An immersive, multi-media performance installation of aerial acrobatics, photography, and projected video, and electronic music. Fresh from the Venice Biennale 2023 and Tate Modern, ANIMA alters our perspectives on the “sensation of time” and the pace and effects of climate change. An immersive multidisciplinary installation by French visual artist/photographer Noémie…
Invisible Cities by Processional Arts Help design and build a participatory performance in collaborative multi-generational workshops Workshops July 15–28 take part in any or all workshops, register belowFinal performance July 29 Rain date: July 30 Processional Arts Workshop brings Invisible Cities to life in two weeks of fun, exploratory community workshops. Participants are invited to collaborate…
Long have the dancers of Paul Taylor Dance Company captivated the world with their athleticism, emotion, and fearlessness. A favorite staple of PS21’s season, the company is returning to PS21 in Chatham, NY, on June 22 and 23 with a program of Paul Taylor‘s groundbreaking work, Mercuric Tidings (1982), A Field of Grass (1993), and Piazzolla…
“I was shaken as I left the theatre. A masterfully human performance.” – Theatrepeople Warming up to our 2023 Summer Season, don’t miss this gripping pre-season event, a bold theater work in PS21’s Black Box Theater. Following highly-acclaimed seasons at the Sydney Opera House, MONA FOMA, Platform Arts, ANTI Contemporary Art Festival…
ADVENTUROUS, COLLABORATIVE, ENGAGED June 1 through October 21—featuring more than 40 events in the PS21 open-air Pavilion Theater, in the fields and meadows, and throughout the region. A constellation of celebrated and emerging dancers and choreographers, musicians and singers, actors, directors, and international street artists breathing life into traditional genres…
Radio 477! A 1929 Jazz Musical from Kharkiv August 19–20, 8 PM Hello, This is Radio 477! Ukraine’s first jazz musical, written in 1929 with music composed by Yuliy Meitus, was a musical portrait of the city of Kharkiv, in which everyone was dancing on the edge of darkness. The original text…
North American Premiere: “Farm Fatale” by Philippe Quesne (France) September 2–3, 7 PM PS21 Residency and Performances August 30–September 5 BUY TICKETS HERE In this eco-futurist fable, birds have gone extinct, and five scarecrows find themselves out of work. Taking up the challenge of restoring life on earth — they archive,…
Preview Premiere: “Magdalene: I am the utterance of my name” July 10 at 8 PM BUY TICKETS HERE Playwright/performer Sylvia Milo and composer/percussionist Nathan Davis are in residency at PS21 to develop Magdalene: I am the utterance of my name, a music-theater piece about the web of clashing myths, beliefs, symbols,…
