#coil17

We spent two weeks seeing a ton of theater. This is our final report from the 2017 January NYC theater festivals. Jack, Liz, Diep and Lindsay discuss:

Blind Cinema, Britt Hatzius at COIL (2:00)

Black Light, Daniel Alexander Jones at Under The Radar (9:55)

[PORTO], Kate Benson at Exponential Festival (13:45)

anatomy theater, Composer David Lang and Librettists: Mark Dion & David Lang at PROTOTYPE (19:45)

Worktable, Kate McIntosh at COIL (26:30)

Ghost Rings, Tina Satter/Half Straddle at American Realness (36:22)

Gardens Speak, Tania El Khoury at Under The Radar (40:46)

Gemini Stars, Pioneers Go East Collective at Exponential Festival (46:46)

Piece for Person and Ghetto Blaster, Nicola Gunn at COIL (51:19)

Real Magic, Forced Entertainment at COIL (57:20)

The lineup for the 2017 edition of Performance Space 122’s annual event includes virtual reality, multimedia theater and robot-aided dance.

Though their score is simple, Lieber and Smith’s renderings are impactful. Basketball is simultaneously beautiful and tragic, revealing the dualities that swim beneath our own skin.

Interaction, immersion, identification, and exploration at this year’s Under the Radar, Coil, American Realness, et al.

Yara Travieso’s staging of La Medea at the Coil festival was several shows at once — the performers themselves, live video, and other audience members, who were at times invited to join in the dance.