Teatro Caliente

 
 
TEATRO CALIENTE ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TRANSCULTURAL, EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE NOW IN ITS SEVENTH YEAR... IT’S OVER! IT WAS FUN! IT WAS ALSO A BIG HEADACHE! THERE ARE THINGS THAT I WILL NEVER DO AGAIN, AND THIS ISN’T ONE OF THEM, BUT LET’S SAY WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THIS IDEA OF COALITIONS, DOING PERFORMANCE FOR A COMMUNITY, AND BUILDING COALITIONS AMONG ARTISTS, AND IT’S VERY APPARENT IN THESE SITUATIONS WHO CAN LIVE UP TO THEIR RHETORIC, AND WHO ARE SIMPLY SOUND AND FURY... BUT DANG WE KNOW WHO ARE FRIENDS ARE... THANK YOU DEUS EX MACHINA FOR ALL YOUR HELP! SCHEDULE NOW LISTED...! Note: doors open at 7pm, and seating is limited, there will be refreshments available in the garden on thursday & saturday, along with video installations, should the gallery fill up (it might). we can’t hold any seats ahead of time, so it’s first come first served, but, we will do what we can to accommodate everybody this is a sort of movable feast, with more movement some nights than others... but at the end of each night, around 10-ish, we’re moving across the street to the gallery in my house, timb, and see a ritual media performance piece, about 45 minutes long for that, even less seating is available, so we can only get the first 25 people in for that one...and priority will be given to people who are nice... for the second night, opendance will start at deus, then we will move to the paisley violin for their second part, then move to the basement from there... just come and you’ll see, we will tell you where we’re moving... this will be updated if there are any changes...! enjoy this year’s festival! xo cd Thursday, October 29 Word Of Mouth - Bucket Piece - Theatre/Performance Rebecca Martos (Garden/Front) - Symbiosis - Video Installation Wirrarika - Cada quien su Mexicano - Teatro Francisco Flores Pizano- Performance Garrett Smith - Tom Trumpet - Powerpoint Performance Barry Moon - Psychotropic Show Tunes - Music/Performance TIMB - o++o: the city of the dead - Ritual with media for performance Friday, October 30 WOM Martos (front) Wirrarika Garrett Smith Moon Opendance - Muertos Performance - Dance/Performance Art TIMB Saturday October 31 WOM Martos Wirrarika Moon TIMB10 TIMB This year’s festival is at Deus Ex Machina, 1023 Grand Ave., 7pm-11pm, October 29-31, $5/NIGHT LIST OF PARTICIPANTS: JEFF FALK DARKNESS TAKE MY HAND My work is deconstructed autobiography. Life is a rorshach inkblot response isn't it? I find things. They speak to me. Stories rise from the depths. The subconscious is less "sub" than it is just another room in the house of our mind. UNFORTUNATELY, JEFF WILL NOT BE PERFORMING THIS YEAR DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES TIMB (CHRIS DANOWSKI, WILANA WHITE COYOTE, CARLA MELO, JONATHAN HERNANDEZ, MARIANNE KIM, XCHEL HERNANDEZ) o++o: the city of the dead a funeral rite, a film for performance, a moment in history on the ground 45 minutes, media & performance MC MARCELINO QUINONEZ REBECCA MARTOS Symbiosis Engineering has evolved. Imagine a world where electronic wires, engines, and computers live alongside plants and other organic matter. They feed from one another. They reproduce with each other. Technology and nature need not be at odds. TIFFINIE GREER FRANCISCO FLORES PIZANO Performance with Octavio Paz text from "El laberinto de la Soledad" ideas of, Identity, misplacement of words, vocabulary, existence, redefining, ideas... OPENDANCE Dance Macabre y Altar Vida GARRETT QUENTIN SMITH - TOM TRUMPET - POWERPOINT PERFORMANCE Tom Trumpet, State Chief of Instruction Or How to Get What You Want by Not Doing What You Don’t Want To Do Tom Trumpet is not your regular crazy-eyed middle-aged man with a musical instrument on his head. He wears a suit and tie, because there is no doubting it; he’s the man, the law, the omnipresence. He is Tom Trumpet, State Chief of Instruction. His favorite topic is why it's bigoted to teach anything except "White History", but tonight he will teach you the WAIT, WAIT and LITIGATE strategy to avoid enforcing federal civil rights laws. Garrett Smith Artist Description Garrett is a Phoenix writer, blogger, storyteller and educator. He previously presented 52 Days in Mexico, a multimedia presentation, at Teatro Caliente adapted from his imaginative Blog of the same name. His published stories include, “Living Where the Light is better” on InPosse Review. Garrett has performed storytelling at the Phoenix Art Museum, the Calaca Cultural Center and Parents Anonymous. He has performed public readings of his work at New Voices at Phoenix College as well as Bar Fly in Guanajuato, Mexico. TEATRO WIRRARIKA
 Teatro Wirrárika presents their new original play: “Cada Quien Su Mexicano” (To each their own Mexican). Written and directed by José Antonio Ocegueda. Teatro Wirrárika rises as a necessary art element to create quality Latino Theatre, a theatre that proposes, creates, and demonstrates a need to express the cultural and artistic aspects blocked and less supported inside the movements of cultural expression in Spanish language in Arizona. A one-act play with the unique peculiar style that characterizes Teatro Wirrárika, as they show off their one of a kind engaging work on stage. “Cada Quien su Mexicano” is an experimental stage piece filled with provocative and insightful circumstances, creating rhythmical and humorous twists portraying the different, controversial and versatile phases of a cultural being who is socially complex and diversified; “The Mexican”. In this work, Jose Antonio captures the grotesque, yet amazing transition of a culture that is not even close to extinction by it’s characters whom colorfully bring to life the many ways the Mexican can survive, procreate and easily become one of the wonders of the world. This work is offered to the Hispanic Community and all in efforts to demonstrate a reality hardly spoken. This 45-minute one act play will be showcased at the 7th annual Teatro Caliente Festival by the Theater in my Basement Collaborative (TIMB) based in Phoenix, AZ. “Cada Quien su Mexicano” will have three performances only, at the Deus Ex Machina Gallery on Thursday October 29th, Friday 30th & Saturday 31st, show times to be determined. A donation of $5 dollars will be kindly suggested. BARRY MOON sings from his collection of psychotropic show tunes, celebrating the achievements of the australian postal system, death, and the effects of electrical impulses on the feet wom the buckets word of mouth tour company louis farber & jeremiah clay neal Word Of Mouth Tour Company is a certified 501c3 non-profit theatre company founded by Jeremiah Clay Neal and Louis Farber.  Our mission is to inspire all audiences by creating original and collaborative works of art. We promote new works by young playwrights. We create an atmosphere that nurtures new ideas and a modern style of theatre. We do things a bit different, speak a different language and create a different way of experiencing a performance. Check us out online at www.womtour.com  ¡Teatro Caliente! a three-day festival of transcultural, experimental performance, features local work by performers pushing the barriers of their forms (interdisciplinary, visual art, dance, music, performance), and reflecting and re-representing the cultural make-up of the southwest in general and Phoenix in particular. This brings local and international artists together to share ideas in the form of work, with an eye toward opening the barriers and quality of experimental performance work, fostering creative relationships among local and regional performing artists and organizations who might not otherwise connect, and creating spaces of artistic dialogue in multiple languages, styles, and points of view, bringing international awareness to the vibrant Phoenix arts scene. Interview with CD: Harpo, Karl, & La Lucha... (excerpt from Berlin, August, 2009) I: Ok I forgot what I was saying. CD: I don’t remember either, but it was so funny. I: No, you’re funny. CD: No, you’re funny. (Interviewer looks at CD like they might make out but she decides to wait until another day when she might use this to make her boyfriend jealous.) I: This festival, it’s so very very interesting to me, because I have been living in Phoenix for a long time, and everyone says that nothing happens here, but there’s always this festival, which involves an awful lot of people, who have been working for a very long time-- CD:--some longer than others-- I:--Hahaha, oh that’s so funny because it’s true. CD: Oh, I should take a break, because being around you is too good, just too good, you make me feel alive, alive I tell you. (They take a break.) (Later.) I: Ok, um, now I have totally lost my place. CD: It doesn’t matter. I: Let me look at my notes. CD: You can take as long as you like, I’m not going anywhere. I: Oh, here, the space. This year the festival is at Deus Ex Machina. CD: Yes. Next question. I: Is that in Phoenix? CD: I think it is at 1023 NW Grand Avenue. I: That’s very close to your house, you could walk. CD: Yes. I: You will save on gas. CD: That’s one of the good things about doing work in your neighborhood, and that way, it becomes like living in a city. I: I think everyone who lives in a city should really live in the city, and that’s why Phoenix is so strange because none of the people here actually live here. But you do. And you make me want to live, to live! (They break.) I: I gotta go, I just got a bunch of text messages, someone’s mad. CD: Yeah, you better go. I: Wait, Deus Ex Machina. Tell me about it. CD: Oh, right, quick, well-- I:--It’s a small space. CD: Yes, it’s small, but not small in Berlin, where people could live in it, especially in east Berlin. I: I want to go there. CD: You should, we should go. I: We should. CD: Do you live in a small space? I: I live with my parents again, but it’s cool cuz I can smoke in front of them. CD: Huh, um, so the space, is smaller this year, because of the economy. I: Oh, the economy. (He touches her knee to demonstrate that he likes her, and then he flips his hair, except there is none, so he flips his eyebrow.) CD: It’s forced us to focus on what we want, to really pare things down to the bare essential, and with this, the intention was never to get bigger. We’re involved in a project to open virtual and actual spaces so that this kind of performance can exist, and we’re part of a larger tradition that’s been in Phoenix for some time, with places like MARS artspace, and the Alwun House, most of the artists from these places are very much alive and kicking, but their work goes under the radar, because it was never about getting bigger. But keeping those spaces alive. So we’re doing this here this year, with this intention, and maybe next year we’ll be gone, and maybe no one will remember that we did this, but they’ll know that there are spaces for this work that weren’t there before. I: This is why we need to build more virtual communities with this idea in mind, but here we have to be careful, because building virtual communities is another network that won’t be any real threat to the ones in existence already, the viral networks that are already extremely proficient at eating the smaller alternative nodes, have anticipated this, and are prepared. If we want to do something here, probably should start with the idea that even virtual spaces are considered to be private property, and maybe there’s something to be done about that... (They really start to get ideas now, and suddenly there’s a lot of incoming text messages that don’t make any sense on their own...) (tape runs out at this point) Artists’ call:
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Teatro Caliente is a festival of transcultural, experimental performance, in downtown Phoenix, end of October.

(Nota: De repente, no hemos recibido una concesión para el proyecto de este año, por esta razón no habrá paga.) (Note: We have suddenly not received any funding for this project this year, and there is no pay.) Call for proposals in Spanish and English here: En espanol y despues In English: El comité curador de Theater In My Basement estará aceptando proposiciones para el festival “Teatro Caliente” de este año. Este año el festival sera realizado en Deus Ex Machina en Downtown Phoenix del 29 al 31 de Octubre. Nosotros estamos en la busqueda de trabajos bastante experimentales, transculturales y transgenero los cuales pueden ser basados en cualquier tipo de estilo (incluyendo, pero sin limitarse a: Arte de Performance, Danza, Multi-Media (incluye presentaciones de PowerPoint), Solo Performance, Teatro, Música, y cualquier trabajo interdisciplinario que caiga afuera de las categorias de las corrientes principales, cualquiera que estas sean). Buscamos piezas de diferentes duraciones, pero entre 10 y 55 minutos es una buena pauta. Manteniendo la misión del festival, se le dara prioridiad a trabajos que representen las diferentes poblaciones de Phoenix en cualquier lengua. Entrada al festival sera basada en innovación, experimentación, y transculturalidad. Para aplicar, por favor mandar lo siguiente: 1 página con la descripción del proyecto. (100-200 palabras) 1 página con la descripción del grupo o del individuo. (100 palabras) Una muestra en audio/video del trabajo propuesto (o si el trabajo es nuevo, una muestra de trabajos anteriores). Preferimos muestras en video, pero entendemos que esto no está siempre disponible- en este caso, haremos todo lo posible para mandar un miembro de nuestro comité a ver el trabajo en persona. El plazo para consideraciones de trabajos es hasta el 30 de Septiembre del 2009. Por Favor mandar las muestras a: Chris Danowski, Artistic Director Theater In My Basement 915 W. Fillmore St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 (POR FAVOR: Marcar “TC” en el sobre!). Para cualquier pregunta vía email: teatrocaliente@gmail.com Para mayor información visita nuestra página web: www.timb.org Call for Proposals The curatorial committee of Theater In My Basement is accepting proposals for this year’s ¡Teatro Caliente! festival. This year’s festival will be held at Deus Ex Machina in downtown Phoenixm October 29-31. We are looking for highly experimental, transcultural (and transgender) work in all fields of performance (including, but not limited to: Performance Art, Dance, Multi-media (including Powerpoint presentations), Solo Performance, Theater, Music and any interdisciplinary work that falls outside of the mainstream categories, whatever those might be). We’re looking for pieces of various lengths, but between 10 minutes and 55 minutes is a good guideline. In keeping with the mission statement of the festival, work that represents the diverse populations of Phoenix, in any language, will be given priority. Entry into the festival is based on Innovation, Experimentation, and Transculturality. To Apply, please send: - 1-page description of the project - 1-page description of the group or performer - Video/audio samples of the proposed work (or, if the work is brand new, samples of prior work). We prefer video samples for examination, but understand that this is not always available—in these cases, we will make every effort to send a member of the committee to see the work in person. The deadline for consideration is September 30th, 2009. Please mail samples to: Chris Danowski, Artistic Director Theater In My Basement 915 W. Fillmore St. Phoenix, AZ 85007 (mark “TC” on the envelope please!). Send all e-mail inquiries to: teatrocaliente@gmail.com http://www.womtour.com/mailto:teatro.caliente@gmail.colmhttp://www.timb.org/mailto:teatrocaliente@gmail.comshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3