June 2022
Queer Butoh 2022
Vangeline Theater/ New York Butoh Institute in collaboration with The Brick presents Queer Butoh 2022 June 28, 29 & 30 at 8pm “…queer themes and imagery have been reoccurring, if not instrumental, in Butoh. The concepts of otherness and ambiguity, particularly with respect to gender identity and sexuality, permeate its narratives. Drag, androgyny and fluidity are staple elements.” - The New York Times, "Queer Butoh: Finding Belonging in the Dance of Darkness", 2020 Vangeline Theater/ New York Butoh Institute collaborates…
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The Exponential Festival Presents: Flow My Tears (Everybody Dance)
The Brick and The Exponential Festival Presents Flow My Tears (Everybody Dance) by John-Philip Faienza, Braulio Cruz, & Teri Madonna July 7-15 A performance featuring live electronic music, singing, and surprise guests. Now we’re together in the room, and what happens? We look forward to hosting you in our community space. This project comes from deep wondering about loss that occurred the past few years in which only a cursory, observed, virtual processing served as a simulacrum of mourning. Phillip…
Find out more »Ashkenazi Seance
The Brick Presents Ashkenazi Seance by Sarah Sanders July 20, 21, 22 at 8pm July 23 at 3pm & 8pm Sarah Sanders can’t decide what to do with a treasured family heirloom, and she’s getting desperate -- so desperate, she’s turning to her dead Latvian Jewish ancestors for advice. Ashkenazi Seance is a solo show and community ritual about American Jewish identity, family, music, and what it means to carry on a legacy. Also, it’s funny! The rituals created and…
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The Ivory Tower and the Open Worlds
The Brick and CUNY PhD Theatre and Performance department practice+research ensemble Presents The Ivory Tower and the Open Worlds August 11, 12, & 13 at 8pm August 14 at 3pm Across four days, overlapping and interrelated individuals and assemblies share ways of knowing and critique bases for “knowledge” through a hybrid devised work/conference Audiences are invited to come and go throughout the weekend, encountering actions, social processes, score-based structures, papers, and other forms of performance. The Ivory Tower and the…
Find out more »Card Tricks
The Brick presents Card Tricks by Alex Offenkrantz August 20 8pm A magician tells you the truth by showing you his diary of card tricks, illustrating several impossible things that have happened in his life. He wants you to know how he feels, and card tricks are the only way he knows how to tell you. Created and Performed by Alex Offenkrantz A magician's girlfriend tricks him into believing she is happy. When the illusion crumbles, he becomes obsessed with…
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