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Three-Tea-Tray "Twelfth Night"

Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre, News & Events, Vit Horejs

NOVEMBER 12 TO 29, 2009
LA MAMA E.T.C.
“TWELFTH NIGHT”

Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater will perform “Twelfth Night (or What You Will),” the timeless Shakespearean tale of mistaken identity and misplaced matrimony, as part of La MaMa Puppet Series 3. This three-tea-tray production, adapted and directed by Vít Horejš, will feature 22 eight-inch toy marionettes and three (more or less) live performers. To tell Shakespeare’s tale of twins separated in a shipwreck, the production will have eight- inch wonders of Czech craftsmen cavorting on the sands of Illyrian beaches, almost perishing in tumultuous waters teeming with giant fish and turtles, and bathing in champagne at the court of that paragon of Uptown decadence, Count Orsino. The lovelorn Count Orsino, the bumbling Toby Belch and his clowny compadres will be cast with woodenheaded actors. The waterfalls of wooing words written by William Shakespeare are adapted by that modern master of Bohemian rhapsodies, Vit Horejš.

FREE Summer Puppetry at the NYPL

general, News & Events

from the Czecholslovak-American Marionette Theatre

Kacha and the Devil (not Salt over Gold)
Free performances at the following New York Public Library branches this summer.
For addresses and directions go to NYPL.org

July:
7/18-2pm at Countee Cullen
7/20-3pm at Parkchester
7/22-3pm at Hamilton Fish
7/24-2:30pm at Huguenot Park
7/27-6:30pm at Seward Park

August:
8/18-1pm at City Island
8/20-3pm at Harlem
8/21-2pm at Baychester
8/22-2pm at Bronx Lib. Center
8/31-2pm at Muhlenberg

Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks/ROOT CULTURE at Danspace Project June 4 to 13

News & Events, Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks


June 4 to 13, 2009
Presented by Danspace Project as part of the City/Dans series
St. Mark’s Church, 131 East 10th Street (at 2nd Ave.), Manhattan.
Thursday through Saturday:
pre-show begins at 8:00 pm; performance at 8:30 pm.
$18.00 ($12.00 for members).
Box office (866) 811-4111
www.danspaceproject.org

Here is an excerpt of the description of the piece from Yoshiko Chuma’s website.

“This next installment in Chuma’s ten year project, “A Page Out of Order” (culminating in 2011), features artists of all disciplines from Japan, Romania and the USA. The word “POONARC” in the title is an acronym for “Page Out of Order Not About Romanian Cinema.” This production is inspired by Chuma’s interest in the cultural scene currently emerging in Romania. It is imagined as a personal and public dialogue with Romania. Since 2007, Chuma has journeyed five times to Romania, meeting filmmakers and actors and visiting and filming locations used in the their movies. Despite its name, this piece uses several clips from recently acclaimed Romanian films. Intercut with still photos and video taken on their locations, the film clips serve as a backdrop to text created by Jake Margolin with the ensemble. Like previous installments of the Page Out of Order series, there is text dealing with cultural identity and language, accentuating similarities by pointing out differences. This colloquy is interrupted by dance, some furious some slow. Solos and duets are staged in and around the seven-foot aluminum cubes which have been an integral part of the Page Out of Order series since its inception.”

Summer Retreats and Activiites at Polli Talu

News & Events, Polli Talu Arts Center



Polli Talu (literally, “Polly’s Farm”) is a traditional Estonian farm complex situated near the Baltic Sea, 150 km southwest of the capital city Tallinn, not far from the port town of Virtsu. It consists of five log buildings with thatched roofs made from locally-harvested reeds. The structures date back to the beginning of the 20th century. Here is the schedule for summer 2009:

Dance Workshop for Women
Cornelia Freise (Germany) May 22-24

Kundalini Yoga Intensive
Marika Blossfeldt (Estonia/USA) June 13-14

Dancing Beauty and Majesty
Cornelia Freise (Germany) June 26 – July 2

An Evening of Dance for Women July 1
Cornelia Freise (Germany)

International Kundalini Yoga Retreat July 8 – 14
Marika Blossfeldt (Estonia/USA)

Delicious Nutrition Wellness Retreat July 30 – August 5
Marika Blossfeldt (Estonia/USA)
KUNDALINI YOGA Intensive August 15 – 16
Marika Blossfeldt (Estonia/USA)

Green Aesthetics Workshop August 21 -23
Awaken your Perception for Natural Beauty
through Tai Chi
Leon Miller (USA/Estonia)

Whole Foods Cooking Intensive Sept. 26 – 27
Marika Blossfeldt (Estonia/USA)

Kundalini Yoga Intensive with sauna Oct 2 – 4

To register for any of these retreats please contact Polli Talu.

East Village Dance Project: End of Year Concert 2009

East Village Dance Project, News & Events

On Sunday May 17, 2009, East Village Dance Project students and teachers are honored to have the opportunity to perform in LaMaMa’ Move Dance Festival. The festival features professional dancers from all over New York City. EVDP will be performing a mini Firebird, Les Sylphides excerpts and more.

For tickets go to
www.lamama.org or to the La MaMa Box office at 64 East 4th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues.

Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks

Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks
Yoshiko Chuma, The School of Hard Knocks | River-to-River Festival | Photo: Ruby Washington/NYTimes
Photo: Ruby Washington/NYTimes

YOSHIKO CHUMA has been building unique structures in the liminal area between her native Japanese culture and her adopted American one with the SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS (SOHK) for more than three decades. Using trained and pedestrian movers, virtuoso instrumentalists (whose playing she often conducts), film, video, and sculptural forms by collaborating artists, she develops unusual time-based art works that blend the live and the recorded, the flat and the three-dimensional, people and things.

GOH has been managing productions by The School of Hard Knocks since 1993. Learn more about GOH’s history with Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks here

website: yoshikochuma.org

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Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre

Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre
Image of Cast of Don Juan or The Wages of Debauchery by Czech Marionette Theatre
Cast and Puppets

 

THE CZECHOSLOVAK-AMERICAN MARIONETTE THEATRE (CAMT) is dedicated to the preservation and presentation of traditional and not-so-traditional puppetry. As new immigrants from Prague, we wanted to create a theatre company based on the well-known marionette traditions of Central Europe, where puppetry has a strong and creative history.

Learn more about GOH’s history with CAMT here

website: http://www.czechmarionettes.org/

East Village Dance Project

East Village Dance Project
East Village Dance Project dancers at El Jardin del Paraiso | Photo: Hugh Burckhardt
Photo: Hugh Burckhardt

EAST VILLAGE DANCE PROJECT (EVDP), based in New York City, was founded in 1997 as a dance development program for youth age 4-18, under the artistic direction of Martha Tornay. EVDP offers classes in modern, ballet, pointe, improvisation and beginning choreography. EVDP performs annually in New York and has been at La MaMa Moves! for three seasons. The program has been recognized for its innovative approach to dance and education, and for offering pre-professional classes to all, regardless of social or economic situation. EVDP Students have also performed at Pace University, NYU Skirball Center, Abrons Arts Center, Vanaver Caravan Dance Festival, with Keigwin + Company, and at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors. Past guest choreographers have included Nicole Wolcott, Ellen Cornfield and Molly Lieber. In January 2011, EVDP and GOH Productions opened Avenue C Studio as a permanent home.

At EVDP our mission is to provide dance classes to all, regardless of financial situation.

Learn more about GOH’s history with EVDP here

Website: eastvillagedanceproject.com

Polli Talu Arts Center

Polli Talu Arts Center
Polli Talu Arts Center | Marika Blossfeldt teaching a workshop in Estonia | Photo: Marika Blossfeldt

POLLI TALU (literally, “Polly’s Farm”) is a traditional Estonian farm complex situated near the Baltic Sea, 150 km southwest of the capital city Tallinn, not far from the port town of Virtsu. It consists of five log buildings with thatched roofs made from locally-harvested reeds. The structures date back to the beginning of the 20th century.

Marika Blossfeldt, an Estonian who had left her native country as a very young child to live in Germany and, later, New York City, welcomed the opportunity to purchase Polli’s Farm in 1995. Her vision was to transform the complex into an international arts center. The opportunity to purchase the property and realize her vision arose only after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

In 1998 Polli Talu Arts Center was registered as a non-profit organization in Estonia. 1999 marked the first season of artistic and educational activities at Polli Talu Arts Center.

Learn more about GOH’s history with Polli Talu Arts Center here

website: https://pollitalu.wordpress.com/