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Interview: The Contemporary Cabaret of Meow Meow

February 12, 2013
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One of Duke Performances’ most unique shows of the season begins tonight as the Australian cabaret sensation Meow Meow brings her acclaimed show Beyond Glamour to PSI Theatre for three days. An explosive performer who expertly sings everything from Kurt Weill to Radiohead, with agile accompaniment by pianist Lance Horne, Meow Meow plumbs the deep

Interview: Diavolo Dance Theater Daredevil Chisa Yamaguchi

February 6, 2013
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Under the guidance of visionary director Jacques Heim, the acrobatic dance company Diavolo combines contemporary movement and breathtaking stunts with enormous custom sets, from the modular cube of Fearful Symmetries to the giant rocking boat of Trajectoire, both of which they mount at Reynolds Theater this weekend. To learn more about this one-of-a-kind ensemble, we

Interview: American Storyteller Mike Daisey

January 29, 2013
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Called the master storyteller of his generation by the New York Times, the prolific playwright and monologist Mike Daisey levels his formidable capacities for humor and insight at Disney World, the Burning Man festival, and Occupy Wall Street in his new solo show American Utopias, which Duke Performances brings to the PSI Theatre at the

Interview: John Hollenbeck on Meredith Monk

November 1, 2012

A visionary percussionist and composer who seamlessly blurs jazz into new music, John Hollenbeck has an insatiable thirst for new ideas. He found one fifteen years ago when he joined Meredith Monk’s ensemble, working on major projects such as Mercy and Songs of Ascension. Though Hollenbeck isn’t directly involved in this weekend’s performances of Education

Interview: Meredith Monk [Part 2]

October 25, 2012

As the great and unclassifiable performing artist Meredith Monk ramps up a residency with her Vocal Ensemble at Duke Performances—offering a talk at the Nasher tonight and two performances next weekend—we continue our exclusive in-depth interview. On Tuesday, we discussed how Monk developed singing, dance, theater and more into a form of her own. Today

Interview: Meredith Monk [Part 1]

October 22, 2012

As a singer, dancer, composer, choreographer, filmmaker, installation artist, and more—not compartmentally, but all at once—Meredith Monk broke a lot of new ground on her way to becoming one of the most iconic and original performing artists of our times. Her vocal innovations, known to academics as “extended techniques,” still elude codification after half a

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