Summer finally died, and we’re ready to shut out the cold and continue our performance salon series. I’d like you to save the following dates: Sat Nov. 9th, and Sat., Dec. 7th. Nov. 9th, we’ll be continuing our regular salon series. We have a great roster of performers and filmmakers so far, but I want…
by Rebecca Chaleff In the center of Roble Studio 52 are four stools. One of these stools is for sitting, and the other three support the few lamps that provide the only lighting sources in the room (this smart and minimal set design, it should be noted, was advised by Angrette McClosky). Perched atop the…
John Cage’s Lecture on Nothing performed by Michael Hunter and Derek Phillips at the Performance Studies international conference at Stanford. It took place in Robe Studio 52 at 10pm. Angrette McCloskey helped with the set and Jamie Lyons took these photo.
We’ve started work on our next project! — a cabaret-style performance, based on etiquette books written from the late 19th century to the present. If the history of etiquette is about learning to behave well, the history of pop music, by contrast, is about behaving very badly indeed. We’re working to marry these two cultural…
Artist Latifa Medjdoub took portraits of the friends, colleagues and family members who helped her to build a large scale soft sculpture for the performance of Princess Ivona. A selection of the portraits come together in the video, capturing what it is that holds this community together. There is a common thread that is revealed…