A conducted improv show comes to New York.
MACBETH VARIATIONS II is the result of an international collaboration between NYC-based Strike Anywhere and Paris-based Anitya. The two companies are innovators in their use of the sign language for conducted improvisation, Soundpainting, and its application to classical text.
MACBETH VARIATIONS II is a set of improvised inter-disciplinary compositions using Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth” as the melody from which the improvisers depart. Just as jazz musicians improvise on jazz standards finding infinite variety within classic tunes, each performance of the show will be different. Improvisers rip apart rehearsed scenes and reassemble them in new ways examining the elasticity of ethics, the nature of ambition, and the corruption of the mind. The result is a highly-charged interdisciplinary performance event that is different every night.
Musicians: Bob Bowen (bass), Christophe Cagnolari (sax), Michel Gentile (flute), Rob Henke (trumpet), Rolf Sturm (guitar)
Performers: Donna Bouthillier, Maud Ivanov, Maxime Nourissat, Thierry Jozé, Damen Scranton, Leese Walker & Nolan Kennedy (Performer & Lights)
VENUE: The Irondale Center
ADDRESS: 85 South Oxford Street , Brooklyn, NY
WEBSITE: http://www.Irondale.org
October 1-3, 2009: 8 PM
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