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performance
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Ivanka Vacuuming
Read more: Ivanka VacuumingFrom Public Delivery: “The art piece, which was showcased at the Flashpoint Gallery in Washington D.C. from February 1 to 17, 2019, allowed visitors to interact with it. The audience had a pile of crumbs placed right in front of…
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Bread and Puppet Theatre: Insurrection Resurrection Service Circus
Read more: Bread and Puppet Theatre: Insurrection Resurrection Service CircusThe Insurrection-Resurrection Service Circus is this summer’s [started in 2020 and is ongoing] contribution to the iconic Bread and Puppet Circus tradition beloved by audiences worldwide for nearly 2 generations — a bright, raucous melee of short acts governed by…
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Climate Comedy: Inspiring Climate Action Through Comedy
Read more: Climate Comedy: Inspiring Climate Action Through ComedyThe Climate Comedy Cohort is an unprecedented network of comedians who are coming together to learn, collaborate, and create hilarious new comedy informed by the hottest climate science. The Climate Comedy Cohort functions as a 9-month fellowship. Co-created and directed…
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Gardens Speak
Read more: Gardens Speak“Gardens Speak is an interactive sound installation containing the oral histories of ten ordinary people who were buried in Syrian gardens. Each narrative has been carefully constructed with the friends and family members of the deceased to retell their stories…
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As Far As My Fingertips Take Me
Read more: As Far As My Fingertips Take MePeter Marks Review from the Washington Post: “As Far as My Fingertips Take Me,” a performance piece about the ordeal of seeking refuge by Tania El Khoury that’s being presented for the next 2½ weeks in the lobby of Woolly…
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Blurring Boundaries Between Art and Activism in Cuba
Read more: Blurring Boundaries Between Art and Activism in CubaMEXICO CITY — Of the half-dozen pieces that form Tania Bruguera’s series “Tatlin’s Whisper,” the one that the Cuban government silenced may have resounded most. An attempt by Ms. Bruguera, a New York-based Cuban artist, to stage an open-mike performance…
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DR Congo: performing for change
Read more: DR Congo: performing for changeDriving along an ordinary dirt road, it’s hard to miss the Goma Cultural Centre with its bright blue gate, emblazoned with the Congolese flag. “As you can see, we are proud to be Congolese around here,” said Belamy Paluku, a…
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Beethoven’s 200-Year-Old ‘Fidelio’ Enters Today’s Prisons
Read more: Beethoven’s 200-Year-Old ‘Fidelio’ Enters Today’s PrisonsFew opera choruses are as moving as the one a group of prisoners sings in Act I of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” Released temporarily from their cells, the inmates almost whisper a hymnlike paean to liberty: “Oh, what a joy to breathe…
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The Universe in Verse
Read more: The Universe in Verse“The real wealth of the Nation,” marine biologist and author Rachel Carson wrote in her courageous 1953 protest letter, “lies in the resources of the earth — soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife… Their administration is not properly, and cannot…
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In NYC, Activism Begins With Lessons In Theater
Read more: In NYC, Activism Begins With Lessons In TheaterNote before the post: This article is great in highlighting a specific case of creative activism in the streets of New York City, but also gives some contextual background to how this project manifested. On a sidewalk in the Village…