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Rebel Waltz: Underground Music From Behind the Iron Curtain
November 6-7, 2009
Friday at 7:00pm
Saturday at 11:00pm
Kontroll Csoport, courtesy of the artist
Presented by the Hungarian Cultural Center in collaboration with the Czech Center New York, Polish Cultural Institute in New York, Romanian Cultural Institute in New York, the Consulate General of Slovakia and the Consulate General of Slovenia.
Rebel Waltz gives New York audiences a rare opportunity to experience the suppressed voices of a triumphant generation, including Dezerter (Poland), Kontroll Csoport (Hungary), Psi Vojaci (Czech Republic), Timpuri Noi (Romania), Bez Ladu A Skladu (Slovakia) and Pankrti (Slovenia). The music of these bands served as a form of political rebellion in the 1980s, and 20 years later, it is a celebration of a successful movement for change.
Rebel Waltz is part of Extremely Hungary, a yearlong festival celebrating contemporary Hungarian culture throughout 2009 in New York City and Washington, D.C.
(le) Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street (between Thompson and Sullivan Streets)
$15
More info: extremelyhungary.org/rebel.php
Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com
www.lepoissonrouge.com
Information: www.extremelyhungary.org
Untitled Theater Company #61
The Velvet Oratorio
November 19, 2009
Thursday 6:00pm
November 30, 2009
Monday 7:00pm
Velvet Oratorio. Photo by Arthur Cornelius
Untitled Theater Company #61 premieres The Velvet Oratorio, a retelling of the Velvet Revolution through text, choral music, and scenes based on Václav Havel's Vanek plays. The text for the oratorio draws upon U.S. State Department documents and corresponding Czechoslovakian / Soviet documents and interviews with journalists, diplomats, and ordinary people who were in the streets of Prague in November 1989. The Velvet Oratorio is a collaborative project between Edward Einhorn (playwright), Henry Akona (composer), and Karen Ott (dramaturg), the same creative team that was behind the Havel Festival.
Supported by The Czech Center New York and The Alma & Morris Shapiro Fund.
Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (November 19)
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, 111 Amsterdam Avenue (at 65th Street)
FREE
www.nypl.org/research/lpa/lpa.html
Bohemian National Hall (November 30)
321-325 East 73rd Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
FREE
Reservations: 646-422-3399 or info@czechcenter.com
www.czechcenter.com
Information: www.untitledtheater.com
© The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations, 2009