Sneak Peek of Spiderwoman Theatre's MATERIAL WITNESS

Material Witness by Spiderwoman Theater open this Thursday, May 12, 2016.  The piece addresses the searing issue of violence against Indigenous women. Their stories range from encounters with everything from stalking, to domestic violence, to rape. But far from hitting the audience over the head with tragedy, tales are conveyed subtly, artfully, sometimes even humorously, from a perspective of frank assurance and empowerment. All are woven together through interconnecting layers of language, images, and dance, creating a theatrical collage.  

Above are photos of the set instillation, which is itself another type of collage, including handmade quilts.  Come see Material Witness, at The First Floor Theatre at La MaMa through May 29, 2016, only.

in association with Spiderwoman Theater and Aanmitaagzi, 

MATERIAL 

WITNESS

A Loose Change Production
by Spiderwoman Theater

Directed by Muriel Miguel
Written by Cherish Violet Blood, Penny Couchie, Donna Couteau, Angela Loft, Gloria Miguel and Tanis Parenteau with Muriel Miguel

Material Witness is part of La MaMa's Safe Harbors Indigenous Arts / Theatre Collective

May 12 - 29, 2016
Thursday - Saturday at 7:30pm, Sunday at 2pm

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

Tickets: $18 Adults; $13 Students/Seniors

For Info and Tickets: CLICK HERE

Meet CHERCHEZ LA FEMME'S Vivien Goldman!

Vivien Goldman (right) pictured with August Darnell
at the La MaMa office

Vivien Goldman a/k/a "The Punk Professor" has had such an interesting life and career.  We are thrilled to have her here at La MaMa working with August Darnell on the world premiere of CHERCHEZ LA FEMME, May 20 - June 12, 2016.

Vivien Goldman (1979) Photo by David Corio

Not only is Vivien a professor of Punk at The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at NYU Tisch as well as the author of not one, but two books about Bob Marley and a book about Kid Creole and The Coconuts, but a collection of Vivien Goldman's music "Resolutionary: Songs 1979-82" is being released on the European indie label, Staubgold. The tracks include solo work as well as music of The Flying Lizards and the Parisian duo Chantage.

Album cover: "Resolutionary: Songs 1979-82"

Vivien is co-writing the book for CHERCHEZ LA FEMME with August Darnell, of Kid Creole and the Coconuts - whose music is featured in the musical. The musical will play The Ellen Stewart Theatre at La MaMa mid-May through mid-June.

And finally, Vivien is featured on the cover of the first issue of Rough Trade magazine in June!

La MaMa presents

CHERCHEZ 

LA FEMME:

The Musical

Book by: August Darnell and Vivien Goldman

Music and Lyric by: August Darnell and Stony Browder Jr.

Directed by: Angie Kristic

Choreographed by: Kyndra 'Binkie' Reevey

May 20 - June 12, 2016

The Ellen Stewart Theatre

66 East 4th Street

(between Bowery and Second Avenue)

New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $35 Adults; $30 Students/Seniors

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

Behind The Scenes at CHERCHEZ LA FEMME

Behind the Scenes at Cherchez La Femme from La MaMa on Vimeo.

With previews begining on Friday, May 20,  2016 - the cast and creative team of CHERCHEZ LA FEMME are hard at work in La MaMa Great Jones Rehearsal Space!

Don't miss the world premiere of CHERCHEZ LA FEMME!

La MaMa presents

CHERCHEZ 
LA FEMME:

The Musical

Book by: August Darnell and Vivien Goldman

Music and Lyric by: August Darnell and Stony Browder Jr.

Directed by: Angie Kristic

Choreographed by: Kyndra 'Binkie' Reevey

May 20 - June 12, 2016

The Ellen Stewart Theatre

66 East 4th Street

(between Bowery and Second Avenue)

New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $35 Adults; $30 Students/Seniors

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

PS122's Mobile Walking Tour kick-off is this Saturday!

Join PS122 for the kick-off event of their Mobile Walking Tour this Saturday at 2pm! Connecting the history of performance with the history of our neighborhood, including La MaMa, the Mobile Walking Tour is a free self-guided tour that features archival video content and exclusive interviews from PS122 artists and audiences.

Users are led to four locations around the East Village / Lower East Side which were each home to seminal moments in performance history. Each location features site-specific video content playable on your smartphone and discoverable via links. 

Details and locations: ps122.org/mobile-walking-tour

Kick-off event: Sat. May 7th at 2pm
Meet at Performance Space 122, 150 1st Avenue
with reception to follow at City Lore, 56 E 1st Street
Reservation Required: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/957803

Tour requires 45 minutes of light walking and access to a smartphone with data. Headphones are encouraged. PS122’s Mobile Walking Tour was generously supported by The New York Council on the Humanities and presented as part of the Lower East Side History Month. 

A Weekend of Contemporary Dance at La MaMa Moves: Afshin Varjavandi, BS. Movement and Jumatatu Poe

This weekend, come to La MaMa Moves! 2016 Dance Festival to see the latest in contemporary dance from emerging choreographers Italy's Afshin Varjavandi and Jumatatu Poe and BS Movement on a double bill.

toPRAY

by

InNprogress Collective/Afshin Varjavandi (from Italy)

There is moment for everyone when we learn to look inside ourselves:

only our own eyes can have that vision.

toPRAY tells the point of view from which we observe ourselves.

toPRAY is a passage. Sometimes the journey to reach the human soul is long and narrow.

Sometimes we do not have the time to choose the ways that seem complex to us.

So let's dance.

May 5 - May 6

First Floor Theatre
74A East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

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Shared Evening of Comtemporary Dance: 

 BS Movement and Jumatatu 

Poe Let ‘im Move You 

by: Jumatatu Poe

 This duet explored the artists’ respective relationships to Blackness, gender and queerness through movement and living experiences. 

May 7 - May 8

First Floor Theatre

74A East 4th Street

New York, NY 10003

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

Machine Affect 

by: BS Movement 

(Shaina Branfman & Bryan Strimpel)

Machine Affect brings its viewer to the point of intersection between abstract physical design and the range of human response.

May 7 - May 8

First Floor Theatre

74A East 4th Street

New York, NY 10003

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE