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Bridgman Packer Video Playground: An Interactive Video Installation & Screening of Look Out

PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century presents Bridgman|Packer Dance, Guggenheim Fellows in Choreography, who have pioneered and continue to push the boundaries of live performance and video technology. Now, they are inviting the audience to join them for their Video Playground. This engaging interactive installation allows participants to create their own video magic by playing with time, scale, juxtaposition, and shadow.

The Video Playground was developed over several years in conjunction with Bridgman|Packer Dance’s stage work that integrates live performance and video technology. While live video cameras capture the movements of the participants, their images are transformed into designs that are projected onto the walls of the PS21 black box theater through a computer processing program called Isadora.

With a wide-ranging musical playlist and mind-blowing visuals, the audience should come ready to have fun, no matter their age or whether they can boogie down or have two left feet. “The Video Playground is for everyone, all ages and non-dancer and dancer alike,” Bridgman says. “Sometimes it’s a party atmosphere, and sometimes it’s a deep and concentrated exploration of a human image being morphed into a new artistic reality…and everything in between.”

This event will also feature the screening of “Look Out,” a film by Bridgman|Packer Dance in collaboration with cinematographer Gavin Preuss, filmed entirely with a drone camera. The screening will be followed by a talk and Q & A with Bridgman, Packer, and Preuss, as well as a drone camera demonstration.

DATES/TIMES:
Saturday, March 30, 2019 / 3pm

COST:
Advance tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets at the door: $15 Adults and $5 students. Tickets can be purchased in advance at PS21chatham.org

LOCATION:
PS21: Black Box Theater
2980 Route 66
Chatham, NY 12037

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Parsons Dance at PS21, Aug 3 & 4

Internationally renowned, Parsons Dance is coming to PS21 in Chatham. Parson Dance is known for its energized, athletic, ensemble work, and has collaborated with iconic artists across all disciplines.

Parsons Dance is coming to PS21 in Chatham. Founded in 1985 by artistic director David Parsons and Tony Award-winning lighting designer Howell Binkley, Parsons Dance is known for its energized, athletic, ensemble work, and has collaborated with iconic artists across all disciplines. Parsons Dance, is internationally renowned for creating and performing contemporary American dance that is accessible to diverse audiences.

DATES/TIMES:
Friday and Saturday, August 3 and 4, 2018: 8:00 p.m.

COST:
$40 general admission / $35 members / $10 student
For tickets, visit https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3391864

LOCATION:
PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century
2980 Route 66
Chatham, NY 12037

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ps21chatham.org
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‘Erma Bombeck: At Wit’s End’ Staged Reading w/ Nancy Rothman at PS21

This one-woman play by Alison and Margaret Engel is a tribute to the columnist and humorist, Erma Bombeck.

This one-woman play by Alison and Margaret Engel is a tribute to the columnist and humorist, Erma Bombeck. Bombeck lovingly satirized the plight of the suburban housewife from the 1960s to the 1980s in her widely-syndicated column and best-selling books, and used her fame to support the women’s Equal Rights Amendment. Comic actor, Nancy Rothman, brings Bombeck’s humor home for modern audiences in a celebration of Mother’s Day.

DATES/TIMES:
Saturday, May 12, 2018 / 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Sunday, May 13 / 2:00 pm

COST:
$20 general admission / $15 members / $7.50 student
Visit https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3321116 to buy tickets

LOCATION:
PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century
2980 Route 66
Chatham, NY 12037

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ps21chatham.org
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West African Dance and Drum Performance at PS21 Chatham

Just for Fun is a series of performances presented especially for kids and their families at PS 21 in Chatham. This week is a West African Dance and Drum Performance.

“Choreographer/dancer Jamal Jackson, drummer Frank Malloy IV, and the kids from the dance and drum workshop sweep us up in a high energy display of West African dance from Mali. This performance is an annual favorite!”

– from PS 21

DATE/TIME:
Friday, August 18 2017, 1:00 pm

LOCATION:
PS 21
2980 Route 66 in Chatham, NY

ADMISSION:
FREE

MORE:
Click here to register

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Lincoln Mayorga: Chopin & Candlelight at PS21 Chatham

This Sunday at PS 21 in Chatham, Lincoln Mayorga performs Chopin & Candlelight.

This Sunday at PS 21 in Chatham, Lincoln Mayorga performs Chopin & Candlelight. This performance will be a musical and dramatic presentation, with pianist Lincoln Mayorga performing Chopin’s Twenty-six Preludes and illuminated by correspondence and diaries of the composer and his lover, George Sand performed by actors Nancy Rothman and Martin Anderon.