Alexandra Beller on "Movers and Shapers" podcast

Alexandra Beller spoke with Erin Carlisle Norton, Artistic Director of the NYC-based contemporary dance company The Moving Architects for her "Movers and Shapers" semimonthly podcast.  Beller talks about her childhood, career and the making of milkdreams!

To download and listen: CLICK HERE

La MaMa presents
milkdreams
by Alexandra Beller/Dances
part of La MaMa Moves! 2015 Dance Festival

June 11 - 21, 2015
Thursday - Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 4pm

The Ellen Stewart Theatre 
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $25 adults; $20 students/seniors; ten tickets priced at $10 each are available for every performance - pre- sale only! 10@$10 Tickets are SOLD OUT for the run.  Regular priced tickets still available.

For Tickets & Info: CLICK HERE

NY Times on THIS IS MARY BROWN

The New York Times' Ken Jaworowski has nice things to say about Winsome Brown's THIS IS MARY BROWN, now playing at The First Floor Theatre at La MaMa through June 28, 2015:

"The title character of “This Is Mary Brown” didn’t lead an exciting life, but she inspired a lovely little play. This one-woman show, written and performed by her daughter, Winsome Brown, never sugarcoats a somewhat sad story, and that honesty makes it all the more admirable."

Read the full review: HERE

La MaMa presents
THIS IS 
MARY BROWN
A new play written and performed by Winsome Brown
Directed by Brad Rouse

June 11 - 28, 2018
Thursday - Saturday at 7:30pm; Sunday at 2pm

The First Floor Theatre @ La MaMa
74A East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $18 Adults; $13 Students/Seniors; ten tickets priced at $10 each are available for every performance (while they last) pre-sale only! 10@$10 Tickets are sold out!  Regular priced tickets still available for most performances.

Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

First Look at Pioneers Go East's AMERICAN MILL #2

Pioneers Go East Collective creates a new performance of it’s Docudrama theatre, AMERICAN MILL #2,  work about child labor in the early 20th century textile industry in the Southern United States. Video and photography re-create the experience of mill workers, as live artists perform folk music and interview excerpts inspired by original audio recordings from textile workers.

La MaMa presents
AMERICAN MILL #2
(Lint Head)
by Pioneers Go East Collective

June 25 - June 28, 2015

Gallery Hours: Thursday to Sunday 1 to 7pm

Box Office opens at 7PM with gallery viewing
Performances: Thursday - Saturday at 7:30pm

La MaMa Galleria

47 Great Jones Street (between Bowery and Lafayette Street) 

New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $15; ten tickets priced at $10 each are available for every performance, while they last, pre-sale only.

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

Video Preview: Alexandra Beller's milkdreams

Alexandra Beller's milkdreams opens tonight!

Join us for the world premiere...

La MaMa presents
milkdreams
by Alexandra Beller/Dances
part of La MaMa Moves! 2015 Dance Festival

June 11 - 21, 2015
Thursday - Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 4pm

The Ellen Stewart Theatre 
66 East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $25 adults; $20 students/seniors; ten tickets priced at $10 each are available for every performance - pre- sale only!

For Tickets & Info: CLICK HERE

6 QUESTIONS: Arthur Adair

Arthur Adair returns to La MaMa with his new show, Your War'try Grave, which opens at The Club @ La MaMa on June 12 and runs through June 21, 2015.  Your War'try Grave is a musically-charged theatrical installation of psychedelic modernism informed by our species’ relationship to water and war.  Arthur took time out of tech week to answer our 6 Questions!


1. What inspired Your War'try Grave?

My father, a Vietnam veteran; SuperStorm Sandy and my buddy’s children; and Ellen Stewart and 74A East 4th st. (there was initially a narrative stream concerning the history of the building but that grew into a piece of its own, perhaps in the future that shall come to the light).

2. How do you use sound and music in the piece?

“Art communicates that which words cannot,” is a quote I oft refer. The piece is non-linear in narrative, but there is a journey. Sound and music reinforce the journey while providing context for the streams within the narrative. I believe the piece wants to be a musical. It’s scratching its way to the surface.

3. What should the audience expect from Your War'try Grave?

I don’t know. I know that I enjoy the work, I think others will too. Robert Wilson said something to the effect that, art should inspire the question, “what is it?” Anton Chekhov said something to the effect that, theatre need not provide the answer, but rather lead one to ask the question. In my work as designer/director, I heed Wilson; as playwright, Chekhov. I work to provide a compelling experience for the audience, one that is worthy of their time, investment, and thought. I do not take that responsibility lightly.

4. Who has inspired you artistically?

As Director, Ellen Stewart, Peter Brook, Georgia McGill. As Designer, Jun Meada, Robert Wilson. As Playwright, Euripides, Anton Chekhov, Henrik Ibsen, Samuel Beckett.

5. What was the last good book you read?
The Smartest Kids in the World: And How They Got That Way by Amanda Ripley. A wonderful communication of how process equals product even in education.

6. What does working at La MaMa mean to you?

I am proud to be a La MaMa artist. I walked into the building Saturday December 21st, 1996 and never left. When I work at La MaMa I am creating specifically for Ellen, for La MaMa, each intention, each decision. Since I began working on the piece, Ellen has been with me every step of the way. I have never experienced anything quite as magical as living and collaborating with Ellen. When she smiled, the whole world lit up. I can feel her smile in rehearsal.


La MaMa presents
Your 
War'try 
Grave
Conceived, created and assembled by Arthur Adair

June 12 - 21, 2015
Friday and Saturday at 10pm; Sunday at 6pm

Tickets: $18 Adults; $13 Students/Seniors; ten tickets priced at $10 each are available to every performance (while they last) pre-sale only.

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE