UN LIEU DE VIE to Play Gallery MC, 10/26-11/3

Allan Markowitz and concrete timbre & d'moiselles present Un Lieu de Vie, a bilingual (English and French), hybrid music-theatre work, at Gallery MC (549 West 52nd Street, between 10th and 11th Ave.) October 26th through November 3rd. Ann Warren directs, and Whitney George is the musical director.

Un Lieu de Vie is an experiential, collaboratively created piece, loosely based on the 1917 Jean Cocteau, Erik Satie and Pablo Picasso ballet collaboration Parade and explores parallels to and influences from Erik Satie's memory-evoking existence. It represents the collective memory of Erik, an eccentric, and lonely New York artist who seeks glimpses of the past while wandering the streets of Manhattan. His memories spring to life through the clamor of sounds, sights, projections and rhythms that fill the two rooms of Gallery MC. The performers move fluidly throughout the space, and audience members are able to do the same in this 75-minute work.

The creative team includes writers Carina Beckerman, Terence Diamond, Mark Farnen, Nancy Greening, Sylvaine Hinglais, and Ann Warren as well as composers Chris Chappell, Whitney George, Lillian Redl, and Ann Warren with some words and music by Erik Satie. Projections are by Robert Morton. Michelle Stuckey is the choreographer and Joanne Schwartzberg the production stage manager.
?Performers include Nathalie Bryant, Fedly Daniel, David A. Green, Samantha Grassian, Zilong Zee. The musicians are Melinda Faylor (piano), Emilio Guarino (double bass), Joe Tucker (percussion), Pedro Vizzarro Vallejos (violin/viola), David Whitwell (trombone), and Manuela Lechler (saxophone).

Tickets range from $15 to $25 and may be purchased in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 800-838-3006. Performances are Sunday, October 26th at 7:30pm; Monday, October 27th at 7:30 pm; Saturday, November 1 at 8:30pm; Sunday, November 2nd at 7:30pm and Monday, November 3rd at 7:30pm at the Gallery MC (549 West 52 Street, 8th Floor, between 10th & 11th Ave.; Subway C/E to 50th Street).

Un Lieu de Vie is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of the Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

?Concrete Timbre is a composer-driven performance collective. The foundation of its art is to add to the contemporary music canon with bold interdisciplinary performances by creating opportunities for composers to work in multidisciplinary settings that often defy categorization.

For more information, please visit http://www.concretetimbre.com/unlieudevie.html.