A wild spectacle about excess, greed and the ecstasy of consumption from Belgian performance titan Jan Fabre and a stunning international cast of performers. Fabre employs actors, dancers and musicians to paint a provocative panorama of a Visa/MasterCard society that indulges in every possible fetish. Despite being... View it now
Performance: May 16, 2009 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | Length: 105 min | Added: November 18, 2009
The final project by the late Australian choreographer Tanja Liedtke, construct is a tongue-in-cheek look at the act of making performance and the connection to building a home, a relationship and a life. In a charged theatrical setting, 3 highly-skilled dancers depict a strange love triangle with simple props, sound... View it now
Performance: Apr 2, 2009 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | Length: 60 min | Added: November 18, 2009
Playwright and director Young Jean Lee and a talented cast of 5 African-American performers create an unsettling terrain of well-trodden stereotypes that dare audiences to laugh as they consider their own preconceptions about race and culture. One of the leading and most provocative voices in American contemporary... View it now
Performance: Oct 3, 2009 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | Length: 90 min | Added: November 18, 2009
NYC’s genre-bending Temporary Distortion mines the worlds of Japanese ghost stories and J-Horror in Americana Kamikaze. Inside one of Temporary Distortion’s signature box structures, an East-meets-West psychological horror story unspools, complete with vengeful spirits, impossible physical manipulations, elliptical... View it now
Performance: Nov 13, 2009 | PS 122 | New York, NY | Length: 70 min | Added: November 18, 2009
Named after a place that everyone knows but no one has been, Alaska is a sensual dance theater portrayal of memory. Choreographer Diana Szeinblum uses dark humor, extreme physicality, original music and a minimal set to create a beautiful spectacle that gravitates between uneasy stillness and violent frenzy. Her... View it now
Performance: Nov 6, 2009 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | Length: 60 min | Added: November 18, 2009
Transition is an absurd yet addictive mix of stereophonic effects, live video, geometric movement and improvisation created by comedic musician Reggie Watts and playwright/director Tommy Smith. Watts’ many talents—standup comedian, former front man of rock band Maktub, R&B soul singer and experimental performer—... View it now
Performance: Oct 16, 2009 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | Length: 60 min | Added: November 18, 2009
Humorous, fierce and poignant, Allen Johnson draws from his experience as a visual artist, poet, truck driver and boiler mechanic to create a solo performance exploring the recklessness and vulnerability needed for an intimate encounter with God, a lover, or oneself. Directed by Sean Ryan, Another You is a series of... View it now
Performance: Nov 16, 2005 | On the Boards | Seattle, WA | Length: 70 min | Added: November 18, 2009
