3-Legged Dog
If I Were You
Conceived and Directed by Mike Taylor
With Gregor Paslawsky
August 27-29 [Thu-Sat] 8 pm
September 2-5 [Wed-Sat] & 9*-11 [Wed-Fri] 8 pm
Sept. 12 [Sat] 4 pm
$12
If I Were You explodes the theatrical traditions of classic French melodrama and English farce to create an urbane comedy of information revolving around a constant stream of mistaken identities and ulterior motives. The lines between virtual and actual blur as video monitors interrupt scenes, caution against sympathy, or propose absurd advice. What happened depends on who you ask, where you were, and why you want to know.
3-Legged Dog is a multi-media theater group founded by Kevin Cunningham, Mike Taylor, and Jill Szuchmacher to explore the new narrative possibilities created by technology.
* Sept. 11 [Fri]: Followed by informance (dialogue with artists)
Film and Video
Presented by the Downtown Arts Festival
and The Kitchen
September 15 [Tue] 8 pm-1 am $12 ($10 w/ArtCard)
The Cooler, 418 West 14th Street
A night of high-pitched electronic screenings. Samplings from The Kitchens video collection, new works and installations, with live music by Q-Burns Abstract Message.
(Festival info: 212-925-4200).
Theodora Skipitares
A Harlot's Progress
International Festival of Puppet Theater
Presented by The Jim Henson Foundation
Directed and Designed by Theodora Skipitares
Score by Barry Greenhut
Written by Greenhut/Skipitares
September 16 & 17 [Wed & Thu] 9 pm
18 & 19 [Fri & Sat] 6:30 & 9 pm
20* [Sun] 4 pm
$20**
"Like its inspiration, A Harlots Progress is striking, timely and admirable art."
Lawrence Van Gelder, The New York Times
A ribald spoof of society#39;s cruelty and folly played on an over-sized puppet stage with puppets, singers, and video and slide projections. A Harlot's Progress ingeniously brings to life William HogarthÕs timeless storyÑthe rise and fall of Moll Hackabout who escapes poverty to be seduced into prostitution. Packed with characters caught in acts of hilarious hypocrisy or misdeed, HogarthÕs raw and gritty 18th-century London landscape draws striking parallels with todayÕs New York.
* Sept. 20 [Sun]: Followed by informance (dialogue with artists)
** To order tickets, call Ticket Central at 212-279-4200; or visit the Ticket Central box office, at 416 West 42nd St. (9th and 10th Aves.) Open daily 1-8 pm.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker:
Fase, Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich
Presented by Rosas
Performed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker & Michele Anne De Mey
September 22-26 [Tue-Sat] 8 pm
$22
"One of the few truly experimental choreographers around."
Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times
De Keersmaeker's only U.S. appearance in 1998
Belgian choreographer De Keersmaeker reunites with original partner Michele Anne De Mey to give the last performance of her 1982 groundbreaking work, Fase. Set to music by American minimalist, Steve Reich, Fase marks what was to become De Keersmaeker's trademark for years to come; mesmerizing and obsessional chains of repetitions injected with speed, force, and physical exhaustion.
Symposium on Collaboration
Followed by opening Reception for Video Installation on De Keersmaeker's work, 6-8 pm
Sept. 24 [Thu] 4:30 pm
A discussion with Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Steve Reich on the creation of Fase and other works, moderated by Deborah Jowitt, writer at The Village Voice.
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