*SEASON 7*
CHOREOGRAPHY
LAB
MONDAY - 8.17.20
FREE LIVE STREAM @ 7PM ET
community & collaboration
50% of this week's donations will support
THE FUND FOR COLLEGE AUDITIONS
conceived + curated by
Avital Asuleen
Associate Producer:
VICTORIA CROWSER
Lab Consultants:
ADOLPHO BLAIRE & CHRISTOPHER NOFFKE
CHOREOGRAPHERS & WRITERS
COLLABORATE
ON MOVEMENT
FOR NEW MUSICALS DURING
INCUBATION
*A QUARANTINE LAB*
*A Quarantine Lab*
will explore creating
new choreography
in a virtual space.
CREATING VIRTUALLY
What does it look like to create new works of theatrical choreography while we are still not able to congregate? Who can you create with? What locations and technology do you have available to you? In this lab, 2 choreographers will present 2 short works of new choreography, created with these questions in mind. Both choreographers and writer Rona Siddiqui will join a discussion, moderated by Avital Asuleen, about the inspiration and developmental process behind each new work. Associate Artistic Director Jen Sandler will co-host the lab with Ms. Asuleen.
*FEATURED CHOREOGRAPHERS*
RAJA FEATHER KELLY
TISLARM BOUIE
salaam medina: tales of a halfghan
Raja Feather Kelly (A Strange Loop, We're Gonna Die) will present an excerpt from Rona Siddiqui’s new musical Salaam Medina: Tales of a Halfghan. Mr. Kelly serves as both the director and choreographer on this project, which was featured earlier this year in New York Theatre Barn’s virtual New Works Series. In the new musical, "Halfghan" Medina Eskandani confronts what it means to identify as a person of color (her Middle Eastern side) when she has spent her whole life trying to be white (her Italian side). Salaam Medina: Tales of a Halfghan is a zany, vaudevillian fantasia of bi-ethnic identity exploration with musical styles ranging from vaudeville, folk, rap, pop, country, to middle eastern groove.
THUG
Tislarm Bouie (Broadway's Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus) will present Thug, an excerpt of his short film, written by Justin Bryant, focusing on redefining what it means to be a black man in America. Mr. Bouie’s film exposes how dangerous and disruptive America's definition of black masculinity is, how that definition needs to be revolutionized, and that black men are undefinable. At its core, Thug seeks to show the world that, “We’re not violent! We’re vulnerable, resilient and beautiful. We are love”.
*with performances by*
SHERZ ALETAHA (DISASTER!)
ANGEL DESAI (COMPANY)
LAYAN ELWAZANI (THE BAND'S VISIT)
JOVAN E’SEAN (THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES)
JAMEN NANTHAKUMAR (HOOD)
JONATHAN RAVIV (THE BAND'S VISIT)
LLOYD BOYD MEETU CHILANA
GABE HYMAN MARTELL RUFFIN
LOUIS SALLAN ANTHONY SANTOS
*creative team*
SALAAM MEDINA: tales of a halfghan
book/music/lyrics: RONA SIDDIQUI (A STRANGE LOOP)
Director/choreographer: RAJA FEATHER KELLY (A STRANGE LOOP)
music direction: EMILY GOLDMAN (JACK + JILL)
dramaturg: JESSICA KAHKOSKA (AGENT 355)
sound engineer: DAN GONKO
music assistant: BRONWEN CHAN
*creative team*
THUG
INNOVATION
EXPLORATION
EVOLUTION
writer: JUSTIN BRYANT
Director/choreographer:
TISLARM BOUIE (GARY: A SEQUEL TO TITUS ANDRONICUS)