work), sharon eyal at the park avenue armory, and the all-peck and eclectic programs at nycb. city center hosts its annual “fall for dance” festival, and you can find more dance showcases at dixon place and joe’s pub.
film: the new york film festival, with several cannes highlights, arrives at the end of the month, but before that, we’ve got several other worthwhile series to see: “under my thumb” (which includes lucrecia martel’s essential debut feature, la ciénaga) and “rabbit on the moon” (the seventh seal feels appropriate for an election year), “essential / unessential warhol” and “bricks laid by hand: the films of christopher harris” at anthology, “paramount in the 1970s” (to accompany recent titles from michael hardt and david n. gibbs), and “pema tseden” at the museum of the moving image. among this month's features of note are the memory of justice, the searchers, double-headers from joanna hogg and àgnes varda, the goldman case, summerlight and then comes the night, and all shall be well.
music: peter evans is on at the stone and caroline shaw’s partita plays at green-wood cemetery (and i love both evans and shaw). silent light, paola prestini’s opera adapted from carlos reygada’s exquisite film, is just one of this month’s new operas, along with indra’s net at the park avenue armory, grounded at the met, and room, room, room, in the many mansion of eternal glory for thee and everyone at joe’s pub—and, a little farther afield but definitely worth the trip, the listeners at opera philadelphia (where anthony roth costanzo is now general director and president—watch this space!). other shows of note include gelsey bell, ethel (featuring allison loggins-hull), la chapelle haromonique, julliard415, kmru, “let me say this: a dolly parton tribute concert,” kiki ball-change, justin vivian bond, devotchka, and jeremy lawrence.
performance + theater: we don’t have enough chances to see milo rau’s work, so i’m grateful to skirball for bringing him back with antigone in the amazon—and i’m equally excited for new york city players’ buildings i & ii, the ask at wild project, the beginning after the end of humanity circus at the old stone house, and ghost of john mccain at soho playhouse. other shows i’ve got my eye one are blood of the lamb, anton goes to heaven (?), the socialization of a social worker or justice in the time of need, ks6: small forward, collina’s horse girl season, and chatter. the dream up and spark festivals are also worth a look, as is the annual bushwig.
art: september is a big month for the commerical side of the art world, with the armory show, art on paper, independent 20th century, nada house (a great reason to visit governor's island), salon zürcher, and volta at the start of the month and the affordable art fair at the end. the non-commercial sector also has a lot to check out: "futura 2000: breaking out" at the bronx museum, "elizabeth catlett: a black revolutionary artist and all that implies" at the brooklyn museum, "mexican prints at the vanguard" and "mandalas: mapping the buddhist art of tibet" at the met, and "maḏayin: eight decades of aboriginal australian bark painting from yirrkala" at the asia society.
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un abrazo,
p
septiembre / september
1: the killing of a chinese bookie (original theatrical cut) (film)
1: the rebel’s cinema – frantz fanon on screen: monangambeee + the zerda and the songs of forgetting (film)
1-7: sex and the abbey (theater)
1-14: the christmas express (theater)
1-15: dream up festival 2024 (theater)
1-15: paramount in the 1970s (film)
1-15: the socialization of a social worker or justice in a time of need (theater)
1-22: the marriage of figaro (music)
3-8: heaven is a place in the sky (theater)
3-22: table 17 (theater)
3-: ghost of john mccain (theater)
4: kiki ball-change: hoe down! (music)
4-7: dancenow / now 2024 (dance)
4-7: trey spruance (music)
5: chatter (performance)
5: the beginning after the end of humanity circus (theater)
5-7: caroline shaw's partita (music)
5-12: r.o.s.e. (dance)
5-: mcneal (theater)
6: collina's horse girl season (performance)
6: las leonas (theater)
6: protect the peace: we, insurgent (performance)
6-8: daring motion: the films of mark lee ping-bing (film)ç
6-8: essential / unessential warhol (art, film)
6-8: rabbit on the moon: folk tales, tall tales, and local myths (film)
6-8: under my thumb (film)
6-9: my homeland is not a suitcase: annemarie jacir, emily jacir, and dar jacir for art and research (art, film)
6-15: pema tseden (film)
6-15: the last podcast on earth (theater)
6-21: hot! the nyc celebration of queer culture (dance, theater, performance)
6-22: counting and cracking (theater)
6-28: the ask (theater)
6-: i'll be right there (film)
6-: look into my eyes (film)
6-: red rooms (film)
6-: the cowboy and the queen (film)
6-: the goldman case (film)
7: canciones en blanco y negro by juana luna (music)
7: frankie mann with david behrman, allison easter, sarah hennies & john king / sarah hennies (music)
7: jérémy clapin (film)
7: the butterfly lovers (music)
7-8: bushwig (performance)
7-8: won't you be my neighbor (film)
8: lavender songs, a queer weimar berlin kabarett (music)
9-29: spark theatre festival nyc (theater)
10-14: justin vivian bond (music)
10-: wake up (theater)
11: room, room, room, in the many mansions of eternal glory for thee and for everyone (music)
11: table of silence project 9/11 (dance)
11: the brain cloud plays western swing (music)
11-14: craig taborn (music)
11-28: tracks (theater)
11-29: a meal (performance)
11-: the beacon (theater)
12: axine m: sold licker glass (music)
12: cassette, vol. 1 (dance)
12: courtney bryan (music)
12: faraj abyad: fairuz in fos7a (music)
12: frente cumbiero (music)
12: hot! dance (dance)
12: silt trio: unknown rivers album release (music)
12-13: leah hawkins, soprano; kevin miller, piano (music)
12-14: a wake at the river church (music)
12-14: mɔɹnɪŋ [morning//mourning] (music)
12-15: aliens of extraordinary abilities (exit route i-485) (theater)
12-15: michael tilson thomas and emanuel ax (music)
12-18: the memory of justice (film)
12-: chaos and order: the way of johnnie to (film)
12-: medea: re-versed (theater)
13: devotchka (music)
13: juan fernando velasco (music)
13: tashi wada: what is not strange? (music)
13: touching magic: a juilliard vocal arts-sibelius academy collaboration (music)
13-15: ingrid caven (film)
13-19: dan savage’s 2024 hump! film festival! (film)
13-19: the searchers (film)
13-: girls will be girls (film)
13-: matt and mara (film)
13-: vile isle (theater)
14: impossible encounters: two by joanna hogg + book signing with shonni enelow (film)
14: the new: celebrating charles ives and american experimentalism in music, dance, and drama (music)
14-20: murray hill (performance)
14-: blood of the lamb (theater)
15: adam rudolph: sunrise quartet (music)
15: an afternoon of groundbreaking chamber music (music)
15: orgullo! by k(c)abil, 2048 (music)
15-: redeemed (theater)
16: juilliard orchestra conducted by david robertson (music)
16: peni candra rini: wulansih (music)
16: road kills (theater)
17: a complicated passion: two films by agnès varda (film)
17: juilliard415 | baroque indulgence (music)
17: laura ortman and ryan sawyer (music)
17: let me say this: a dolly parton tribute concert (music)
17-22: london city ballet (dance)
17-26: masters at work (dance)
17-: safety not guaranteed (theater)
18: chadwick stokes (music)
18: la dame blanche (music)
18-19: elizabeth bougerol (music)
18-21: sara serpa (music)
18-29: fall for dance (dance)
18-29: the power of three: the triptych in yugoslav cinema (film)
19-21: bach, mahler & symphonic metamorphosis (music)
19-22: eclectic nycb (dance)
19-22: goner (dance)
19-: anton goes to heaven (?) (theater)
19-: buildings i & ii (theater)
19-: good bones (theater)
20: an evening of groundbreaking chamber music (music)
20: bipolar badass (theater)
20: decoys: the films of alee peoples (film)
20: kmru: dissolution grip (music)
20: merce / misha / more (dance, film)
20: nameshida onikenbai - demon sword dance (dance)
20: step afrika! (dance)
20: vortex activation: resonance unfolded (performance)
20-22: dance and process: rena anakwe, ms. z tye & ogemdi ude (dance)
20-: happy clothes: a film about patricia field (film)
20-: in the summers (film)
20-: summerlight… and then comes the night (film)
20-: the featherweight (film)
21: shirley chisholm: unbossed & unbowed (2pm) (theater)
21: shirley chisholm: unbossed & unbowed (7pm) (theater)
21: sidy samb (music)
21: tiler peck & ny phil musicians (dance, music)
21: yanira castro / a canary torsi: exorcism = liberation: i came here to weep with jeremy toussaint-baptiste, sami hopkins & theodore (ted) kerr (performance)
21-27: bricks laid by hand: the films of christopher harris (film)
21-29: john cameron mitchell and amber martin (music)
21-: ks6: small forward (theater)
22: bright light bright light (music)
22: la chapelle harmonique (music)
22: seth cluett and tak ensemble (music)
23: rancho aparte (music)
23-: grounded (music)
23-: indra's net (music)
24: ethel, featuring allison loggins-hull: persist (music)
24-: all peck (dance)
24-: hold on to me darling (theater)
24-: magnificent bird / book of travelers (theater)
25: biliana voutchkova & dara strings (music)
25: tim murray is witches! (performance)
25: tuelo (music)
25-28: peter evans (music)
25-29: balletx (dance)
25-: balanchine + ratmansky (dance)
26: andy akiho trio (music)
26: brian marsella’s imaginarium: album release for medietas (music)
26: jo andres' black kites with eszter balint, mimi goese, katie porter & hahn rowe (film, music)
26: laura downes (music)
26: xenia rubinos and voices of the new (music)
26-29: silent light (music)
26-29: the films of robert beavers (film)
26-: sunset, eclipsed by seagulls (theater)
26-: the marriage (theater)
27: antigone in the amazon (theater)
27: sarah elizabeth charles (music)
27-28: jerome bel (2021) (dance)
27-: new york film festival (film)
28: belongó: worldwinds (music)
28: emeline michel (music)
28: orpheus chamber orchestra; garrick ohlsson, piano (music)
28: ovidiu marinescu, cello; noreen cassidy-polera, piano (music)
28-: women of will (theater)
29: nef philharmonic orchestra (music)
29: ny phil ensembles at merkin (music)
30-: all shall be well (film)