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July 3, 2009

Author Archives | Claudia La Rocco

Performance Club: Take Me Out to the Park, and the Ballpark

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

I'm in an optimistic mood: I think that New York will stop pretending to be Seattle soon. The skies will clear, the clouds will part, and the P. Club will enjoy its outside July outings. Hot dogs optional.

Pina Bausch, Rest in Peace

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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It's been a sad stretch for those who admire excellence in dance. The German dance legend Pina Bausch has died. She was 68, and had reportedly been diagnosed with cancer just last week.

Performance Club: Lewis Forever & Ever & Ever

Monday, June 29, 2009

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Performance Club: Lewis Forever & Ever & Ever

The Performance Club celebrated the King of Pop with an impromptu dance party at the New Museum, some art (live and otherwise) and,as usual, hours of conversation

Performance Club: We All Want to Change the World

Friday, June 26, 2009

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Performance Club: We All Want to Change the World

Mark your calendars for "Performing Revolution"! Beginning in November, shows, exhibitions and screenings will examine how the performing arts contributed to the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe.

Performance Club: Talk Talk Talk

Thursday, June 11, 2009

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On Tuesday we had P. Club June event No. 2. Our next official event isn't for ages, the 25th to be exact, but if anyone's interested in some late-night theater on Saturday, let me know...

Performance Club: The Great Tunnel Tour

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

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On Sunday, the P. Club went on its first, but hopefully not last, underground exploration. In New York, all the world really is a stage.

Performance Club: Why I Go to the Theater

Sunday, June 7, 2009

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Critics grow jaded just like everyone else. Sometimes we just need reminders of why we plunk ourselves down in folding chairs night after night -reminders such as Target Margin Theater's production of Gertrude Stein's "A Family of Perhaps Three."

Performance Club: “Crossing the Line” Lineup Announced!

Thursday, June 4, 2009

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FIAF announced the lineup for its second annual "Crossing the Line" festival today - mark your calendars, and head to the Goethe-Institut New York on Friday if you can't wait till the fall to get your CTL fix

Performance Club: June Gloom

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

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Another month, another round of shows and talks and, this month, just to shake things up, a tunnel tour... there's never been a better time to join the P. Club!

Performance Club: Bust a Move

Monday, June 1, 2009

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Forget salsa lessons. If you really want to wow your dance partner this year, you could do worse than spend a few evenings with "The Spirit Moves: A History of Black Social Dance on Film, 1900-1986."

Performance Club: Gala Mania

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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Amid the sagging warhorses and swooning divas, American Ballet Theater's annual spring gala offered a couple of surprises - including one very bizarre, er, shall we say, extra-choreographic element?

Performance Club: Collective Criticism

Monday, May 18, 2009

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If it's good enough for choreographers ... it's good enough for critics. On Saturday, the P. Club did its thing in Brooklyn.

Performance Club: Talk Is Cheap

Friday, May 15, 2009

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Lots was said at this week's New Economy Smack Down. Lots and lots and lots (we've got the audio to prove it). But now ... what's going to be done???

Performance Club: Sprummertime in the City

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

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It's almost May. It feels like July. This swine flu thing is beginning to sound like a bad b-movie plot. Clearly, it's time for another P. Club event.

Performance Club: Death & Taxes (& a little old smack down)

Monday, April 20, 2009

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Very few things in life are certain. One of them, it seems, is that the P. Club will stay out past midnight every time it goes to see a show. What happens when the club attends a smack down remains to be seen...

Performance Club: Old Dog, New Tricks?

Friday, April 17, 2009

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Forget Pulitzers! Bring on the art! It may be Merce Cunningham's birthday, but WNYC performance critic Claudia La Rocco got the present: a drawing inspired by one of her segments.

Performance Club: Easter Slaughter

Monday, April 13, 2009

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Going to the theater is about as close as WNYC performance critic Claudia La Rocco comes to going to church. She and about 15 other P. Clubbers spent Easter Sunday at "Beowulf." Then they raised Caine at a nearby eatery.