Clear as Glass (Philip, 80 proof)
Philip Glass. The protean composer will be at UNC-Chapel Hill for several days during the Glass at 80 festival organized by CPA. Photo: Raymond Meier. Before I tell you about the two wonderful...
View ArticleWill Grossman Memorial Photography Show Opens April 8 at Through This Lens
Nap Time, by John Hall, in the Will Grossman Memorial Photo Competition, opening at Through This Lens Gallery on April 8, 2017. Image courtesy of the gallery. The fifth Triangle-wide photography...
View ArticleOrbiting in the Outer Reaches
Carley McCready in the cosmic static. Rehearsal photo courtesy of Rabble and Twine. I was thrilled to received a press release from DIDA, Durham Independent Dance Artists, giving information on a new...
View ArticleADF: Coming Up June 23-27
Lucas Melfi and Rachael Mehaffey in an earlier performance of Natalie Marrone’s Thresh, which will be the opening act in Reynolds June 23-24. Photo: Alec Himwich. The American Dance Festival...
View ArticleADF: Bill T. Jones’ TRILOGY, part 1 (again)
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company performing Jones’ Analogy/Dora: Tramontane in the ADF presentation in the DPAC, July 27, 2017. Photo: Ben McKeown. Two years ago, Bill T. Jones brought the first...
View ArticleTurn, turn, turn
And now the season is September, and “the days dwindle down.” It’s a fresh theater season–but 2017-2018 will be imbued with the sense of an ending. Manbites Dog Theater–that bold upstart, that...
View ArticleBig Dog Shows Up On Main Street: Manbites Dog Theater, in the beginning
The Dog Arrives. Fall, 1987, in the former shoe store at 343 West Main Street, Durham, NC. From left: Barbara Dickinson, Jeff Storer, Patricia Esperon, and Connie Watkins, rehearsing Manbites Dog...
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