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Supernatural Hybrid: Storytelling and Something Deeper
The Green Room
Nov 2011
To spark discussion, the Walker invites local artists and critics to write overnight reviews of our performances. The ongoing Re:View series shares a diverse array of independent voices and opinions; it doesn’t reflect the views or opinions of the Walker or its curators. Today, Penelope Freeh shares her perspective on Thursday night’s performance of Supernatural Wifeby Big Dance Theater. Agree…
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Today is Merce Cunningham Day in Chicago
The Green Room
Nov 2011
Today is Merce Cunningham Day in Chicago, thanks to a proclamation from the city’s mayor, Rahm Emanuel — himself a former dancer. Coinciding with this weekend’s performances at Columbia College, the decree celebrates the late “Cunningham’s extraordinary love of dance” and honors “the last dancers he chose and trained for the company.”
In addition to being President Barack Obama’s former chief of…
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Digital Wayfinding in the Walker, Pt. 1
Media Lab
Nov 2011
An ongoing conversation here at the Walker concerns the issue of systemic wayfinding within our spaces — certainly an important issue for an institution actively seeking attendance and public engagement, not to mention an institution whose building is literally a hybrid of the old and new (with our 2005 expansion). While not normally in New Media’s purview, and only occasionally so for Design, a…
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Cataloguing performance: Who owns what?
The Green Room
Nov 2011
What about the notion of ownership – how does that work in the context of performance? It’s a loaded word, to be sure, but one that comes to mind for many in the museum community when you start talking about performing arts, using language like “commissions”, or “collections,” or “acquisitions.” The question arises in the group discussion: Is it even appropriate to use such language in the context of…
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Metal, Minimalism, Coen Bros score, Flaming Lips and Christian Field Hollers: The Music of Supernatural Wife
The Green Room
Nov 2011
Big Dance Theater Co-Director talks about the music inSupernatural Wife, in a discussion that runs the gamut from Carter Burwell, long-time film score collaborator with the Coen Brothers, to the Dirty Projectors.
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They call us fearless: Tour Guides rediscover the Bronze Age
Field Guide
Nov 2011
A Walker Tour Guide field trip (November 2) to Vesper college for a bronze pour was a gas. Many of us expected a tame demonstration that we could photograph from a safe distance. But no, the evening was to be participatory learning at its most adventuresome: we made the molds, and what’s more, we poured the bronze.
The college, a niche institution that grants MFAs in Ecological Architecture, is…
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Supernatural Wife Rehearsal Photos
The Green Room
Nov 2011
For this adaptation of Euripedes’ Alkestis, you can see that several characters are played by television screens, the King is played by a woman, and Hercules is a cigarette-smoking session drummer.
All photos courtesy of Big Dance Theater and were shot by Mike Van Sleen, except top shot by Aaron Rosenblum.