Combining theater, dance, and installation art, Dancing vs. The Rat Experiment is a genre-defying theater piece by the company Witness Relocation. It is a wryly entertaining commentary, circa 2006 in the USA. Its first part plants the suggestion that human behavior may be linked to that of so-called lower orders more than we like to imagine, and its second part sneakily and satirically proves the point. A winner of three New York Innovative Theater Awards in 2007, director/choreographer Dan Safer provides a constant stream of surprises for the audience.
The Internationalist's Decomposition
by Alfonso Carcamo Directed by Tamilla Woodard
St. Mary's Park, Bronx -- August 12 (Spanish) & 13 (English) at 8pm
Two Mexican men, two different social classes, nine bottles of Sol and Indio Beer, one bottle of Cuervo Traditional, two Cohiba cigars, six fist fights and one friendship. Decomposition tracks the treachery and friendship of two Mexican men from different sides of the track. Performed in Spanish, English, and French, the plays brilliance is compounded by its pervasive humor, moments of grace and a fascinating structure in which the two actors go in and out of character talking with the audience.
National Theater of the USA's Chautauqua!
East River Park, Manhattan -- August 6 & 7 at 8pm
The NTUSA will channel the form and style of the original Chautauqua Lectures, a wildly popular lecture circuit that flourished from 1874 to the Great Depression, through its own inimitable aesthetic and theatrical rhythm, exploring the still hotly debated relationship between High Culture and the Mass Mind. Chautauqua! combines the history of American popular art and entertainment, the culture of commerce and the commerce of culture - our intellectual and political heritage.
