Doug Elkins Returns With "Mo(or)town/Redux" by Alyssa Alpine

The choreographer returns with a program of new and refashioned works at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

SOURCE: Culturebot at 2:56pm on December 13, 2012☆⚑

"Mies Julie" at St. Ann's Warehouse by Alyssa Alpine

A fierce South African reconception of Strindberg's play falters under the weight of the racial, economic, and social issues

SOURCE: Culturebot at 5:37pm on November 19, 2012☆⚑

"Blood Play" at The Bushwick Starr by Alyssa Alpine

In their latest, The Debate Society produce a quietly compelling drama zooming in on middle-class anxieties and insecurities

SOURCE: Culturebot at 1:01pm on October 14, 2012☆⚑

Michael Friedman on "Paris Commune" at BAM by Alyssa Alpine

The composer talks about music, politics, and collaboration through the lens of The Civilians' newest show

SOURCE: Culturebot at 11:23am on October 2, 2012☆⚑

Nora Chipaumire's "Miriam" at BAM by Alyssa Alpine

The show dwells in a world of the barely seen and the partially heard, but instead of inspiring activism, it spurs apathy

SOURCE: Culturebot at 4:50pm on September 17, 2012☆⚑

The Culturebot Guide to "Einstein On The Beach" by Alyssa Alpine

CULTUREBOT infiltrates EINSTEIN to retrieve an insider's guide on how best to enjoy this legendary, but daunting, work.

SOURCE: Culturebot at 4:15pm on September 5, 2012☆⚑

Pavel Zuštiak on "The Painted Bird" Trilogy by Alyssa Alpine

A conversation with Guggenheim fellow Pavel Zuštiak about how The Painted Bird Trilogy took shape, fittingly in a garden with screeching peacocks in the background.

SOURCE: Culturebot at 11:49pm on May 9, 2012☆⚑

The Power of Absence by Alyssa Alpine

An absent presence is the guiding structure in both Gideon Obarzanek's "Faker" and "CITY", by the BLOOM! Dance Collective.

SOURCE: Culturebot at 7:22pm on April 29, 2012☆⚑

Michael Clark Company blasts thru The Whitney Biennial by Alyssa Alpine

Michael Clark Company's WHO'S ZOO?, part of the Whitney Biennial 2012, is Cunningham-lite via 1980s punk.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 2:19pm on April 9, 2012☆⚑

"Ephemeral Evidence" Profiles: The A.O. Movement Collective by Alyssa Alpine

Alyssa Alpine explores the work of Sarah Rosner/AO Movement Collective, the artists she's curating during Culturebot's upcoming Exit Art residency

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 2:49pm on April 5, 2012☆⚑

Batsheva Dance Company's "Hora" is an Hour Well Spent by Alyssa Alpine

In an era of rehashing familiar variations on ballet vs. classic modern dance vs. post-modern vocabularies, Batsheva represents the possibility of a different understanding of dance

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:08pm on March 11, 2012☆⚑

"Devotion Study #1"The American Dancer" by Alyssa Alpine

"Sarah Michelson's Devotion Study #1--The American Dancer" at the Whitney Biennial 2012 retreads familiar territory with little resolution.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 4:42pm on March 9, 2012☆⚑

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall… by Alyssa Alpine

Marius von Mayenburg's dark comedy "The Ugly One" at SoHo Rep mines the incestuous relationship between good looks and power.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:49pm on February 15, 2012☆⚑

"Object as Performer" at CPR by Alyssa Alpine

From inanimate to animate: what makes an object more than a bit player in performance?

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:41pm on February 8, 2012☆⚑

Samuel & Alasdair: A Personal History of the Robot War by Alyssa Alpine

"Samuel & Alasdair," by up-and-coming theater collective The Mad Ones, more than holds its own in this theater-drenched month.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 1:21pm on January 14, 2012☆⚑

CBOT's Take on "Takes" by Alyssa Alpine

Alyssa Alpine on Nicole Canuso Dance's "TAKES" at 3LD

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 5:16pm on January 12, 2012☆⚑

'Misterman' at St. Ann's by Alyssa Alpine

With four plays here in four years, Irish playwright Enda Walsh is getting to be a regular in New York.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 5:57pm on December 14, 2011☆⚑

An Irresistible Problem: John Collins on Adapting "The Sun Also Rises" by Alyssa Alpine

Alyssa Alpine talks with ERS's director about "The Select," which just opened at NYTW and plays through early October

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 1:58pm on September 20, 2011☆⚑

In the Middle of Everything: Pavel Zustiak's "Amidst" by Alyssa Alpine

Pavel Zustiak's "Amidst," at Baryshnikov Arts Center this past weekend, isn't guilty of obscure titling.

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 3:47pm on June 29, 2011☆⚑