Gilded Pony
If you’re anywhere near Troy this Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, this festival should be lovely. My friends Micah and Bethany are performing, and I’ll be there volunteering most of the weekend.
The Gilded Pony Performance Festival
Troy, NY — ATLAS Dance and FO (A) RM Magazine present The Gilded Pony Performance Festival May 19-21, 2006, in Troy and Valley Falls, NY.
A lively and multi-faceted event spanning 2 nights and 1 day, connecting the dots between dance, poetry, sound, physical comedy, video installation and performance art. Two original programs premiere at the theater of the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY, at 8pm on Friday May 19th and Saturday May 20th; installation and performance works will be shown in the context of a country picnic from 12pm-6pm on Sunday May 21st at The Old Brick Church in rural Valley Falls, NY.
Co-curated by Hélène Lesterlin of Troy and Bethany Wright of Valley Falls, this artist-led initiative aims to reimagine the way performers and audiences interact through a series of 24 pieces by 50 artists from throughout the Northeast, most of whom will be performing in the Capital Region for the first time.
The audience is invited to come early and bring their families to spend Sunday afternoon interacting with innovative artists and discovering hidden installations throughout the Church sanctuary and in the field outside, while enjoying a picnic in a peaceful village setting.
Admission for each day is $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors. Weekend passes ($40/$35) may be purchased to cover all three days. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 845-417-3845 or emailing gildedpony@gmail.com. Abundant street parking is available in downtown Troy and in Valley Falls.
Additional information and directions may be found on the Gilded Pony website.
Event Info
Event: The Gilded Pony Performance Festival, May 19th 21st, 2006
Dates: Friday, May 19th & Saturday, May 20th, 2006
Place: The Arts Center of the Capital Region, 265 River Street,
Troy, NY
Times: 8:00-9:30pm
Tickets: $15/$12 or weekend pass $40/$35 (adult/students & seniors)Date: Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Place: The Old Brick Church, 12 Emily Street, Valley Falls, NY
Time: 12:00-6:00pm
Tickets: $15/$12/$10 (locals discount)About the co-producers of the festival
ATLAS Dance is a contemporary dance and production company dedicated to the creation and performance of new work at the crossroads of improvisation, choreography, performance and film. Founded in 2005 by Hélène Lesterlin as a vehicle for her creative and curatorial projects, ATLAS Dance aims to create work reflecting the visual and sensual complexity of the world today.
FO(A)RM is an interdisciplinary magazine published once yearly. FO(A)RM encourage cross-genre methods and investigative projects, with a special focus on sound-art, experimental poetics and social sculpture. Each issue clusters around a given topic, gathering together a variety of perspectives, methods and articulations from the extravagant to the pedestrian (and the juncture between).
Addendum
Due to some unusual circumstances, it looks like I’m actually going to be performing tonight (Saturday) in the festival.
As an Elvis impersonator.
I kid you not.