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FIAF: Crossing the Line Festival

Posted inArt

Dalit Musicians Are Playing A New Tune

by Tasneem Merchant December 12, 2019

Through their music, artists like Ginni Mahi and The Casteless Collective have protested the ways Dalits have been maltreated and marginalized in Hindu culture, often called “untouchables.”

Posted inPerformance

A Live Podcast Centers Stories From Bosnia, Palestine, and Mexico

by Max Pearl November 14, 2019November 15, 2019

In its best moments, Radio Live made the world feel smaller with rich vignettes from lives we might have little intimate access to.

Posted inArt

How Theater Directors Use Fragrances to Create “Poetry for the Nose”

by Mia Adorante November 13, 2019November 13, 2019

Memory is directly linked to our sense of smell. That’s why Cyril Teste chose to engage the audience’s noses in directing Opening Night at the Crossing the Line festival.

Posted inArt

The Insidious Carbon Footprint of Travel to Art and Cultural Festivals

by Robert Steiner November 12, 2019November 12, 2019

With climate change an undeniable threat, will arts festivals have to reassess their reliance on air travel?

Posted inPerformance

A One-Man Show Repackages Michel Foucault for the Age of Trump

by Erick Bengel November 11, 2019November 13, 2019

This boldly minimalist production — a co-presentation of FIAF’s Crossing the Line festival, the Invisible Dog Art Center, and The Cooper Union directed by Fanny de Chaillé — revisits a text written for times of upheaval.

Posted inFilm

Pierre Huyghe’s Filmic Fantasia About Preparing for Life

by Robert O'Connell November 8, 2019November 8, 2019

Huyghe’s The Host and the Cloud, which ran at the Crossing the Line festival, creates a surprising sense of solemnity in making ready for events.

Posted inPerformance

Engaging With the Lives of Teen Immigrants in an Interactive Play

by Julia Shipley November 7, 2019November 13, 2019

The experimental play Manmade Earth, a co-presentation of FIAF’s Crossing the Line festival and The Invisible Dog Art Center, demanded that its audience listen to the experiences and anxieties of adolescents from around the world.

Posted inPerformance

Bringing a John Cassavetes Classic to the Stage With a Volcanic Performance

by Harry Tafoya November 6, 2019November 7, 2019

In Opening Night director Cyril Teste and actor Isabelle Adjani went to lengths to present their protagonist with psychological depth and intimacy at FIAF’s Crossing the Line festival.

Posted inPerformance

A Dance Crosses Borders, from the Congo to the Stars

by Paul David Young September 30, 2017September 29, 2017

Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula and American writer and director Annie Dorsen contemplate storytelling at the Crossing the Line Festival.

Posted inPerformance

Downtown Tyrant: Romeo Castellucci’s Julius Caesar in New York

by Paul David Young October 8, 2016October 9, 2016

Long a darling of the European festival circuit, Romeo Castellucci and his Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio have since the 1980s presented a visually driven, philosophical theater, often with classical references and the provocative presence of animals and the animality of humans.

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A Dance Pairs Jean Genet and Lady Gaga

by Kerry Gaertner Gerbracht September 24, 2015September 25, 2015

Choreographer and writer Jack Ferver’s new collaboration with artist Marc Swanson, Chambre, begins with Ferver, scantily-clad in a gold, chained bodysuit and dark sunglasses, ranting about a former employee who had the audacity to use “my YSL discount without my permission.”

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Child’s Play: 600 Highwaymen Perform Employee of the Year

by Paul David Young November 1, 2014October 31, 2014

Perhaps there are a few whose steely hearts do not melt at the sight of a child in a tutu performing her first solo or, as the curtain rises, a lone grade-schooler pretending to be a tree. But 600 Highwaymen (writer/directors Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone) figures no one can resist five prepubescent thespians, and they’re probably right.

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