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In 1811, hundreds of enslaved people marched through Louisiana chanting “freedom or death.” While their oft-forgotten journey ended in massacre, artist Dread Scott spent six years organizing a reenactment to celebrate the legacy of their courage, to be staged November 8-9.
Performance
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.
Performance
From a monologue on death to a story about a police shootout, Opera Philadelphia’s productions showed us the many things opera can be.
Performance
This 24-hour performance resembled a social psych experiment designed to test our patience and desire for change.
Performance
Carrie Ahern's Sex Status 2.0 is a performance of desire in all of its expressions — anguished, flirty, direct, sorrowful, desperate, awkward, joyous — and, as such, essential viewing.
Art
Indonesian artist Melati Suryodarmo ran her own dreams through an EEG machine to create her performances at the Asia Society Museum next week.
Art
Bitch Slap! presents an evening of performance and video art by several female and non-binary artists.
Art
The famed children's book author and artist considered the theater his "second career." An evening talk and live performance will explore his font of creativity.
Performance
Artist Alicia Grullon performs the role of a UN representative for refugees to address the migration crisis at the southern US border.
Performance
Through “Junkanooacome” (“Junkanoo is coming” in Jamaican patois), Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow offers an adaptation of a pan-Caribbean festival with a parade of masked dancers.
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Despite a gorgeous, impressively conducted score, David Lang's prisoner of the state felt overstuffed, unsatisfying, and contradictory.
Performance
At the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art's Time-Based Art Festival, performances by Mia Habib and Ligia Lewis stood out for their engrossing contributions to the ever-evolving medium.