The leading downtown theater collective brings us a gallery exhibit consisting of illustrations and commentary from their forthcoming volume A New Practical Guide to
Rhetorical Gesture and Action.

Based on Henry Siddons' 1822 catalogue of theatrical gestures for the London stage, this beautifully illustrated book uses the historic form of the original to document the stars and stalwarts of New York's contemporary experimental theater and performance scene. When completed, the volume will consist of 36 illustrations by Jesse Hawley of NYC artists reinterpreting gestures from the original. Each image will be accompanied by a short biography of the performer and commentary by Normandy Raven Sherwood, poetically subverting the original's epistolary style. A scholarly introduction by James Stanley will contextualize this book as well as its namesake in the histories of theater and acting.

Performers documented in the book include Kate Valk, Juliana Francis, David Patrick Kelly, and Black Eyed Susan, actor/director Paul Lazar, performer Okwui Okpokwasili, storyteller Edgar Oliver, stars of the neo-burlesque Julie Atlas Muz and Matt Frazier, radical performance ensemble Radiohole, inventor/ performer Joe Silovsky and his robot Stanley, playwright and performer Sibyl Kempson, as well as members of Half Straddle, Hoi Polloi, Elevator Repair Service, New York City Players and many independent artists and performers.

A limited number of hand colored prints will be available for purchase.

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Time:

Open all day Mon, Jul 20 - Mon, Jul 27, 2015

Venue:

Daniel Arts Center

84 Alford Road, Great Barrington, MA 01230

Contact:

Ilan Bachrach
[email protected]

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