Bliss

THE FLEA THEATER 

presents 

BLACK MOON THEATRE COMPANY’S

BLISS

based on THE TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD

Director: Rene Migliaccio

Text Adaptation: Alessio Bordoni

Performer: Alessio Bordoni

Dancer: Charlotte Colmant

Music: Amaury Groc

Artwork: Estella Dupree

Lighting Design: Cindy Shumsey

Choreography: Charlotte Colmant and Rene Migliaccio

Consultant Choreographer: Eric Pettigrew

Assistant Director of Production: Isabella Schiller

The Flea Theater
41 White Street in TriBeCa, 3 blocks below Canal Street between Broadway and Church Street

Call 212-352-3101 or visit http://www.theflea.org
Tickets can be found at https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/961264 for $20-$30.

September 8 – 25, 2016

Black Moon Theatre Company presents BLISS based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead at The Flea which embodies adventurous theatre Off-Off Broadway. In this new multi-disciplinary production, Artistic Director Rene Migliaccio staged the story through dance, voice, visual projections, and music.

Bliss follows a man’s cycle of life based on the theory of reincarnation performed by Alessio Bordoni. The journey began when he became conscious during the interval between death and rebirth. He was shadowed by a Butoh dancer, Charlotte Colmant, who represented his supra consciousness on the path of liberation from his former body so that he could successfully enter a new body. Between death and rebirth, as the man was striving to awaken to a Higher Consciousness, he experienced a wide spectrum of moods from dark to ethereal. Pictorial screen projections, in front of the performer and dancer, symbolized the various stages of his journey. Music accompanied the actor as he recited his journey. Altogether, this visual and poetic dance odyssey served as an allegorical guide for the living— when all of us will one day cross to the other side of the veil continuing the cycle of reincarnation.

Bliss was written, produced, directed, and performed with the spirit of adventure and is for like-minded audience members and those with open minds.

- Laura Thompson -

http://www.loralia.com   @LORALIA

FringeNYC - The Submarine Show

As part of the 2015 New York International Fringe Festival

 THE LYNN REDGRAVE THEATER presents

THE SUBMARINE SHOW

Created and Performed by

Cirque de Soleil's Jaron Hollander and Emmy Award winner Slater Penney

Sound Design:  Dan Moses 

The Lynn Redgrave Theater
at the Culture Project located at 45 Bleecker Street, New York City

Tickets available at www.FringeNYC.org and www.thesubmarineshow.com
August 23 - August 29

Jaron and Slater are acrobatic mimes depicting two explorers in a tiny submarine emitting extraordinary sounds that correlate with their surroundings beginning with the submarine. The physical entertainment is 80" nonstop and their adventure starts with a crash landing at the bottom of the ocean to somehow getting to land and discovering all kinds of animals and fowl, then becoming transformed into mythical creatures flying around the tops of trees, then back to their submarine. Can they repair the submarine and continue on their epic journey?  

It's really a fun show with interactive performance with the audience and lots of smiles and laughs.  I'd recommend this award-winning comedy that has been touring the world since 2009, winning "Best in Fest" at the San Francisco International Fringe Festival, “Best of Fringe” at the Kansas City Fringe Festival and “Hot Pick” by the Edinburgh Scotsman. And, who knows, The Submarine Show might win audience favorite at FringeNYC!

- Laura Thompson -

http://www.loralia.com   @LORALIA

 

 

Planet Connections Awards Ceremony 2015

THE PLANET AWARDS CEREMONY presented at CLASSIC STAGE COMPANY

Playwright Catherine Filloux received the Planet Activist Award

Planet Connections Theatre Festivity, New York's premiere socially conscious-eco-friendly theatre festival, which recently wrapped up its 7th season, presented its annual awards ceremony at Classic Stage Company, located at 136 East 13th Street, New York City on August 9, 2015.

The evening was emceed by Festivity participants David Stallings and Kara Young, directed by Lori Kee and produced by Brock Hill, who joined the Planet Connections team as Artistic Director this past season. Excerpts from some of the plays and musicals that were a part of this year's Festivity were presented, including playwright, Mario Fratti's The Colonel's Wife that opened up the ceremony on a very cheerful and fun musical note. Mario Fratti also received Outstanding Overall Production of a Revival Award for his play and a Congeniality Award. The focus of the evening was on playwright Catherine Filloux who has been an activist artist in the theater community and been writing about human rights and social justice for over twenty years.  She received the Festivity's Planet Activist Award in recognition of her long career. Please visit her website for more information: www.catherinefilloux.com

Overall, "This was a very good year for Planet Connections," Hill noted, "both in terms of the quality of the product we presented and in respect to ticket sales and press coverage. We can think of no better way to wrap up our current season and look forward to our next one by honoring the artistic and environmentally-friendly achievements of those who worked with us this year to make the Festivity a success on just about every level."

Named one of the Best Theatre Festivals in New York City by Time Out New York, Planet Connections Theatre Festivity works to help artists shine a light on the issues facing our society, and supports, via donations or a portion of the box office proceeds, those organizations working to make a difference. For more information and a complete list of award winners, please go to www.plannetconnections.org.

 

- Laura Thompson -

http://www.loralia.com   @LORALIA