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Song of the Goat Theatre (Teatr Piesn Kozla) Directed by Grzegorz Bral
Gathered in a semicircle on a bare stage, 10 women and men weave a frenzied tapestry of raw physicality and emotion: a Corsican chant wailed to the ocean, the visceral howl of funereal grief. Distilling Shakespeare’s great tragedy to its essence, Polish troupe Song of the Goat Theatre and director Grzegorz Bral make their BAM debut with the breathtaking song cycle Songs of Lear, a favorite among critics and audiences alike at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. King Lear’s storm of the soul—madness, despair, disappointment, love—becomes a feverish deluge of polyphonic sound, as these formidable vocalists harness the sheer power of the human body, voice, and spirit.
“there is surely no other show like this one, by Wroclaw-based Song of the Goat, whose song cycle inspired by King Lear is visceral, theatrical and astonishing.”
Led by Grzegorz Bral, this class will begin with simple physical exercises, gradually moving to vocal, rhythm, text, and energy exercises to experience voice and body in an organic, cohesive way.
Explore the Festival
Sep 16Sep 17, 2016
The anxiety of urban life, danced in business casual.
Dance
monumental
The Holy Body Tattoo, Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Canadian dance troupe the Holy Body Tattoo offers a searing indictment of the daily grind, featuring live accompaniment by Montreal-based post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
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 30Dec 3, 2016
The gun dilemma, explored through percussion.
Music
A Gun Show
So Percussion
Sō Percussion’s gives the Second Amendment a soundtrack in this affecting foray into America’s fraught relationship with guns, directed by Obie-winning director Ain Gordon.
Nov 3Nov 6, 2016
Three Shakespeare kings share a war room.
Theater
Kings of War
Ivo van Hove, Toneelgroep Amsterdam
Three Bardian power players enter the fluorescent-lit corridors of the present in Ivo van Hove’s clever merging of the plays Henry V, Henry VI Parts I, II & III, and Richard III.