February 2012
13 posts
NYU SKIRBALL CENTER: Leonardo Live - With Nobody... →
simultaneity:::theatre/broadcast/museum/painting
nyu skirball broadcasts the opening of nat’l gallery’s da vinci exhibit
nyuskirball:
I’m Ben, one of the student interns at NYU Skirball. I work in marketing and graphics and in fact am often one of the ‘men behind the curtain’ for this blog.
Given that the incredible Leonardo Live is coming to Skirball — a rare chance to see works...
New Little Hopes: Words That Make You Sound Fancy →
OMG, tawdry! thanks mel, keep up the fancy talk
newlittlehopes:
So although I don’t like to be wasteful, one of my most favorite things is a daily tear-away calendar. The last two years I had the “1000 places to see before you die” version and it was great. Every few weeks they had a quote accompanying a destination and those were my favorites. This year I…
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more, fleas!
when my performance studies big sis, bess (reviewer for HuffPo) suggested that i join her in committing 5+ hours to sophocles i thought, this could be awesome.
but even more likely, it could be suicidal…
well, at least we’re in it together.
lucky us, it was awesome! and they fed us! my first experience with the flea was indeed an enjoyably epic night at the theatre, topped off...
naked; important
Young Jean Lee’s UNTITLED FEMINIST SHOW will close out its run at the Baryshnikov Arts Centre soon, but I will be thinking about this show for weeks.
Fleshy, funny, voluptuous, intoxicating, scary, maddening, true. Mute.
Thank you, thank you, YJL for reminding showing us that there are so many different ways to be a woman.
This is beauty.
And who doesn’t freaking love WORLD...
let's get fetishy!
Browning, Pellegrini, Weiss, Fabiao, Lepecki: OMG!
This Saturday Feb 4 you can find me at the Objects in Performance Symposium:
http://blogs.nyu.edu/tisch/perfstudies/2012/0/objects_in_performance_a_sympo.html
January 2012
23 posts
welcome to NYC: performances that blew my mind
February marks the eighth month of my new life in New York City as a Mistress (MA) in Performance Studies at NYU Tisch. In the words of my professor and Performance Studies forefather Richard Schechner, “everything is content” here in the Big Apple. And because lists are so satisfying, here’s some of my most mind-blowing NYC performance experiences of 2011. You can be sure...
Watchhappy bid day trinity university! welcome especially to the new crop of ΓXΔ baby daisies. can’t wait to meet the newest branches of the pickle tree!!!!
Happiest On The Dancefloor: 12 for 2012 →
happiestonthedancefloor:
Since finalizing my Top 10 of 2011 at the beginning of the month, I’ve been reading a lot of “Artists to Watch in 2012”, throwing their tracks in Spotify, and deciding who I’m most excited about this year. It’s just a sampling of my Spotify 2012 Listening playlist but it’s a nice mix of…
participatory art for kids!
Hi, I’m Chloë Rae Edmonson, an Education Associate at the Skirball Center as well as a grad student in Performance Studies at NYU Tisch. Last week I was able to attend the International Performing Arts for Youth (IPAY) Showcase in my sunny hometown of Austin, Texas, which presented incredible performances of music, vaudeville, contemporary dance, theatre, and puppetry from all over the world.
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December 2011
5 posts
more poetry (overdue)
the janitor’s closet: thaaat might have been a dirtyf#*k rearranging brooms and boxes feng shui for the best interface the most obtuse angles and lines done off an iPhone a cup of ice and a makeshift blindfold rough. safe? close no clothes unplucked under the flourescents shadows cast cellulite the aroma of banana it was funny, keys jingling in the hallway hold your breath turn out the...
loving the list of 2011 songs by We Are Hunted! →
channel the spirit of the playa →
our final project/performance archive for richard schechner’s ritual, play, and performance class. enjoi
August 2011
21 posts
in austin til saturday
dad help the dogs got skunked
smells fucking terrible
and there’s a tiny baby scorpion on my bathroom counter.
cool,
mom’s roadrunner is in the courtyard fountain; thirsty bird, stay fast.
have y’all seen my frog?
rodney please don’t leave the trash on the porch the racoons’ll get into it
or Easy, our big dumb dog son
but we love him don’t we
108...
i usurp u
i find it interesting
that
i feel dumb
when
i’m around you/
just as smart as
little fruit flies
“so predictable;
always after the same thing.”
i find it interesting
that
i feel ugly/
only as pretty as
the reflection
that you caught in my face.
it’s also interesting that
once i voiced this
he went silent
there were words, but
they were empty
and
i knew i...
you're too old for your t-shirt
“i don’t want to toot my own horn here,but….”
sigh (ALL)
our faces blank eyes glaze little pretty zombies yet he continues about his writing, for the new yorker, his wife at home the polygamous african tribe and who he’s here with but we want the company of another man he goes by peace and
he’s monogamous