plugs for the program
any fans of dance and/or Claire Danes and/or scoring points with a significant other would be well served by checking out the upcoming 2-week performance of "Christina Olson: American Model" at PS 122 in the East Village. this piece is a full-length solo for Danes choreographed by Tamar Rogoff and inspired by a famous Andrew Wyeth painting that resides in the MoMA. members of the intelligentsia should also note that the performance features music by Rachel's and video by Harvey Wang.
for those of you wondering how this is even on my radar, Ms. Rogoff is a friend/co-worker (the force behind the Solar-Powered Dance Series), fantastically nice and a first rate choreographer. the wife and i saw her "Daughter of a Pacifist Soldier" a few years back and were quite impressed. word on the street is that the NYTimes will be doing a piece about the piece in Monday's Arts section.
***UPDATE*** Here's the Times piece.
"Christina's World" by Andrew Wyeth
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Reasons #500,348, 500,349, & 500,350 that the Apes combine should come to Maine- "Christina's World" was painted 8 miles from where I currently sit typing; the Farnsworth Museum here in Rockland holds the largest collection of all three Wyeths in the world; and various Wyeths live and work here and are always giving interesting talks/exhibitions about each other and their dead rels. Of course, it looks like I'll be invading Brooklyn first (in November) so you'd better get the beers in.
I love the idea of Christina Olson's life as dance. The woman's legend (and that of her brother) lives on up here long after her death.
Posted by: WisdomWeasel | September 19, 2005 09:28 AM
blah blah blah. you don't have claire danes though, now do you?
Posted by: dan | September 19, 2005 04:35 PM
We do have Kirstie Alley. A few years back you could see her up here crawling around on the floor in a state of advanced disability almost nightly, and that was without big city new fangled choreography. Then she kicked the cocaine and booze and all the fun went out of open mike Monday.
Posted by: wisdomweasel | September 19, 2005 10:13 PM
I have always liked this painting - thanks for the rec.
Posted by: mas | September 20, 2005 02:35 PM