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Choreographer Cynthia Oliver is winding up her two-week July residency at Vermont Performance Lab (VPL) in Guilford, where she has been developing a new dance/theater work, “Virago-Man Dem.”
With her collaborators - composer Jason Finkelman, musician Geoff Gersh, and dancers Duan Cyrus, Jonathan Gonzales, and Niall Noel Jones - Oliver is exploring the complexities of the representation of black masculinities through movement, spoken language, and visual design.
An audience will get a chance to sample what she has been up to when on Friday, July 29, at 7:30 p.m., in the Arts Barn at Hilltop Montessori School on 99 Stafford Farm Hill, VPL presents an “in the works” showing of “Virago-Man Dem.”
This free event will be followed by a post-performance conversation with the artists.
Director Burt Tepfer believes the biggest problem people have when facing the new play he is directing, a dark comedy about the nature of Jewish identity by Joshua Harmon, is its title. “'Bad Jews' was such a provocative title that when posters for a production in Great Britain were...
“Blending my passions has been a dream of mine for a long time,” says magician Jonas Cain, who will take the stage at the Hooker-Dunham Theater on Sunday, July 17, at 2 p.m., with his latest production, “It's a Magical Life!” This 75-minute solo performance is much more than...
Visual artist Jon Gregg doesn't want to spend a lot of time explaining to people what his work is all about. “If people do not respond to what I do, I don't want to try to convince them,” Gregg says. “I find being an artist incredibly thrilling, and I think painting is too much fun to ruin it with explanations.” Perhaps because of this, Gregg doesn't publicly show his art all that much. Consequently, his upcoming show in Brattleboro promises...
As Marlboro Music gears up to begin its 66th season, the world-famous institution where master artists play with exceptional young professional musicians marked the final month of the 50th anniversary of the Marlboro Music Touring Program. Marlboro Music establishes four groups that tour each year. Three of the tours play in select cities on the East Coast, including New York, Boston and Philadelphia. The fourth tour, usually made up of performers from the three regional tours, plays further afield in...
Yellow Barn, an international center for chamber music in Putney, is giving the idea of taking music “on the road” a fresh literal spin with its new program, Music Haul. Redefining what a concert hall can be, the Music Haul is a traveling stage that brings music “to grammar schools and conservatories, urban neighborhoods and arts districts, city lots and open fields,” explains Catherine Stephan, executive director of Yellow Barn. Last year, Yellow Barn purchased a used 17-foot U-Haul moving...
“Horror and pornography are often lumped together as the two genres that are the most degrading to women,” says Hannah Neurotica, filmmaker, writer, and mixed media artist based in Vermont. “I don't think that is true, at least for horror. “I am convinced that horror can explore issues in women's life better than practically any other genre, for through the lens of horror, voices can be heard that you don't often get anywhere else. Whether on the screen, behind the...
Shoot the Moon Theater Company continues its inaugural season with Cameo, an original production inspired by the films of Alfred Hitchcock, on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11, and Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, June 16, 17, and 18, at 7:30 p.m., in the Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery. Cast members are Xoe Perra, Skyler Heathwaite, Jennifer Moyse, Josh Goldstein, Terry Carter, and John Ogorzalek. Alistair Follansbee is the stage manager, and the production is designed by Colin Grube and Joshua...
