For the last two weeks MASS MoCA has hosted Brad Wells’ Roomful of Teeth; a choral ensemble working to combine non-western song styles in a choral concert setting. Working with contemporary composers Rinde Eckhart and Judd Greenstien, the group of musicians is learning new vocal techniques (such as Tuvan throat singing and yodeling) as they also learn newly composed music. The group will take the stage tonight, June 26, at 8 PM to show off what they have been working on.

Watch an interview with Judd Greenstien on our YouTube page to hear what he has to say about the project and his time here at MASS MoCA.

I sat in on dress rehearsal last night and can guarntee that you won’t be dissapointed by what Roomful of Teeth has put together. There are still a few tickets avalible for the performance, order yours here.

Cheers,

Brittany

A blog from awesome performing arts intern Rachel about her chance to participate in Wally Cardona’s work-in-progress showing of Really Real on June 6. Watch video of the Really Real rehearsal at our You Tube page.

Wally’s world consists of no more and no less than reality; the raw reality of the human form and all of its phenomena. The title of Wally Cardona’s new work-in-progress is a reflection of that world. Really Real is currently an 80 minute work created for a core group of 6 dancers. When premiered at the Festival of Arts & Ideas in its final form, Really Real will also feature 30 to 40 local performers from the community, dancers and non-dancers alike.

Due to the lack of “human resourcesâ€�, the number of community dancers participating in the showing of Really Real as a work-in-progress, was very limited. Being an intern here at MASS  MoCA, and someone who has danced for years, I was very excited to be given the opportunity to work with Wally on his new piece. Advertised as simple “moversâ€� I did not know what to expect going into the first rehearsal. The first Read the rest of this entry »

MASS MoCA director Joe Thompson offers these thoughts on his star turn in Guy Ben-Ner’s new film.

I spent most of last week artist Guy Ben-Ner, cinematographer John Russell Foster, sound guru Roger Phenix  our own curator/producer Susan Cross, and problem-solver Eugene Rutligliano, taking a star turn as a perfectly cast museum director/pilot/fool, in Guy’s new video installation which will premier here on May 23^rd.

God, was it excruciating, and a lot of fun.

I am a truly terrible actor which Guy kept saying was “perfect, no, really, Joe, it’s ok, it’s ok.â€�  Though Guy’s dense, sometimes archaic, dialogue was a challenge, it really wasn’t really so difficult as to be a Read the rest of this entry »

From time to time  Joe Thompson, MASS MoCA’s Director, let’s you know what’s happening at MASS MoCA. This week Joe (a licensed pilot) shares his recent flying adventure with artist Guy Ben-Ner and a few MASS MoCA staff members.

Last week, Dante Birch (MASS MoCA’s A/V and installation guru), artist Guy Ben-Ner, Gene Rutigliano (MASS MoCA’s Curatorial Assistant and the photographer behind the camera in these shots) and I hopped in a plane to fly to the town of Wyoming, Delaware. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are a few more shots of the dome building happening in the Hunter Center for the Sea of Birds performance this Saturday.

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The cast and crew of Sea of Birds has been here the past few days working on building their incredible playing space out of bamboo and constructing their beautiful, delicate puppets. Take a look at what they worked on yesterday (April 1).

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