Pass the Blutwurst, Bitte
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Dec 5, 2010
Closed Dec 19, 2010
Opened Dec 5, 2010
Closed Dec 19, 2010
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Conceived, directed and choreographed by John Kelly, Pass the Blutwurst, Bitte is an ensemble work for five performers.
The piece employs dance combined with film, onstage drawing, and recorded and live vocal music to contemplate the nature, circumstances and process of Schiele's creative genius. The film sections are by Anthony Chase, lighting design by Stan Pressner and props and furniture by the late Huck Snyder.
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Sharp, angular movements characterize much of the choreography within John Kelly's Obie Award-winning dance-theater piece, Pass the Blutwurst, Bitte, now being revived at La MaMa's Ellen Stewart Theatre. The visually arresting performance is based on the life and work of Austrian painter Egon Schiele, an early 20th century Expressionist.
Kelly incorporates a number of poses from Schiele's artworks into his movement vocabulary, and in a few instances brings in copies of actual Schiele paintings for he and his dancers to interact with. Most notably, there's a powerful segment in which Kelly as Schiele and Tymberly Canale as Schiele's mistress Wally literally enter into one of the artist's pa[...]