OF NOTE- People In The News: Wednesday, November 13
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People In The News
“The Great Tamer” opens at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Nov. 14, directed and choreographed by artistic heavyweight of the Greek experimental theater DIMITRIS PAPIOANNOU, who’s also known for his work as a painter, comic book artist and for creating the opening ceremonies performances for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. “The Great Tamer” is a one-and-a-half-hour commentary on the darkly absurd aspects of the human experience, featuring 10 performers on a shape-shifting stage and set to variations of the “Blue Danube” waltz by Strauss. The performers move through interpretations of classical artwork and Greek mythology, including Michelangelo’s “David,” Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus” and the love affair between Narcissus and his own reflection. “It’s a kind of poetry that doesn’t take itself seriously,” Papioannou told Brooklyn Paper. “It sometimes deals with dark issues, but hopefully in a light way.” The show runs through Nov. 17 at BAM.
YOKO SUETSUGU just celebrated the two-year anniversary of her Greenpoint gallery Haco, an interactive art space that features not only exhibitions but DJ performances, aroma therapy, rumba concerts, workshops, Pilates classes and more. Haco stands for “Human Art Core Odyssey,” and is also the word “box” in Japanese. The reason for the double meaning, Suetsugu told greenpointers.com, is that Haco was conceived as a “multi-dimensional cultural project space that serves as an empty box with unlimited capacity to hold inspiration and new experiences.” The gallery’s most recent show, “Drench,” was a group exhibition featuring work from Suetsugu along with artists BENNY BONTEMPO and JOSUÉ GUARIONEX, incorporating sculpture, paintings and projections. Despite its Williamsburg location, Suetsugu describes Haco as “a small, individualistic and definitely non-commercial gallery that is far from hip.”