Many themes and issues explored in the lectures, films, and courses associated with the Migrations series are also explored in a variety of theater, dance, and art exhibits performed and presented at the College, mainly at the Austin Arts Center. Performance events there are presented by the Center Artists Series under the direction of Jeffry Walker (x2199) or Trinity's Theater & Dance Department (x5122). For updates and a complete listing of events and Austin Arts Center, visit the Austin Arts Center Home Page.
Remember: FREE TICKETS FOR TRINITY STUDENTS WITH I.D.
Sept. 2-13, daily 1-6pm
MAMA DIS IS MAS!
Carnival Traditions of Trinidad & Tobago and Puerto Rico
Six artists explore the festivities of Carnival through photographs and costumes. The vibrant images of Héctor Méndez Caratini, Jeffrey Chock, Pablo Delano, Abigail Hadeed and Gordon Means will be accompanied by Peter Minshall’s colorful costumes.
Widener Gallery, Free admission
Opening Reception - Wednesday, September 9, 5-7 pm
Don't forget to visit the World Conference on Canival Web Page
Sept. 10-12, 8pm
THE DRAGON CAN’T DANCE
"Up on the hill with carnival coming and calypso tunes swimming in the hair of these shacks, piercing their nostrils, everybody catches the spirit . . ."
The Dragon Can't Dance
From Earl Lovelace's classic Caribbean novel The Dragon Can't Dance comes the moving play that explores the roots of carnival and the lives of people who create and live ‘mas’. Performers from Trinidad will bring the spirit of their island to Hartford to create a memorable theater experience. Directed by Tony Hall, this special performance is one of Austin Arts’ contributions to the city-wide Carnival! celebration.
"The Dragon Can't Dance" is a landmark, not in the West Indian but in the contemporary novel . . . Nowhere have I seen more of the realities of a whole country disciplined into one imaginative whole. " - C.L.R. James
Goodwin Theater
$12 general, $8 discounts
CASH TICKET SALES ONLY AT THE DOOR
Sept. 23-Oct. 25
The Studio Arts Department presents a mini-retrospective of the work of Indian printmaker Krishna Reddy. Krishna was born in Andhra Pradesh in southern India in 1925. in the 1950s, he worked with several prominent European modernists in England, Italy, and France. In 1974, he moved to New York to teach at NYU.
Sept. 26, 8pm
EL SPANGLISH NATIONAL ANTHEM
(A Bochinche In Progress)
A multi-media presentation of the trials and tribulations and serious comical effects of speaking two languages simultaneously. This one-of-a-kind evening of total theater combines poetry, drama, dance, comedy, witchcraft and the unpredictable. Written and directed by Pedro Pietri, one of Puerto Rico’s most provocative and political creative minds. Presented as part of the Center Artists Series in association with Guakia, Inc.
Goodwin Theater
$12 general, $8 discounts
Oct. 21, 7:30pm
HIAH PARK & MANHONG KANG
Korean shaman artist joins with noted theater performer/ director in a special evening of improvisation followed by dialogue with the audience. Sponsored by the Department of Theater and Dance and MetaArts, this event is part of the Studio 47 Performance Series.
Studio 47, 3rd Floor, Seabury Hall
Free admission. No ticket required
Oct. 28-30, 8pm
GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN
by Bertolt Brecht
The Wu Wei Theater of Frankfurt, Germany presents it’s dazzling two-person adaptation of Brecht’s modern masterwork of epic theater. Performed in German, the piece comes alive for all adventuresome theatergoers through inventive use of live music, an English-speaking interlocutor and powerful acting style. A rare opportunity to see contemporary European theater on a brief and exclusive Northeast U.S. tour. Presented as part of the Center Artists Series in association with the Goethe Institute of Boston.
Garmany Hall, Austin Arts Center
$12 general, $8 discount
Dec. 3, 8pm
THE MERLIN ENSEMBLE
One of Vienna’s premiere musical ensemble’s in a rare performance of modern works created by the collaboration of Hans Eisler and Bertolt Brecht. To be performed in a unique setting featuring original paintings created especially for this occasion by artist Robert Schaberl.
Goodwin Theater
$12 general, $8 discount
Dec. 9&10, 6:30pm
LEAVINGS: STORIES OF MIGRATION
An original performance piece created and staged by first year Trinity students directed by Judy Dworin.
Seabury Hall, Studio 47
Free Admission. No ticket required.
Feb. 6, 8pm
The Center Artists Series presents
LA POCHA NOSTRA
GUILLERMO GÓMEZ-PEÑA &
ROBERTO SIFUENTES
IN COLLABORATION WITH SARA SHELTON MANN
IN
BORDERSCAPE 2000
Kitsch, violence, cyborgs and shamanism at the end of the century. A new high-tech Aztec Spanglish Lounge Operetta based on the premise of a "collapsed US of A where Spanglish is the official language, loosely controlled by a multiracial junta, and governed by a Chicano prime minister." This "Chicano cyber-punk world" is staged using a "Blade Runner-like light design" and a lush, layered soundscape juxtaposing rap and live opera singers.
Written by artist/performer/author Guillermo Gómez-Peña, commentator on National Public Radio's All Things Considered and the first Chicano/Mexicano artist to receive a MacArthur Fellowship "genius grant."
A founding member of theBorder Arts Workshop which was featured at the 1990 Venice Bienale, Gómez-Peña seeks to make "relentlessly experimental yet accessible art." In addition to performance art, his work includes installations, experimental radio, video, critical writings and cultural theory.
"Performance artists of the 90's such as Gómez-Peña reject the worn out distinction between performance, street theatre and gallery art as well as the dichotomy of art and activism."
-Los Angeles Times, Faces for the 90's
"It's a sight to give Pat Buchanan a coronary."
-Robert Dominguez, Daily News (NY)
Goodwin Theater
$12 general/ $8 discounts
Tickets go on sale Monday, January 25
* Note: Gallows Hill Bookstore (next door to Austin Arts Center) open
Saturday (2/6) from noon-10.