Monthly Archives: September 2010

Mike Daisey: The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs Posted by Ariel Frager I didn’t initially want to see the latest Mike Daisey monologue after seeing him last year. I don’t really even remember what it was I objected … Continue reading →

Jerome Bel, Cedric Andrieux Posted by: Forrest Martin Photo by: Rio The lights dimmed, a man walked onstage to no fanfare, and I knew I would be at least decently satisfied because the stage direction was fantastic. Nothing but a … Continue reading →

I have heard stories that every so often Heaven sends angels to the earth in human form to help bring joy, healing, beauty, grace, etc. to humanity, well if I could ever imagine one of these angels in human form … Continue reading →

Dayna Hanson: Gloria’s Cause Posted by Seth Needler Exuberant, enigmatic, energetic, effervescent, enthralling, enticing, and at times eye-rollingly silly – all this and much, much more was Dayna Hanson’s “work-in-progress” Gloria’s Cause, a music/dance/theater performance piece nominally about the unique … Continue reading →

Dayna Hanson: Goria’s Cause Winningstad Theater posted by: dirtybombpdx I don’t know that the American Revolution is a subject I need to see explored…again, but with a break dancing animatronic George Washington, real cherry pie, smokin’ hot dancers, and a … Continue reading →

posted by Mead Hunter If you love Samuel Beckett — and what’s not to love, right? — TBA:10 gives you two opportunities to see some of his non-dramatic work performed by a company that really knows what it’s doing: the … Continue reading →

I love a good deal and Ten Tiny Dances is a great deal, for the price of one you get to see ten, although tiny still interesting, dances. When I first saw the Ten Tiny Dances I got this feeling … Continue reading →

Cedric Andrieux, choreographed by Jerome Bel Posted by Seth Needler Andriex’s performance of this piece by Jerome Bel chronicled, through a combination of soft-spoken, deliberative narration and exhibitive dance movements, his career as a dancer, initially for Merce Cunningham, later … Continue reading →

Jerome Bel Cedric Andrieux posted by: Ariana Jacob Often, but in the case of this piece though, the work shows almost only that back story: the thinking, feeling and breathing that an artist puts into their work. For this dance … Continue reading →

posted by Mead Hunter Right up front, let me acknowledge that I believe The Wooster Group is one of the best things that ever happened to live performance. And not to be too phatic about it, let me add that … Continue reading →