The Holy Body Tattoo Music by Godspeed You! Black Emperor Choreography by Dana Gingras and Noam Gagnon
Amid a din of ambient guitars, nine dancers confined to two-by-two-foot pedestals belie their workplace-appropriate skirts and slacks in this full-bodied indictment of the daily grind from Canadian dance troupe the Holy Body Tattoo. With live accompaniment by the powerful Montreal-based post-rock ensemble Godspeed You! Black Emperor, this seething choreography telegraphs self-preservation against bureaucracy, groupthink, and drudgery. Behind the convulsive scene, projected texts by Conceptual artist Jenny Holzer offer wry commentary on the ambiguous ethics of going about one’s business, as these beleaguered bodies keep on keepin’ on.
Text by Jenny Holzer Films by William Morrison Lighting design by Marc Parent
Shakespeare’s rhythms unlocked in gesture and song.
Theater
Songs of Lear
Song of the Goat Theatre
Polish troupe Song of the Goat Theatre distills Shakespeare’s King Lear into a frenzied tapestry of polyphonic sound, lending vibratory intensity to the Bard’s great tragedy with mere body and voice.
Nov 9Nov 12, 2016
On polymathic songwriter Connie Converse.
Theater
A Star Has Burnt My Eye
Howard Fishman, Connie Converse
Howard Fishman’s new play about polymathic songwriter and outsider artist Connie Converse, who vanished without an audience or album to her name but left behind treasure trove of home recordings.
Nov 18Nov 19, 2016
Górecki, Mahler, and Brahms, performed live to Malick’s masterpiece.
Film
The Tree of Life
Wordless Music Orchestra
More than 100 musicians and singers from the Wordless Music Orchestra perform live accompaniment to a special screening of Terrence Malick’s 2011 masterpiece starring Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain.