“I haven't seen so much tippy-toeing around since the last time I went to the ballet. When members of the arts community were askedthis week about one of their biggest benefactors, Philip Morris, and its requests that they lobby the New York City Council on the company's behalf, the pas de deux of self- justification was so painstakingly choreographed that it constituted a performance all by itself.” ArtSelfLastsCommunityCitiesCompanyWeekHavensNew YorkMembersPerformancesCorruptionHypocrisyNew York CityBalletJustificationLast TimeBehalfCouncilRequestPhilipBenefactorsMorrisSelf JustificationCity CouncilPhilip Morris Author:Anna Quindlen
“Saturday mornings in spring should always start with a jolt of dance by Paul Taylor performed by Taylor 2. The touring ensemble, an adjunct of the Paul Taylor Dance Company, offered a rare New York performance... It was an impressive event, presented by a group of highly individualistic dancers.” ShouldCompanyMorningGroupsEventsNew YorkSpringPerformancesDancerSaturdayImpressiveTouringEnsembleIndividualisticSaturday Morning Author:Jennifer Dunning
“I made my performance debut in New York City downtown on the Lower East Side in college doing awkward performance art as a go-go dancer at Lady Starlight's Party. And I never thought that my love for mediocre performance art and bad mime would ever come to use in my career as an actor. But my fantasies came true and I got to play Maureen in Rent.” ArtMadePlayUseActorsSidesPartyCitiesCareersFantasyNew YorkCollegePerformancesEastDancerNew York CityAwkwardMediocreDowntownDebutStarlightPerformance ArtMimeEast Side Author:Annaleigh Ashford
“My taste is very eclectic. I love musicals, but I also love the classics. I've seen some fantastic productions. I was in a musical for 600 performances in Australia that I first saw in New York.” FirstsSawsNew YorkTastePerformancesMusicalProductionsFantasticAustraliaEclecticI Love Music Author:Jacki Weaver
“I've lived in New York all my life, and we went to the Mormon Pageant each year in upstate New York. It still is a wonderful production. I remember going and seeing the performance and listening to the music. My father had Mormon Tabernacle Choir music, and we would listen to it and sing with it.” YearsStillsRememberFatherWonderfulSeeingNew YorkListeningPerformancesProductionsChoirPageantUpstate New York Author:Renee Fleming
“I found so much fun in the light shows and the multimedia shows of the hippies. That was when I was a student in the 1960s, and I was in New York, so I learned how to deal with writing, recording sound of other people, performance art - because that was a new territory, and I liked everything that was new and provocative. That interested me more than becoming anything specific.” PeopleWritingArtShowsLightFoundFunSoundDealsNew YorkStudentsBecomingPerformancesTerritory1960sHippieProvocativePerformance ArtNew TerritoryMultimedia Author:Charlemagne Palestine
“When I was a junior in college I moved to New York and went to this performance school the Experimental Theatre Wing. We had singing class and again, some of the other students would cry when I was singing, and I really didn't know why. I started to realize that there was something in the tone of my voice that was evocative for them.” KnowsSchoolVoiceRealizingClassCryNew YorkStudentsCollegeSingingPerformancesMovedWingsTheatreToneJuniors Author:Antony Hegarty
“After each performance of an Austin Shakespeare production, audiences are invited to stay for a ten-minute discussion of the work. And this tradition continues in our New York run.” RunningAudienceMinutesNew YorkTenTraditionPerformancesProductionsDiscussionInvitedAustin Author:Jeff Britting