"After a somewhat quiet few years of foreign theatre programming in New York, we are suddenly enjoying a superbloom, largely thanks to several adventurous international festivals, working in synchrony this fall. There's a certain catch-as-catch-can ephemerality to this work, which tends to appear for quick two- or three-day engagements, sometimes in familiar places-Lincoln Center's dizzying Festival of Firsts (in the David Rubenstein Atrium, through Oct. 23), for instance-and sometimes farther afield."
"Thanks to L'Alliance, you can see several recent hits from the Festival d'Avignon without needing to brave the Provençal heat: at BAM, Crossing the Line co-produces Caroline Guiela Nguyen's "LACRIMA" (Oct. 22-26), which tells the disturbing and far-ranging tale of how a single haute-couture dress is assembled; at the Japan Society, the festival co-presents the deconstructed Noh-inspired play " Le Tambour de Soie (The Silk Drum)," Oct. 24-25;"
New York's foreign theatre scene has revived into a concentrated season of international festivals presenting many short-run, adventurous works. The programming often appears as ephemeral two- or three-day engagements across venues such as Lincoln Center, BAM, Japan Society, and the Florence Gould Theatre. L'Alliance's Crossing the Line presents an extensive co-produced lineup including Caroline Guiela Nguyen's LACRIMA, a deconstructed Noh-inspired Le Tambour de Soie, and Tiago Rodrigues's By Heart performed by an audience-cast company. Powerhouse: International has partnered with Crossing the Line and stages work at the renovated Powerhouse Arts building, featuring artists like Carolina Bianchi and Soa Ratsifandrihana.
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