MEMBER EVENTS

MEMBER EVENTS ACQUANETTA 

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Description: Acquanetta is a new opera by Michael Gordon and Deborah Artman that explores the ways the movie camera alters how we see and are seen. The opera is Inspired by the B-movie horror film “Captive Wild Woman”. The film starred Mildred Davenport, an African-American actress who was reinvented by Universal Studios as Acquanetta, the Venezuelan Volcano. The opera’s vivid characters reveal their longings, anxieties, and emotional shadows in a meditation on how cinema shapes identity, stereotypes, and transformation. Produced by Beth Morrison Projects in association with Bang on a Can and Trinity Church Wall Street. Co-presented with Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center. Location: Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center, 29 Jay St. Brooklyn, NY 11201 Times: January 9–13 at 7:30 pm and January 14 at 6 pm Website: http://prototypefestival.org/ Ticket Price: $30 - $75; $25 for congress delegates with code "ISPA" for January 10th performance. Click here to buy tickets Contact: Richard Stauffacher | [email protected]

AT THE ILLUSIONIST’S TABLE 

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Description: "At The Illusionist's Table" has arrived at The McKittrick Hotel for its New York City premiere. Performing in The Heath, the McKittrick's Scottish performance venue, acclaimed illusionist Scott Silven hosts an evening of fine dining and whisky tasting interwoven with illusion, mentalism and storytelling. Candles flicker. Whisky pours. Conversation stirs. Before the night is over, your thoughts will transcend; mysteries will materialize; and your dreams will be revealed. Location: The McKittrick Hotel, The Heath, 542 West 27th Street, New York 10001 Times: Limited engagement now through 14 January 2018. Times vary. Artist: Scott Silven Website: www.mckittrickhotel.com Ticket Price: $225.00 -- includes a three-course dinner Contact: Michael Mushalla | [email protected] Special Instructions: A very limited number of house seats are available for purchase. Please be in contact with Michael Mushalla to check availability if you are unable to secure tickets through The McKittrick's website.

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ISPA Member Events, January 2018

BODY OF WORK 

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Description: Atlanta Eke's award-winning Body Of Work is a dance with time that dissolves the distinction between human and machine. Both radically new and strangely familiar, with its nods to science fiction and cyborg feminism, Eke is one of Australia’s most exciting new artists. Her performance is commanding as she stretches the boundaries of a woman and the functions of choreography, documentation and image. "It’s a simple premise that opens out into dizzying and powerful complexity.” -ABC Arts Location: Performance Space 122, 150 1st Avenue at 9th Street, New York 10009 Times: Jan 10 at 8PM Jan 11th at 5:30PM Artist: Atlanta Eke Website: https://www.ps122.org/coil-2018/#performances Ticket Price: $15-$25 Contact: Thom Smyth | [email protected]

BROADWAY HOOTENANNY 

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Description: Hootenanny is a who's who of Broadway with guests from shows past and present. Mark Nadler an Internationally acclaimed singer, pianist, tap-dancer and comedian. Nadler has played the finest nightclubs and supper clubs in the United States and Europe (including Sardi's where Mark's caricature hangs on the legendary walls with other luminaries). "An immensely talented latter day Al Jolson... Mr. Show Business." raves The New York Times. Location: Sardi’s, 234 West 44th Street, New York City 10036 Times: Jan 13 at 9:30-11:30PM Artist: Mark Nadler Website: http://marknadler.com/ Ticket Price: Free for ISPA and APAP attendees Contact: KMP Artists ([email protected]) Special instructions: Complimentary Food and Drinks to RSVP'd guests

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ELSIE MANAGEMENT 2018 DANCE SHOWCASES 

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Description: See new dances from seven companies from around the world: 9:10am Sankofa Danzafro (Colombia); 9:30am Limón Dance Company (NYC); 9:50am Union Tanguera & Kate Weare Company (France, Argentina & the US) NDP touring subsidy available!; 10:10am Ragamala Dance Company (Minneapolis) with Amir El Saffar; 10:30am Spellbound Contemporary Ballet (Rome); 10:50am Trisha Brown Dance Company; 11:25am Sankofa Danzafro (Colombia); 11:45am Limón Dance Company (NYC); 12:05pm Union Tanguera & Kate Weare Company (France, Argentina & the US), and 12:25pm Ragamala Dance Company. You can see all 7 companies by attending from 9:10am - 11:25am or from 10:30am – 12:45pm. Location: City Center, Studio 4, 130 West 56th Street, New York, NY, 10019 Times: Jan 13, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM Company: Elsie Management Website: https://www.elsieman.org/showcases/ Ticket Price: Free to industry Contact: Katie Diamond, Elsie Management ([email protected]) Special instructions: Please reserve at the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddUKY2UJGTKZA_W85YWDdY19gi8WHR MQ9rKfrc70bwekQ1Eg/viewform

HAPPY HOUR 

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Description: Happy Hour is an after-work office party hijacked by a hilarious send up of two familiar male characters played by the celebrated duo Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass (3 Acts 2 Dancers 1 Radio Host). They win over the crowd with bold moves and daring karaoke, leaving us to question the roles we expect men and women to play. “Like all good happy hours, plentiful munchies and libations. And like the best ones, abundant laughter.” NYTimes Location: Gibney Studios, 53 Chambers St, New York City 10007 Times: Sun, Jan 14 at 9:00-10:00PM Company: Monica Bill Barnes & Company Website: http://www.monicabillbarnes.com Ticket Price: Free to industry Contact: Katie Diamond, Elsie Management ([email protected]) Special instructions: Please reserve at the link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddnHb0CIyxT5nuFnl84aTeQP6935PosMO_duTcLrkci4l6w/viewform


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PARIS! THE SHOW 

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Description: PARIS! THE SHOW (France) its’ a vibrant tribute to the greatest French songs of the post-war years, and exports the charm and the flavor of PARIS for the whole world to enjoy. Location: New York Hilton Midtown, Beekman Parlor, 2nd Floor, 1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019, New York Times: Jan 13 at 7:00PM Company: Directo Productions (France) Website: www.paris-theshow.com Ticket Price: Free entrance Contact: Gil Marsalla | [email protected] Special Instructions: APAP Showcase 2018

PIAF! THE SHOW 

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Description: With a million tickets sold in more than 50 countries and acclaimed reviews worldwide PIAF ! THE SHOW, a musical celebration of the life and music of the legendary French chanteuse EDITH PIAF will returns to America April 2018. After triumph of special presentation at Carnegie Hall on January 6, 2017 on the 60th anniversary of Edith Piaf's last performance at the famous venue, Anne Carrere will perform 4 shows at Florence Gould Hall 18 to 21 April 2018. Location: FIAF Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street New York, NY 10022 Times: April 18-21 at 7:30PM Company: Directo Productions Website: http://fiaf.org/events/spring2018/2018-04-18-piaf-concert.shtml Ticket Price: 55/45$ Contact: Gil Marsalla | [email protected]

SANTUARIO 

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Description: SANTUARIO was born in response to the tragic shootings at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida -- Described by Huffington Post as "stunning and profoundly moving", delves into the rage and politics fueling a U.S. fear based culture, exploring themes of alienation, gender identity, race relations and the demonization of "the other". A 25 minute excerpt of the full length work will be showcases at City Center Studio 4. Location: City Center Studio 4, 130 West 56th Street (Stage Door Entrance), New York City 10019 Times: Jan 12 10:30PM-10:55PM Company: Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers Website: http://www.kyld.org/ Ticket Price: Free Contact: Kristopher McDowell | [email protected]


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SARAH ROTHENBERG’S A PROUST SONATA 

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Description: Marcel Proust's revelatory novel comes to life in 7 musical tableaux scored for tenor, two actors, violin, string quartet and piano. Equal parts concert and theater, A Proust Sonata transforms music, painting and literature into multimedia performance. Pianist and director Sarah Rothenberg, joined by a Tony Award-winning design team and a cast that includes Obie Award-winning actor Henry Stram and tenor Nicholas Phan, interweaves sound collage, image and music to evoke the author's themes of memory, lost childhood, fashionable Parisian salons, and the final reclusive years when he withdrew from society to complete his magnum opus. Music of Fauré, Schumann, Debussy, Chopin, Ravel, Beethoven, Reynaldo Hahn. Location: FIAF Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street, New York, NY 10022 Times: January 10–12 at 7:30 pm Website: http://www.fiaf.org Ticket Price: $40 - $60; $25 for congress delegates with code "ISPA25" Click here to buy tickets Contact: (800) 982-2787

SOZO SOIREE 

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Description: International arts agency Sozo Artists Inc. hosts a night of conversations, sake tasting, a pop-up performance by GALLIM (The Metropolitan Museum of Art's artistin-residence), DJ set by Gabriel Prokofiev & more. A private event and not open to the public. RSVP required. Founded in 2014, Sozo Artists is committed to building artistic and cultural bridges to celebrate togetherness, and catalyze the possibility of a trusting and compassionate society into a reality. Location: 115 West 29th Street, Suite 606, New York 10001 Times: Jan 10 at 8:00PM-11:00PM with several pop-up performances throughout the evening Company: Sozo Artists Inc. Website: www.sozoartists.com/ispa Ticket Price: RSVP only Contact: Rika Iino | [email protected]


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THE ECHO DRIFT 

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Description: Convicted murderer Walker Loats is trapped in a timeless prison. Unexpectedly befriended by a moth with an offer of a perceived way to freedom, Walker must choose between paying her dues or taking a shortcut that offers to rig the game in her favor. Oscillating between the confines of a tiny cell and an expansive visual world of animation, The Echo Drift unravels a cycle of deceit, temptation, seduction, and fantastical perception. Featuring a live chamber ensemble, electronics, and a six-channel surround sound system, this world premiere opera explores the freewheeling nature of the mind when it is robbed of external stimuli and questions, when in extreme circumstances, is it possible to act in a way that goes against one’s nature? Location: Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010 Times: January 10, 12–13, 18–20 at 7:30 pm Website: http://prototypefestival.org/ Ticket Price: $30 - $75; $24 for congress delegates with code "ISPA" for January 10th performance. Click here to buy tickets Contact: Richard Stauffacher | [email protected]

THE HENDRIX PROJECT 

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Description: 12 disciples have come to New York City’s Fillmore East Auditorium to listen to the Gospel According to Jimi Hendrix. It’s New Year’s Eve 1969, and Hendrix has assembled an electronic blues trio called Band of Gypsys. They bring the heat of a nation at war to a city frozen in mid-winter chill. Hendrix dedicates their performance to the soldiers fighting at home and abroad, where “bullets fly like rain.” It was his final New Year’s Eve. Location: BRIC, 647 Fulton Street, Brooklyn 11217 Times: Jan 11 at 7:00PM, Jan 12 at 7:00PM and 9:30PM, Jan 13 at 7:00PM and 9:30PM, Jan 14 at 4:30PM and 7:30PM Company: Roger Guenveur Smith & CalArts Center for New Performance Website: https://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/hendrix-project Ticket Price: $25 Contact: Mara Isaacs | [email protected] Special Instructions: Enter on Dominick Street one block south of Spring


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THE UNDERTAKING 

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Description: The Undertaking is a playful and idiosyncratic take on the classical trip to the land of the dead. Drawing on The Civilians' myriad conversations with shamans, morticians, and hospice workers, two actors portray a constellation of quirky characters that dive headlong into the anxieties and mysteries of mortality. A NYTimes Critics' Pick, this "morbidly funny" and "thought-provoking" play takes the idea of the recorded interview and pushes it into surprising (and personal) new places. Location: 59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street, New York 10022 Times: Jan 11th – Feb 4th. Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri at 7:15PM, Sat at 2:15 and 7:15PM, Sun at 2:15PM Company: The Civilians Website: http://www.59e59.org/moreinfo.php?showid=317 Ticket Price: $25 - $35 Contact: Ronee Penoi | [email protected]

THUNDERSTORM 2.0 @ UNDER THE RADAR 

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Description: North American Premiere of "Thunderstorm 2.0" by China's leading avantgarde theater director Wang Chong and his Beijing-based company. "2.0" retells the Chinese classic "Thunderstorm" from female leads' angles and set the story in 1990’s Beijing. Using real-time filming and video mixing, it incorporates live Pingtan, a traditional musical story-telling form, to perform the dialogue while the actors perform wordlessly. Coupled with the live video editing, a new style silent movie form evolves. Location: NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Pl, New York 10012 Times: Jan 6 at 7:30PM, Sun jan 7 at 4:00PM with post show talk Company: Wang Chong Website: https://nyuskirball.org/events/thunderstorm-2-0/ Ticket Price: $25 Contact: Mengtong | [email protected]


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