Gabri Christa - Caribbean-born modern dancer, theatre and film artist gets interviewed while performing an automatic dance in the show:
Little Miss Big Mouth is Back!
Sara Valentine's live action, theatrical talk show presents
Peripherally Yours...With Love, Staten Island
A two-part special series investigating the wild and wacky world of NYC's Forgotten Borough.
Friday April 6th and Saturday April 7th at 8pm at P.S. 122
150 1st Avenue @ 9th Street, in Manhattan.
Tickets are normally $20, $15 for students and seniors and $10 for members.
**** There is a special $10 ticket available to people on this list. ****
Use the code word "Chuck" when ordering your $10 ticket.
There are no fees for purchasing tickets --- be warned: codes can be discontinued at any time.
Enter Chuck at www.ps122.org
To purchase tickets online, see:
http://www.ps122.org/performances/best_of_boroughs.html
Little Miss Big Mouth has been selected to represent Staten Island at P.S. 122's "Best of the Boroughs" festival, a new super-charged celebration that takes audiences on a tour of the city's brightest theatre, dance and performance.
-- Why is Staten Island the center of Wiccan / Pagan practice in all of NYC?
-- Where do all the ghosts live on Staten Island, and who busts them?
-- How does Staten Island Chuck, resident groundhog, commute to work at the Staten Island Zoo?
-- What's up with those rock sculptures on the South Shore, where land, sky and water meet?
-- When was the Ship's Graveyard on the Kill Van Kull founded, and why?
-- Who lives on Staten Island, anyway?
Artists, activists, the international jet set, nudists, witches, free spirits, and immigrants from across the globe call Staten Island home.
Meet but a handful of the Island's wonderful characters next week at Little Miss Big Mouth!
Sara Valentine is a resident of Staten Island's North Shore.
Little Miss Big Mouth, her live, theatrical talk show and performance series, has been introducing audiences to some of Downtown's most eclectic performers for 9.5 years.
Sara is a member of the Hungry March Band, and is a past curator of the HOWL! Festival of East Village Arts.
Little Miss Big Mouth, in its talk show format, combines Sara's love for performance with her passion for learning the stories of people's lives, and in general, not being able to keep her mouth shut.
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COMPLETE SHOW LINE - UPS FOR LITTLE MISS BIG MOUTH BELOW!
Sara Valentine & Kris Anton have lived on Staten Island for four glorious years.
Discover for yourself what makes Staten Island so unique @ "Peripherally Yours..."
Friday, April 6th
Reverend Adele from Mystikal Wonders - on why S.I. is the hub of all Wiccan activity in NYC
Trish & Christoph - lead a guided tour of the North Shore and a song...Simon & Garfunkel meet Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players
Jesse Tigner Hayden McCrary, Jr. (Kris' & Sara's landlord!) - presents "Men Dancing , " a pas de deux in the nude
Tiokasin Ghosthorse - Native American storyteller and flute player, host of WBAI's First Voices Radio performs live
Century Dance Complex - present a traditional African dance by Liberian artist Rose Kingston & her dancers
Elektro Motif - presents interactive poetry and music, featuring Doug Principato, Will Wyn, Marguerite Rivas and Andre Martinez
Saturday, April 7th
Staten Island Paranormal Society - talks about ghost busting on S.I. and hunts for P.S. 122's resident ghost
Minnie Van Driver - Staten Island's Ambassador of Love serenades and waxes philosophical on the island
Gabri Christa - Caribbean-born modern dancer, theatre and film artist gets interviewed while performing an automatic dance
A New Shade of Black - a performance by Staten Island's very own post-hardcore band
The Sisters Wijesinghe - recent emigrants to S.I. and students at the College of Staten Island perform a traditional Sri Lankan dance
Sheila Rohan - an interview with the director of the Nanette Bearden Contemporary Dance Theatre
Day de DaDa - the Art Nurses and the Mighty Men of DaDa welcome you to S.I.
The Eternal Knitter of Staten Island - Knits during the show
Food provided by Panini Grill of Forest Avenue in Staten Island
Features for both nights:
Jenny Tango & Maureen Seaberg - Octagenarian feminist artist meets the undercover reporter of S.I. in their shared role as co-hosts
The Little Miss Big Mouth House Band - Fronted by Sari Rubinstein of Rubulad and featuring Mary Feaster of the Circus Amok Band, a resident Islander who will perform an "Ode to the Dancing Aliens" of Staten Island
Also in the house band: Viva and Kim of the all-girl world dance band Paprika
Video interview with local groundhog, Staten Island Chuck , and his keeper, Doug Schwartz, who is building the City of Rocks on Staten Island's South Shore, which will also be profiled
A Night out With Sammy - Documented cab ride with the Island's alpha dog of drivers, Sammy, the Catholic Egyptian cab driver who speaks Ebonics fluently and recites poetry while driving his 9+ passengers up and down the hills of S.I.
Footage of Staten Island's splendor...from the summit of Todt Hill to the shores of the Atlantic, the Ship's Graveyard to the Ferry Terminal, the double-decker diner on Hylan Blvd. to the Italian-Catholic Shrine made of rocks and shells in Rosebank, the house of Alice Austen to the Tibetan Museum....and every bagel shop in between.
Plus...MAYBE....(cuz everything changes from moment to moment) a Staten Island Geology Lesson, Fun Feminist Facts, Alternative Names for S.I. and an opening monologue and dance, featuring the Little Miss Big Mouth Dancers! YAY!
And maybe a balloon act by Luther Valentine, Staten Island's most loveable pitbull.
Set by Gallery Six owner Jeff Kolasinski, with the work of Staten Island artists Tom Ronse and Cynthia Von Buhler, plus more...
For more information, call 718.442.7030, or visit: http://www.wordygurl.blogspot.com/
http://www.ps122.org/performances/best_of_boroughs.html
The Dance Sampler: From Tap to Toe!
APRIL 28 at 10PM
Peter Norton Symphony Space
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre (PJST) Leonard Nimoy Thalia (LNT)
2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025-6990
Tel: 212.864.5400 Fax: 212.932.3228
Gabri Christa's DANZAISA performance with BURNT SUGAR live!
Gabri Christa CONDUCTS: performers Nathan Trice, Edisa Weeks, Alysia Ramos, Germaul Barnes, Anna Schon, Despina Stamos
Greg Tate CONDUCTS
This four-hour marathon showcases the vibrant spectrum of contemporary movement in New York City, ranging from emerging to established companies. There is no better opportunity to see a “who’s who” in contemporary dance anywhere else in NYC, or for the new aficionado to start sampling the variety of forms that dance encompasses. This event will feature performances by RumbaTap, Troika Ranch, Chamber Dance Project, Sara Joel and Kevin Gibbs, Bridget L. Moore, Christopher Williams, FREEFALL(ltd), DANZAISA, Gerald Casel, ezDanza, LAVA, Hilary Easton + Company, Rebecca Stenn Company, Trebien Pollard, Notario Dance Company.
Tickets: $15
Venue: Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
Showtimes:
Apr 28, 2007, 7 pm
We perform at 10pm sharp!
