Big Dance Theater's "Supernatural Wife" at BAM by Jeremy M. Barker

Paul Lazar and Annie-B nail it with a re-imagining of Euripide's "Alcestis" that counts among the best Next Wave has offer this year

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:39am on December 2, 2011☆⚑

A Report from the Latest Edition of The Current Sessions by Jeremy M. Barker

A group of young dance-makers displays some incredible movement talent, but even in an environment designed to promote risk-taking, only a few seemed to push their boundaries

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:53pm on November 30, 2011☆⚑

Shen Wei Takes Over the Armory (& the Rest of a Very Busy Week) by Jeremy M. Barker

Our too-much-to-do list includes Peter Jacobs' new show at the Chocolate Factory, a play about sex with comatose women directed by Lee Breuer, and more

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 8:55pm on November 30, 2011☆⚑

Democracy, Art & Critics, or, What Happens to Important Stuff If There's No One to Call It Important? by Jeremy M. Barker

Michael Kaiser has been rightly ran through the ringer, but in this brave new democratically discursive world, what happens to art?

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 3:10pm on November 22, 2011☆⚑

John Jasperse's "Canyon" Starts Strong Then Staggers Weakly to a Close by Jeremy M. Barker

The talented choreographer's newest work, at BAM's Next Wave Fest, starts with a lot of promise, but then seems to lose its way before an unsatisfying end

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 3:00pm on November 17, 2011☆⚑

Mashinka Firunts' "Semiospectacle Nº 2' at the IRT Theater by Jeremy M. Barker

Sesquipedal performer and Culturebot contributor Mashinka Firunts returns to New York with Semiospectacle this weekend

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 6:11pm on November 15, 2011☆⚑

Why Aren't Audiences Stupid? by Jeremy M. Barker

Michael Kaiser laments that cultural elites can't put a ticket-buying fear of ignorance into the masses anymore

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 1:55pm on November 15, 2011☆⚑

APAP Madness Is Around the Corner As Festival Line-Ups Announced by Jeremy M. Barker

Get the word on what's at the 2012 COIL, Under the Radar, and American Realness Festivals

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 4:26pm on November 14, 2011☆⚑

Jos Houben Talks About Lecoq, Complicite, Beckett & Working With Peter Brook by Jeremy M. Barker

The Paris-based actor whose "Art of Laughter" played Crossing the Line this year returns to BAC in a lauded collection of Beckett shorts

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 4:33pm on November 10, 2011☆⚑

Ping Chong's "Angels of Swedenborg" at La Mama by Jeremy M. Barker

The director's 1985 dance-theater piece stays true to its aesthetic roots, adding a humanistic sci-fi twist to a story of materialism and spirituality

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 6:09pm on November 9, 2011☆⚑

Catalyst Dance & Blackfish Make Themselves (and Us) at Home by Jeremy M. Barker

Choreographer Emily Johnson and musical collaborator James Everest talk about "The Thank-you Bar" at NYLA this week

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 4:24pm on November 9, 2011☆⚑

An Afternoon at the Wave Rising Series in DUMBO by Jeremy M. Barker

Choreographer Young Soon Kim of White Wave Dance Co. works hard to provide opportunities to emerging dance talent; I caught one part of her showcase series Wave Rising

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 2:58pm on November 3, 2011☆⚑

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Hamlet? by Jeremy M. Barker

Irish director Gavin Quinn of Pan Pan Theatre talks about "The Rehearsal, Playing the Dane," coming to the New York this month

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 4:37pm on November 2, 2011☆⚑

Ping Chong Revives "Angels of Swedenborg" at La MaMa by Jeremy M. Barker

A nearly 30-year-old masterpiece by director Ping Chong opens La MaMa's anniversary season

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 4:59pm on November 1, 2011☆⚑

Coming Up at BAM: Phantom Limb and "Brooklyn Babylon" by Jeremy M. Barker

A pair of fellow theater bloggers offer their personal perspectives on upcoming works at the 2011 Next Wave Fest

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:48am on October 31, 2011☆⚑

This Week at BAM: The Grown-Ups Come to Town by Jeremy M. Barker

Ivo van Hove's "Cries and Whispers" and William Forsythe's "I don't believe in outer space" are the first can't-miss shows of Next Wave

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 2:22pm on October 28, 2011☆⚑

Far-Right Activists Try to Shut Down Theater Production in Paris by Jeremy M. Barker

Romeo Castellucci's latest production has seen its audiences assaulted on the way into the theater and performances disrupted nightly

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:30pm on October 27, 2011☆⚑

Weekend Reviews: Lyndsey Karr and Beijing Dance Theater by Jeremy M. Barker

Our weekend show going at BAM and the Chocolate Factory

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 1:35pm on October 26, 2011☆⚑

Mike Daisey's "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs": The Follow-Up by Jeremy M. Barker

This weekend took Culturebot's Jeremy Barker to the Public to take in Mike Daisey's latest show

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 2:20pm on October 25, 2011☆⚑

The Controversy Over Mike Daisey's "Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" by Jeremy M. Barker

The monologist's new show has earned raves for his performance even as critics take issue with the content

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 10:35pm on October 20, 2011☆⚑

William Forsythe Company Comes to BAM by Jeremy M. Barker

The iconic choreographer explores his own mortality in "I don't believe in outer space"

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 1:26pm on October 17, 2011☆⚑

The DISTANCE Festivals Opens Tomorrow in London by Jeremy M. Barker

The venerable LIFT Festival plays host to an innovative new experimental platform for work exploring distance and dislocation with a digital invitation to anyone around the world

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 4:34pm on October 14, 2011☆⚑

New Black Fest 2011 Started This Week by Jeremy M. Barker

Jason Holtham and Keith Josef Adkins present the latest installment of their festival celebrating boundary-breaking emerging black theater artists

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 11:34am on October 14, 2011☆⚑

BRIC Arts | Media Breaks Ground on New Home on Fulton Street by Jeremy M. Barker

Work begins on the latest new high-end arts space in Brooklyn's downtown cultural district, where BRIC will take up residency in 2013

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 5:02pm on October 13, 2011☆⚑

Pretty, Vacant: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre at BAM by Jeremy M. Barker

Trying to see what's there to see in Lin Hwai-min's latest calligraphic exploration "Water Stains on the Wall"

SOURCE: Culture Bot at 12:29pm on October 13, 2011☆⚑