Elliott Sharp News

As part of the eighth edition of the COIL festival and the fourth edition of the American Realness, Performance Space 122 (PS122) and tbspMGMT present the New York premiere of Super Nature, from Minneapolis-based BodyCartography Project and Bessie Award-winning composer and musician Zeena Parkins. Super Nature is a radical, ecological melodrama fraught with animal appetites born from the restless imaginations of the BodyCartography Project's Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad.

The Little Orchestra Society (LOS) presents TUBBY THE TUBA narrated by Patti Smith, the iconic National Book Award-winner, rock musician and poet, on Saturday, March 16, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.

As part of the eighth edition of the COIL festival and the fourth edition of the American Realness, Performance Space 122 (PS122) and tbspMGMT present the New York premiere of Super Nature, from Minneapolis-based BodyCartography Project and Bessie Award-winning composer and musician Zeena Parkins. Super Nature is a radical, ecological melodrama fraught with animal appetites born from the restless imaginations of the BodyCartography Project's Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad.

David Davila's premiered his new song cycle, TALES FROM HIGHWAY 281 at the Intar Theatre's Roots & New Music Festival on Nov 17th. TALES FROM HIGHWAY 281 tells the stories of lovers and dreamers along the Texas/Mexico border through the accoustic guitars and vocal harmonies of David Davila and Keith Hines. Click below to listen to a few highlights!

On Friday, November 30, The Metropolitan Museum of Art will offer a live webcast of the first of five performances of an updated version of the 16th-century Chinese Kunqu opera masterpiece Peony Pavilion that will take place in the Met's Astor Court, the courtyard modeled on a 17th-century Chinese garden. This 70-minute version of the opera has been developed and directed by celebrated composer Tan Dun, with a new score by Mr. Tan and choreography by Huang Doudou, one of China's most prominent dancers. It will be performed by Zhang Jun, one of China's most respected Kunqu performers, and the Shanghai Zhang Jun Art Center Company.

This week at Joe's Pub, tonight, November 5th through November 11th, get ready for Taylor Mac, a night with PigPen Theatre Co., Benjamin Walker's Find the Funny, Akiko Yano Trio, Bridget Everett and the Tender Moments, Alicia Jo Rabins: A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff, Henry Rollins: The Long March, Toshi Reagon and BigLovely, Alice Smith, Davis Rogan, Deleon, Jack Hitt: Making Up the Truth and Elliott Sharp's Terraplane. More details below!

The Kitchen and the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, present the U.S. premiere of Danza Permanente, from DD Dorvillier and her human future dance corps, as part of the 2012 Crossing the Line festival.

The Kitchen and the French Institute Alliance Francaise (FIAF), New York's premiere French cultural center, present the U.S. premiere of Danza Permanente, from DD Dorvillier and her human future dance corps, as part of the 2012 Crossing the Line festival.

Lincoln Center Out of Doors, which runs from July 25 to August 12, will feature 100 free performances across the plazas of Lincoln Center.

Pianists and Artistic Directors Blair McMillen and Pam Goldberg present the Rite of Summer Music Festival, taking place Summer 2012 on Governors Island, New York City.

New Filmmakers New York presents 'Speaking For Myself,' a new film directed by Bert Shapiro.

New Filmmakers New York presents 'Speaking For Myself,' a new film directed by Bert Shapiro.

HERE and Beth Morrison Projects (BMP) have announced the January 2013 arrival of Prototype: Opera/Theatre/Now, an annual festival of visionary music-theatre and opera-theatre works by pioneering artists from NYC and around the world.

Ostrava Center for New Music (Ostrava, Czech Republic) and its founder/artistic director Petr Kotík (New York City) are pleased to announce the sixth installment of OSTRAVA DAYS - a unique festival of new and experimental music, taking place in the city of Ostrava from August 26th to September 3rd, 2011.

Ostrava Center for New Music (Ostrava, Czech Republic) and its founder/artistic director Petr Kotík (New York City) are pleased to announce the sixth installment of OSTRAVA DAYS - a unique festival of new and experimental music, taking place in the city of Ostrava from August 26th to September 3rd, 2011.

On Tuesday, May 3 at 7:00pm, the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) closes its 2010-11 season with NYFOS Next: PHIL KLINE & FRIENDS, as part of The Movado Hour at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

On Tuesday, May 3 at 7:00pm, the New York Festival of Song (NYFOS) closes its 2010-11 season with NYFOS Next: PHIL KLINE & FRIENDS, as part of The Movado Hour at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.

Presented by Electronic Music Foundation, The Extended Piano Festival presents a series of concerts and installations highlighting the unique and rarely composed-for Disklavier.