See the Gardner Museum and Calderwood Hall transformed in this cinematic performance piece featuring a series of responses by Boston dancers, poets, and musicians as they explore the legacy and lived experiences of Thomas Eugene McKeller. Performers include:
Timothy Hall, Musician and Performance Poet
Dana Ruff, Performance Poet
McKersin Previllus, Choreographer
Presented by Company One Theatre and the American Repertory Theater, it was filmed in February by cinematographers from The Loop Lab at Oberon, the ART’s club stage near Harvard Square. The online production’s blend of passion and craft — including animation and illustrations by Barrington Edwards that add a sizzling new dimension — results in one of the most fully realized works of streaming theater I’ve yet seen.
Read MoreThis play with music by Idris Goodwin revolves around the relationship between a white M.C. (Michael Knowlton) and his Black hype man (Kadahj Bennett). Their friendship goes from complicated to adversarial as they react differently to a case of police brutality, while their beatmaker (Rachel Cognata) is stuck in the middle. The show ran in New York in 2018, but Company One’s version, presented by the American Repertory Theater, is freshly urgent, considering the past year’s debates around policing and the appropriation of historically Black art forms. April 8-May 8; americanrepertorytheater.org
Read MoreAmerican Repertory Theater at Harvard University announces today that it will join Company One Theatre to present a reimagined digital version of C1's critically acclaimed, Elliot Norton Award-winning production of Hype Man: a break beat play by Idris Goodwin. The story of friendship, hip-hop, and protest will be filmed this winter by The Loop Lab.
Read MoreThe International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), partners with The New School's College of Performing Arts (CoPA) for the 2020 Ensemble Evolution program, taking place virtually from June 25 to July 2. Created by ICEensemble founder Claire Chase and longtime ICEensemble artist-in-residence Steven Schick, Ensemble Evolution is a tuition-free two-week summer music program for early-career performers and performer-composers, providing the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from a faculty of established professionals including ICEensemble musicians and renowned guest artists through workshops, conversations, and world premiere performances.