October, 3-4, 2015

Triskelion Arts Presents... Action Theater's Present Company

Triskelion Arts Presents... Action Theater's Present Company Action Theater

Triskelion Arts Presents... Action Theater’s Present Company

Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 4pm

Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 12pm*

at Triskelion Arts’ Muriel Schulman Theater

106 Calyer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 (enter on Banker Street)

Tickets: $10*

Purchase: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1790152

* The 12pm matinee is a Families Welcome show, where each regularly priced adult ticket admits one FREE child (under 12). Each additional child’s ticket is just $5. 

Triskelion Arts is pleased to present Action Theater’s Present Company this October in the Muriel Schulman Theater. Working for over 25 years within landscapes of improvisation, the company (John Burt, Lorraine Grosslight, Heather Harpham, Eric Huther, Carolyn Shakti Sadeh, Cassie Tunick, Trisha Zembruski) joins a deeply physicalized imagination to a spare ensemble mind. These open working sessions lay bare both the mechanics and magic of truly physical improvisation, and how we conjure ourselves awake. The company creates worlds that speak from inside dream, grounded by humor and humanity, precisely articulated through speech, sound, and movement.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Members of the company formed their first connections through the physical/verbal/vocal language of Action Theater in workshops taught by master improvisor Ruth Zaporah in the early 1990s. Since that time, they have worked both in various ensembles exploring improvisation and crafting set works, and also as individuals making solo theater pieces and collaboratively contributing skills collected across the broader art worlds. Regular meetings in a barn in Vermont began in Spring 2014, exploring ensemble improvisation entered through a different doorway, one built from silent agreements and spaciousness. Now they meet and perform quadrennially as an ensemble. Areas of influence include Authentic Movement, Poetics, Contact Improvisation, Clowning, Butoh, Eprime, Musical Theater, and the visual arts. Most members are certified teachers of Action Theater. www.cassietunick.com

More Info: www.triskelionarts.org

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A dancer in a black tutu and leotard and pointe shoes stands on one leg, with the other leg extended behind the body in a straight line. One arm is raised above the head and the other extended to the back parallel to the extended leg. The school director is opposite the dancer and wears a red DTH logo t-shirt and black pants and ballet slippers. She holds the hand of the arm raised above the dancer’s head with one arm and her back arm is extended and she is smiling at the student.

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