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Plan B
directed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; choreographed by Paul Lazar, fl. 1991 and Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; designed by Wendy Yang Bailey, fl. 2004 and Claudia Stephens, fl. 1997, Jay Ryan, fl. 2010; performed by Kate Johnson, fl. 2004, Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992, Molly Hickok, fl. 1991 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991 (New York, NY - Brooklyn: Big Dance Theater, 2004), 59 mins
Expertly blending disparate source materials––the 'secret' tapes of Richard Nixon and the biography of Kaspar Hauser––Plan B wittily pits scheming power players against an innocent wild child to imaginatively explore the dynamics of loyalty, trust and betrayal.
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directed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; choreographed by Paul Lazar, fl. 1991 and Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; designed by Wendy Yang Bailey, fl. 2004 and Claudia Stephens, fl. 1997, Jay Ryan, fl. 2010; performed by Kate Johnson, fl. 2004, Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992, Molly Hickok, fl. 1991 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991 (New York, NY - Brooklyn: Big Dance Theater, 2004), 59 mins
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Expertly blending disparate source materials––the 'secret' tapes of Richard Nixon and the biography of Kaspar Hauser––Plan B wittily pits scheming power players against an innocent wild child to imaginatively explore the dynamics of loyalty, trust and betrayal.
Date Written / Recorded
2004
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Kate Johnson, fl. 2004, Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992, Molly Hickok, fl. 1991, Paul Lazar, fl. 1991
Contributor
Paul Lazar, fl. 1991, Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, Wendy Yang Bailey, fl. 2004, Claudia Stephens, fl. 1997, Jay Ryan, fl. 2010, Gary Lucas, 1954-
Author / Creator
Paul Lazar, fl. 1991, Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, Kate Johnson, fl. 2004, Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992, Molly Hickok, fl. 1991
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Big Dance Theater
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Copyright © 2004 by Big Dance Theater
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Ich, Kürbisgeist
directed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; choreographed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; designed by Suzanne Bocanegra, 1957-; produced by Aaron Rosenblum, fl. 2002-2016; performed by Kourtney Rutherford, fl. 1997, Eric Dyer, fl. 2011, Molly Hickok, fl. 1991, Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991, Big Dance, in Ich, Kürbisgeist (New York, NY: Big Dance Theater, 2012), 1 hour 1 mins
Big Dance Theater’s production of Ich, Kürbisgeist, written by Sibyl Kempson, is a theatrical piece of writing, but it is not a play in the usual sense. The language itself manifests the harsh landscape of a world facing destruction, populated by five crude people speaking a rigorous, specific, invented languag...
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directed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; choreographed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; designed by Suzanne Bocanegra, 1957-; produced by Aaron Rosenblum, fl. 2002-2016; performed by Kourtney Rutherford, fl. 1997, Eric Dyer, fl. 2011, Molly Hickok, fl. 1991, Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991, Big Dance, in Ich, Kürbisgeist (New York, NY: Big Dance Theater, 2012), 1 hour 1 mins
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Big Dance Theater’s production of Ich, Kürbisgeist, written by Sibyl Kempson, is a theatrical piece of writing, but it is not a play in the usual sense. The language itself manifests the harsh landscape of a world facing destruction, populated by five crude people speaking a rigorous, specific, invented language. The characters are grounded in fear, absurd and doomed. They harvest pumpkin seeds; they sing; they dance; they reminisce. Their out...
Big Dance Theater’s production of Ich, Kürbisgeist, written by Sibyl Kempson, is a theatrical piece of writing, but it is not a play in the usual sense. The language itself manifests the harsh landscape of a world facing destruction, populated by five crude people speaking a rigorous, specific, invented language. The characters are grounded in fear, absurd and doomed. They harvest pumpkin seeds; they sing; they dance; they reminisce. Their outrageous costumes, created by visual artist Suzanne Bocanegra, place us in an unspecified medieval European locale. Ich, Kürbisgeist, strangely comic, full of rawness, fragmentation, confusion, and superstition, is in the end a contemplation of language itself.
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Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Big Dance, Kourtney Rutherford, fl. 1997, Eric Dyer, fl. 2011, Molly Hickok, fl. 1991, Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992, Paul Lazar, fl. 1991
Contributor
Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, Suzanne Bocanegra, 1957-, Aaron Rosenblum, fl. 2002-2016
Author / Creator
Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, Paul Lazar, fl. 1991, Big Dance, Kourtney Rutherford, fl. 1997, Eric Dyer, fl. 2011, Molly Hickok, fl. 1991, Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Big Dance Theater
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2012 Big Dance Theater
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Alan Smithee Directed This Play: Triple Feature
directed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; choreographed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; produced by Aaron Rosenblum, fl. 2002-2016, Big Dance Theater; performed by Kourtney Rutherford, fl. 1997, Aaron Mattocks, fl. 2011, Elizabeth DeMent, fl. 2000-2017, Cynthia Hopkins, fl. 1999-2017, Chris Giarmo, fl. 2007, Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991, in Alan Smithee Directed This Play: Triple Feature (New York, NY: Big Dance Theater, 2017), 1 hour 19 mins
Big Dance Theater directors Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar sample fragments of iconic film scripts and novels, divorced from their narrative contexts, to create a kinetic collage of political rhetoric, pathos, paranoia, and suburbia. Lawn chairs, telephones, fur coats, and pistols mingle on a stage with Astronauts,...
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directed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; choreographed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; produced by Aaron Rosenblum, fl. 2002-2016, Big Dance Theater; performed by Kourtney Rutherford, fl. 1997, Aaron Mattocks, fl. 2011, Elizabeth DeMent, fl. 2000-2017, Cynthia Hopkins, fl. 1999-2017, Chris Giarmo, fl. 2007, Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991, in Alan Smithee Directed This Play: Triple Feature (New York, NY: Big Dance Theater, 2017), 1 hour 19 mins
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Big Dance Theater directors Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar sample fragments of iconic film scripts and novels, divorced from their narrative contexts, to create a kinetic collage of political rhetoric, pathos, paranoia, and suburbia. Lawn chairs, telephones, fur coats, and pistols mingle on a stage with Astronauts, Bolsheviks, and American nuclear families as revolutionary Moscow collides with late-20th-century Houston.
Alan Smithee Directed This...
Big Dance Theater directors Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar sample fragments of iconic film scripts and novels, divorced from their narrative contexts, to create a kinetic collage of political rhetoric, pathos, paranoia, and suburbia. Lawn chairs, telephones, fur coats, and pistols mingle on a stage with Astronauts, Bolsheviks, and American nuclear families as revolutionary Moscow collides with late-20th-century Houston.
Alan Smithee Directed This Play: Triple Feature contemplates the slippery nature of creative control, history, its fictions, and the inextricable link between the personal and the historical.
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Date Written / Recorded
2014
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Kourtney Rutherford, fl. 1997, Aaron Mattocks, fl. 2011, Elizabeth DeMent, fl. 2000-2017, Cynthia Hopkins, fl. 1999-2017, Chris Giarmo, fl. 2007, Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992, Paul Lazar, fl. 1991
Contributor
Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, Aaron Rosenblum, fl. 2002-2016, Big Dance Theater
Author / Creator
Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, Paul Lazar, fl. 1991, Kourtney Rutherford, fl. 1997, Aaron Mattocks, fl. 2011, Elizabeth DeMent, fl. 2000-2017, Cynthia Hopkins, fl. 1999-2017, Chris Giarmo, fl. 2007, Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Big Dance Theater
Copyright Message
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The Other Here
directed by Paul Lazar, fl. 1991 and Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; choreographed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; designed by Kata Takeshi, fl. 2007, Claudia Stephens, fl. 1997, Jennifer Tipton, 1937-; performed by Heather Christian, fl. 2007, Chris Giarmo, fl. 2007, Jennie Mary Tai Liu, fl. 2007, Molly Hickok, fl. 1991, Jess Barbagallo, fl. 2007 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991 (New York, NY - Brooklyn: Big Dance Theater, 2007), 1 hour 32 mins
Layered with the company’s fearless fusion of dance, music and visual design, The Other Here collides the rural stories of Japanese novelist Masuji Ibuse (1898–1993) with a global conference of life insurance salespeople. Okinawan pop music and re-inventions of traditional dance punctuate this juxtaposition of...
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directed by Paul Lazar, fl. 1991 and Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; choreographed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; designed by Kata Takeshi, fl. 2007, Claudia Stephens, fl. 1997, Jennifer Tipton, 1937-; performed by Heather Christian, fl. 2007, Chris Giarmo, fl. 2007, Jennie Mary Tai Liu, fl. 2007, Molly Hickok, fl. 1991, Jess Barbagallo, fl. 2007 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991 (New York, NY - Brooklyn: Big Dance Theater, 2007), 1 hour 32 mins
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Layered with the company’s fearless fusion of dance, music and visual design, The Other Here collides the rural stories of Japanese novelist Masuji Ibuse (1898–1993) with a global conference of life insurance salespeople. Okinawan pop music and re-inventions of traditional dance punctuate this juxtaposition of master and servant, pop and ancient, East and West.
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Heather Christian, fl. 2007, Chris Giarmo, fl. 2007, Jennie Mary Tai Liu, fl. 2007, Molly Hickok, fl. 1991, Jess Barbagallo, fl. 2007, Paul Lazar, fl. 1991
Contributor
Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, Claudia Stephens, fl. 1997, Jennifer Tipton, 1937-, Kata Takeshi, fl. 2007
Author / Creator
Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, Paul Lazar, fl. 1991, Heather Christian, fl. 2007, Chris Giarmo, fl. 2007, Jennie Mary Tai Liu, fl. 2007, Molly Hickok, fl. 1991, Jess Barbagallo, fl. 2007
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Big Dance Theater
Person Discussed
Paul Lazar, fl. 1991, Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017
Topic / Theme
Modern
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Copyright © 2007 by Big Dance Theater
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Part 3 - Resplendent Shimmering/Topaz Waterfall
directed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; choreographed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; produced by Aaron Mattocks, fl. 2011; performed by Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; in Big Dance: Short Form - Stick, Sled, Slippers, Hearth, Bundle, Ball (New York, NY - Brooklyn: Big Dance Theater, 2016), 11 mins
BIG DANCE: SHORT FORM is Big Dance Theater, distilled. BDT returns to its dance roots for its 25th anniversary celebration, theatrically re-imagining the conventions of a repertory program. Big Dance: Short Form presents the company’s unique blend of dance-theater on an intimate scale, with a fifteen minute birt...
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directed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; choreographed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; produced by Aaron Mattocks, fl. 2011; performed by Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992 and Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; in Big Dance: Short Form - Stick, Sled, Slippers, Hearth, Bundle, Ball (New York, NY - Brooklyn: Big Dance Theater, 2016), 11 mins
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BIG DANCE: SHORT FORM is Big Dance Theater, distilled. BDT returns to its dance roots for its 25th anniversary celebration, theatrically re-imagining the conventions of a repertory program. Big Dance: Short Form presents the company’s unique blend of dance-theater on an intimate scale, with a fifteen minute birthday party at its center. Intermission will never be the same. Inspired by disciplines of the concise — novellas, folk tales, diary e...
BIG DANCE: SHORT FORM is Big Dance Theater, distilled. BDT returns to its dance roots for its 25th anniversary celebration, theatrically re-imagining the conventions of a repertory program. Big Dance: Short Form presents the company’s unique blend of dance-theater on an intimate scale, with a fifteen minute birthday party at its center. Intermission will never be the same. Inspired by disciplines of the concise — novellas, folk tales, diary entries, pencil drawings, thumbnail sketches and the single page of a notebook — Big Dance performs five distinct short works, each a New York premiere, that embrace the brief, granular, close range, anecdotal and microscopic. Downsizing is prized. Solos, duets and group work feature the beloved, veteran Big Dance performers who, under the artistic leadership of Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, have honed a distinctive performance style that has influenced the downtown scene in NYC for the last 25 years.
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Date Written / Recorded
2016
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992, Paul Lazar, fl. 1991
Contributor
Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, Aaron Mattocks, fl. 2011
Author / Creator
Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, Paul Lazar, fl. 1991, Tymberly Canale, fl. 1992
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Big Dance Theater
Person Discussed
Tatsumi Hijikata, 1922-1986
Topic / Theme
Theater, City life, Storytelling
Copyright Message
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Cage Shuffle
directed by Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992 and David Tudor, 1926-1996 (1959); choreographed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; produced by Aaron Mattocks, fl. 2011, in Cage Shuffle (New York, NY - Brooklyn: Big Dance Theater, 2017), 36 mins
In Cage Shuffle Paul Lazar speaks a series of one-minute stories by John Cage from his 1963 score Indeterminacy while simultaneously performing choreography by Annie-B Parson. The stories are spoken in a random order with no predetermined relationship to the dancing. Chance serves up its inevitable blend of strang...
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directed by Paul Lazar, fl. 1991; composed by John Cage, 1912-1992 and David Tudor, 1926-1996 (1959); choreographed by Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017; produced by Aaron Mattocks, fl. 2011, in Cage Shuffle (New York, NY - Brooklyn: Big Dance Theater, 2017), 36 mins
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In Cage Shuffle Paul Lazar speaks a series of one-minute stories by John Cage from his 1963 score Indeterminacy while simultaneously performing choreography by Annie-B Parson. The stories are spoken in a random order with no predetermined relationship to the dancing. Chance serves up its inevitable blend of strange and uncanny connections between text and movement. With live tape and digital collage scored and performed by composer Lea Bertucci.
Date Written / Recorded
1959
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, Aaron Mattocks, fl. 2011, John Cage, 1912-1992
Author / Creator
Annie-B Parson, fl. 1991-2017, John Cage, 1912-1992, David Tudor, 1926-1996, Paul Lazar, fl. 1991
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
Big Dance Theater
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