[HvEXAS] Poor Dog Group workshop | Sat. 11/05

 

Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Poor Dog Group: Dionysia - image courtesy of the artists WORKSHOP Workshop with Poor Dog Group Saturday, November 5, 9 AM - 1 PM FREE Come explore the collaborative process of contemporary performance with the artists of Poor Dog Group (PDG). This 4-hour session will expose and examine the unique artistic practices of the PDG collaborators. Participants will learn how to build a new theatrical experience in a collaborative environment; learning the fundamentals of constructing an experimental performance piece with the tools of original story structure, character development, movement, and text. The workshop can accommodate 20 participants. Prior experience not required. Please RSVP to Liz Slagus at slague@rpi.edu by Monday, October 31. SOON screenshot from the music video The Top, directed by Jake Schreier PERFORMANCE Francis and the Lights: The White Room Friday + Saturday, October 28 + 29, 8:30 PM Tickets An unexpected pop spectacle by reclusive singer, songwriter, and pianist Francis Farewell Starlite. Francis and the Lights: "The Top" music video sprites: Margherita Premuros, Paper Plane SCREENING onedotzero: sprites Saturday, October 29, 11 AM Tickets - kids free with purchase of adult ticket A dynamic program just for kids! This specially curated selection of short videos can be enjoyed by youngsters and parents alike. Trailer Fanfare for Marching Band - photo by Sanghoon Lee SCREENING + TALK + INSTALLATION DANCE MOViES Commission 2010-2011 Premieres Saturday, November 5, 7 PM Tickets The world premiere of four new dance film and video projects, a live punk marching band, and behind-the-scenes artist talks! Poor Dog Group: Dionysia - image courtesy of the artists PERFORMANCE Poor Dog Group: Dionysia Friday + Saturday, November 11 + 12, 8 PM Tickets Half-man and half-horse, the wild and badly behaved satyrs were legendary companions of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and theater. Poor Dog Group brings together ancient satyr drama, imagery, and lore to reinvent the term "satyr play".   ON VIEW Céleste Boursier-Mougenot: index (v.4) - photo by Kris Qua EXHIBITION Céleste Boursier-Mougenot: untitled (series #3) + index (v.4) Monday - Saturday, 12-6 PM FREE Glasses and bowls touch as they float through pools of water. The fragile sounds of this chance music combine with music created from the building's network activity that plays on two computer-controlled pianos. Closes Saturday, November 5! CAMPUS + COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE + TALK IBM Watson Sat. 10/22, 9 AM PERFORMANCE Portland Taiko Drummers Sat. 10/22, 8 PM Follow EMPAC on FACEBOOK + TWITTER! EMPAC 2011-2012 presentations, residencies, and commissions are supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts (with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation, and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust), and the New York State Council for the Arts. Special thanks to the Jaffe Fund for Experimental Media and Performing Arts for support of artist commissions. EMPAC Box Office: 518.276.3921 Plan your visit to EMPAC! Get directions, maps, parking info, and a visitors guide. Our mailing address is: EMPAC Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th Street Troy, NY 12180 Add us to your address book Copyright © 2011 EMPAC All rights reserved.

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