We followed a French philosopher from Providence to the hills of Transylvania. She took us with her, and we all tagged differently along. When our EasyJets had finally cooled, we found her singing in Italian, philosophizing in Romanian, praying - still - in French, and occasionally cursing in English.
work in progress - first showing at 95 Empire May 10th and 11th. We're doing a performance about Simone Weil. Who is she? As soon as you put an adjective in front of Simone's name, you have to start adding hyphens. Simone was a French-Jewish-Catholic- Philosopher-Mystic-Marxist, but she didn't want any names, not even … Continue reading Desiring Simone
Last week, I got to sing again with the Tenderloin Opera Company. This years show was "A Paradise of Sighs," and the tunes are clinging to my morning whistles. A wonder. learn more! https://www.facebook.com/TenderloinOperaCompany
"it's a mario theme. like, every other act is based on a book, and ours will be a gameboy. oh, and we're both gonna be luigi."
Working towards her next performance: Fugitive Time, exploring tuberculosis clinics in LA in the early 20th century, Janie brought her work in progress to Brown. In the process in process, danj got to explore some bunraku puppetry and multilayer live projection. this was lots of fun.
2012 - concieved and directed by Tim Simonds and Ioana Jucan "blue" a folding of time and theory, the duration demanded by a sculpture and a dance in the repetition of a beethoven
september 2012 - 92 willlow Performances by Lauren Fisher Casey Llewellyn Lily Mengesha Katie Pearl Dan Ruppel* Hans Vermy and others! * "the authenticity workshop" and "#2: Leadership Training For Leaders" Photos below.
"psyche ist ausgedehnt, weiss nicht davon." Un: Ich bin gegangen davon (Wien, Vienne, Vienna) [Ego is gone from there] 1943: Freud was carried across his threshold by his closest friends, transported- not a moment too soon – over the borders of the Eastern Reich as though by the West Wind, carried across France to London … Continue reading psyche in process – March, 2011
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