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U.S. Premiere
Big Dance Theater
Comme Toujours Here I Stand
Thursday–Sunday, October 1–4, 2009 at 8pm
Wednesday–Saturday, October 7–10, 2009 at 8pm
Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 3pm & 8pm
The Kitchen

This new work, commissioned in part by FIAF, re-invents Varda’s classic New Wave film, Cleo From 5 to 7, as theater. Shot in 1961 in Paris, the film captures the early evening hours in the life of a marginally-talented pop singer as she waits to hear if she has terminal cancer. The ensemble uses the film’s script as a found object, moving three rolling walls and low-budget video to contrast the agility of film with the endearingly burdensome nature of theater. In this collaboration, costumes, set, and wallpaper merge through video into one medium bringing the cinematic world’s vivid, colorful interiors to life.

Venue
The Kitchen
512 West 19th Street

Ticket Prices
FIAF Members $15
Non-Members $15

Buy Tickets
Online: thekitchen.org
Call: 212 255 5973 ext 11

Tickets are NOT available through FIAF

Fall 2009 Season Sponsors: American Airlines, the official airline of FIAF; the Cultural Services of the French Embassy; Culturesfrance; and the Florence Gould Foundation

Comme Toujours Here I Stand
was commissioned in part by FIAF with co-production, production,
and residency support by
Les Subsistances 2008/09, Lyon, France.

Additional support was made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency

Image:
Comme Toujours Here I Stand /
© Mike Ransleen