Prelude 2008

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
(subject to change)



Wednesday 9.24.2008

MESTC Reception
5:00-6:30pm

PANEL: Between White Cubes and Black Boxes: Performance, Place & Context
6:30-7:30pm Segal Theatre

Moderators: Andy Horwitz and Geoffrey Scott, Prelude Curators
Panelists:
Raul Vincent Enriquez, Artist
RoseLee Goldberg, Founder and Director of PERFORMA
Paul Lazar, Co-Artistic Director, Big Dance Theater
Bonnie Marranca, Co-Founder/Editor, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art
Debra Singer, Executive Director and Chief Curator, The Kitchen

SHOWING: Art on the Move
Guided tour from MESTC to Chorus Karaoke
7:30-8:00pm Ivan Talijancic/Wax Factory/ Blindness

** PRELUDE '08 KICK-OFF PARTY featuring BIG ART GROUP! **
8:00 'til late: Chorus Karaoke, 25 W. 32nd St., 3rd Floor


Thursday 9.25.2008

PANEL: Producing Meaning: New Media, Technology & the Role of Dramaturgy
4:00-5:00pm Segal Theatre

Moderator: Peter Von Salis, Dramaturg
Panelists:
Mallory Catlett, Director/Dramaturg
Morgan von Prelle Pecelli, Artistic and Development director for Emerging Artists, 3LD Art & Technology Center
Jay Scheib, Director
Marianne Weems, Artistic Director, The Builders Association
Victor Weinstock, Director/Dramaturg

PANEL: Surreal Estate: Artists, Urban Development & the Future of New York
6:00-7:00pm Elebash Theatre

Moderator: Jennifer Wright Cook, Executive Director, The Field
Panelists:
Yehuda Duenyas, Founding Member of NTUSA
Robert Elmes, Founder of Galapagos
Zannah Mass, Cultural Affairs Director, Two Trees Management
Teresa Vasquez, Non-Profit Dest, NYC Economic Development Corporation

SHOWINGS: Interactive Art
Segal Theatre
5:15-6:00pm Tal Yarden/ Second Life Street Theater
6:15-6:45pm The Air Band/ Free Electron
7:00-7:30pm Andrew Schneider/ EDP
7:45-8:30pm Ruth Sergel & Peter Von Salis/ Untitled Project

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION: Interactive Art
8:45-9:45pm Segal Theatre
Moderator:Andy Horwitz, Prelude Curator

SHOWINGS: Performance Art
Elebash Theatre
7:15-8:00pm FLUXCONCERT/ FLUXCONCERT 200809
8:15-8:45pm Neal Medlyn/ Neal Medlyn's The Passion of Kanye West

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION:
Performance Art
9:00-10:00pm Elebash Theatre
Moderator: Martha Wilson, Founder of Franklin Furnace


Friday 9.26.2008

PANEL: Building Work in Multiple Sites: Financing Artistic Work on the Road
4:30-5:30pm Segal Theatre
Moderator: David Cote, Theater Editor, Time Out New York
Panelists:
Eric Dyer, Founding Member of Radiohole
Susan Feldman, Artistic Director, St. Ann's Warehouse
Cynthia Hedstrom, Producer/Director of Special Projects, The Wooster Group
Caden Manson, Artistic Director, Big Art Group
Kim Whitener, Producing Director, HERE Arts Center

SHOWINGS: Compositional Performance
Elebash Theatre
4:45-5:30pm Big Dance Theater/ Comme Toujours Here I Stand
Segal Theatre
5:45-6:15pm The Paper Industry/ Sine Wave Goodbye
6:30-7:15pm Moving Theater/ T.T.I.D. (Le Theatre est Mort!)
7:30-8:15pm Okwui Okpokwasili/ Pent-Up: A Revenge Dance

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION: Compositional Performance
8:30-9:30pm Segal Theatre
Moderator: Eric Grode

SHOWINGS: Art on the Move
MESTC back room and stairwell:
2:00-6:00pm Richard Foreman/The Bridge Project/ Untitled
GRAD Center Lobby:
6:30-8:00pm Ivan Talijancic/Wax Factory/ Blindness

SHOWINGS: Media Performance
Elebash Theatre
6:15-6:45pm Temporary Distortion/ Americana Kamikaze
7:00-7:45pm Big Art Group/ The People
8:00-8:45 The Builders Association/ Continuous City
9:00-9:15pm Richard Foreman/The Bridge Project/ Untitled Project

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION:
Media Performance
9:00-10:00pm Elebash Theatre
Moderator:Kristin Marting


Saturday 9.27.2008

PANEL: realist (little r) Theater: Constructing & Reconstructing Time in Contemporary Performance Practice
3:00-4:00pm Segal Theatre

Moderator: Morgan von Prelle Pecelli, ABD, Columbia University Anthropology, and Artistic and Development Director for Emerging Artists, 3LD Art & Technology Center
Panelists:
Eric Dyer, Founding Member of Radiohole
Richard Foreman, Director/Designer/Playwright
Vallejo Gantner, Artistic Director of Performance Space 122
Nello McDaniel, Principal Director, ARTS Action Research
Jay Scheib, Director

SHOWINGS: The New Plays
Segal Theatre
4:15-5:00pm Sheila Callaghan/ Water
5:15-6:00pm Branden Jacobs-Jenkins/ Neighbors
6:15-7:15pm Jenny Schwartz/ Untitled Project
7:30-8:15pm Joyce Cho/Astrs

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION: The New Plays
8:30-9:30pm Segal Theatre
Moderator: Sally Oswald

SHOWINGS:
Spotlight Poland
2:00-4:00pm Elebash Theatre
Presented in association with the Polish Cultural Institute in New York. Additional support provided by the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
Excerpts from:
•Sandbox by Michal Walczak, directed by Marcy Arlin/Immigrants' Theatre Project
•Death of a Squirrel Manby Malgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk, directed by Lear DeBessonet/Stillpoint Productions
•Let's Talk About Life and Deathby Krzysztof Bizio, directed by Eric Ting
•The Play Company will present excerpts from the work of Przemyslaw Wojcieszek, playwright of their fall production, Made in Poland.

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION: Spotlight Poland
4:15-5:00pm Elebash Theatre
Moderator: Frank Hentschker, Director of Programs, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, Prelude Curator

SHOWINGS:
Art on the Move
Grad Center Lobby Area
4:00-8:00pm Raul Vincent Enriquez/ A Burrito Truck
6:15-7:30pm Ivan Talijancic/Wax Factory/ Blindness

SHOWINGS: The New Theatre
Elebash Theatre
5:30-6:15pm Banana Bag & Bodice/ Beowulf 1000 Years of Baggage
6:30-7:15pm NYC Players/Geschichlos
7:30-8:15pm NTUSA/ The Chautauqua Lectures

ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION: The New Theatre
8:30-9:30pm Elebash Theatre
Moderator : George Hunka

** 9:00pm 'til late! CLOSING NIGHT PARTY at UNDER THE VOLCANO!**

GC
Lortel Foundation
Polish Cultural Institute
Village Voice
Culture Pundits