Queer the Ballet presents the world premiere of Dream of a Common Language from Friday, June 21 to Sunday, June 23, 2024, with performances at 7:30pm on June 21 and 22, and 2pm matinees on June 22 and 23. Performances will take place at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue, NYC. Tickets are $40, with student tickets available for $25, and can be purchased online at https://ci.ovationtix.com/36678/production/1194112?performanceId=11435956.
Dream of a Common Language is a new evening-length ballet inspired by lesbian writer and activist Adrienne Rich’s 1978 poetry collection by the same name. Directed by Adriana Pierce, founder of Queer the Ballet, the program includes choreography by Adriana Pierce, Minnie Lane, Rosie Elliott, and Lenai Alexis Wilkerson with dramaturgy by Emily DeMaioNewton. The story follows six dancers’ journeys through community, friendship, romance, and heartbreak, bringing to light the similarities between Adrienne Rich’s yearning for queer community in the 70s and queer ballet dancers...
Dream of a Common Language is a new evening-length ballet inspired by lesbian writer and activist Adrienne Rich’s 1978 poetry collection by the same name. Directed by Adriana Pierce, founder of Queer the Ballet, the program includes choreography by Adriana Pierce, Minnie Lane, Rosie Elliott, and Lenai Alexis Wilkerson with dramaturgy by Emily DeMaioNewton. The story follows six dancers’ journeys through community, friendship, romance, and heartbreak, bringing to light the similarities between Adrienne Rich’s yearning for queer community in the 70s and queer ballet dancers...
- 4/19/2024
- by Music MCM
- Martin Cid Music
Jiyeong Hong came to Tallinn to present her latest feature film “The Waves, The Sound, and Two Lovers In The Middle Of…” in the competition programme Rebels With a Cause. Unique in style and technique, the film stood out as one of the artistically most accomplished titles in this year's selection.
Asian Movie Pulse met the director shortly after the world premiere in Tallinn, to discuss her love of distorted images, dance as a form of protest and ‘otherness'
Could you tell us something about your background?
I have a degree in fine arts and philosophy, but I am not sure if that affected my film style. At the same time, I love to make experimental films which are all queer-themed. I am not trying to re-invent the wheel in terms of experimental style or creating something so far unseen but I use my ideas to speak about queer themes...
Asian Movie Pulse met the director shortly after the world premiere in Tallinn, to discuss her love of distorted images, dance as a form of protest and ‘otherness'
Could you tell us something about your background?
I have a degree in fine arts and philosophy, but I am not sure if that affected my film style. At the same time, I love to make experimental films which are all queer-themed. I am not trying to re-invent the wheel in terms of experimental style or creating something so far unseen but I use my ideas to speak about queer themes...
- 11/17/2023
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
Charlie Kaufman isn’t waiting for Hollywood to adapt any longer.
The “Adaptation” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” screenwriter was honored with the top film award at the 2023 Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. Kaufman used the platform to call for a much-needed change in the perspective of screenwriters throughout the industry during his acceptance speech.
“We are trained to believe that what we do is secondary to what they do,” Kaufman said, referencing executives (via Variety). “I have dropped the ball, I have wasted years seeking the approval of people with money. Don’t get trapped in their world of box office numbers. You don’t work for the world of box office numbers. You work for the world. Just make your story honest and tell it.”
Kaufman continued, “Our work is to reflect the world, say what is true in the face of so much lying.
The “Adaptation” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” screenwriter was honored with the top film award at the 2023 Writers Guild of America (WGA) Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. Kaufman used the platform to call for a much-needed change in the perspective of screenwriters throughout the industry during his acceptance speech.
“We are trained to believe that what we do is secondary to what they do,” Kaufman said, referencing executives (via Variety). “I have dropped the ball, I have wasted years seeking the approval of people with money. Don’t get trapped in their world of box office numbers. You don’t work for the world of box office numbers. You work for the world. Just make your story honest and tell it.”
Kaufman continued, “Our work is to reflect the world, say what is true in the face of so much lying.
- 3/6/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “Being John Malkovich” screenwriter Charlie Kaufman took dead aim at Hollywood’s power structure in his remarks at Sunday’s Writers Guild Awards, where he was feted with the top honorary film award.
“We are trained to believe that what we do is secondary to what they do,” Kaufman said, with quiet intensity, referencing executives who make decisions out of fear in order to preserve their jobs.
“Our work is to reflect the world, say what is true in the face of so much lying. The rest is window dressing at best, ‘Triumph of the Will’ at worst,” he said.
Kaufman didn’t elaborate about the guild itself or the tense contract negotiations that are expected to start on March 20 with Hollywood’s largest employers.
Kaufman invoked the work of poet Adrienne Rich. “Adrienne Rich wrote, ‘I do know that art means nothing...
“We are trained to believe that what we do is secondary to what they do,” Kaufman said, with quiet intensity, referencing executives who make decisions out of fear in order to preserve their jobs.
“Our work is to reflect the world, say what is true in the face of so much lying. The rest is window dressing at best, ‘Triumph of the Will’ at worst,” he said.
Kaufman didn’t elaborate about the guild itself or the tense contract negotiations that are expected to start on March 20 with Hollywood’s largest employers.
Kaufman invoked the work of poet Adrienne Rich. “Adrienne Rich wrote, ‘I do know that art means nothing...
- 3/6/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Charlie Kaufman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, delivered a spot-on acceptance speech for his Laurel Award honor Sunday at the WGA Awards, one ripe for the times as the guild prepares to square off with the AMPTP in another round of contract talks.
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“We are trained to believe that what we do is secondary to what they do,” said Kaufman, taking a dig at studio executives. The WGA issued its Pattern of Demands on February 27.
“We are trained to do the bidding of people who are motivated not by curiosity but who are protecting their jobs,” he added, to what was the first round of...
Related Story Former WGA President Patric Verrone Says Writers Are “Serious About Our Demands” Ahead Of Awards Related Story Writers Guild Awards Winners List – Updating Live Related Story 'She Said' Screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz To Receive WGA West's Paul Selvin Award
“We are trained to believe that what we do is secondary to what they do,” said Kaufman, taking a dig at studio executives. The WGA issued its Pattern of Demands on February 27.
“We are trained to do the bidding of people who are motivated not by curiosity but who are protecting their jobs,” he added, to what was the first round of...
- 3/6/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Érica Sarmet's A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here is now showing exclusively on Mubi in most countries starting February 9, 2023, in the series Brief Encounters.A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here is a film about desire. Lesbian desire, of course, but also the desire for belonging, for serendipity, for freer and lighter relations, for a never-ending past and those who inhabit it, and for a more welcoming future in which we hope not only to be, but to be with. It is also, as it could not be otherwise, a film about my own personal desires. I knew I had a lot to say about lesbian figuration in Brazilian cinema, but as hard as I tried, I couldn't express it in words alone. I needed images that would help me invite people to feel what I felt (or as close to it as possible). That's why I decided...
- 2/8/2023
- MUBI
Film CommentaryWhile Savitri is full of effusive praise for the men in her life, she has only contempt for her daughter-in-law. Sounds familiar?Sowmya RajendranThis piece is not a review and contains spoilers. If you haven't watched the film and don't like to read spoilers before watching, please don't read ahead. Nandini Reddy's Oh! Baby starring Samantha in the lead is the Telugu remake of a Korean film titled Miss Granny. The original has been remade in different languages across the world and has tasted success everywhere. And why not? The war among women in a patriarchal society is present everywhere too. You would think that bearing the brunt of living in a culture where men and masculinity are valued over women and femininity would bring women together as natural allies. But that's hardly the case – patriarchy is sustained and celebrated because people of all genders buy into it...
- 7/8/2019
- by Sowmya
- The News Minute
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