PS 122's Avant Garde Arama Festival Announced for April 8-9

Avant-Garde-Arama is Performance Space 122's biannual mini-festival of performance, dance, music, film, installations and general mayhem. A.G.A brings together emerging and established artists in all disciplines to show off their newest stuff in 8 minutes or less. It was P.S. 122's first programmed event and has been going strong for 25 years. This April the theme is "Family Values" and will be hosted by downtown it-boy of the moment MR. MURRAY HILL.

Avant-Garde-Arama promotes a free-wheeling festival atmosphere where anything can happen. A special, trademark event of each Avant-Garde-Arama is "Forty Second Street" where, just after intermission, anybody who wants to perform can get up and do their things for 40 seconds!

The line-up for Avant-Garde-Arama FAMILY VALUES is:

Friday April 8th:

Shufu Theater, Isabel Lewis, Gabriel V. Ortiz, Rachelle Garniez, Beth Kurkjian and rock band "LD and the New Criticism"

Saturday, April 9th:

Yvonne Meier with Gogolorez, Tara Madsen, Andy Horwitz, Gina Varla Vettro and Billy Beyond, Raquel Almazan and musical guest Paprika.

Performance Space 122 is a not-for-profit arts center serving the New York City dance and performance community. P.S.122 has become a major contributor to the cultural life of NYC and has achieved national and international recognition as one of this country's most important and innovative alternative presenting organizations.

Avant-Garde-Arama: FAMILY VALUES plays at P.S. 122 (150 First Avenue @ E. 9th Street) on Friday, April 8th and Saturday, April 9th at 8:00pm. Tickets are $15.00 and may be purchased by phoning the P.S. 122 Box Office 212-477-5288 or online at www.ticketweb.com.