FirstWorks Festival Line-up Announced
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The festival kicks off on September 25th at Providence Performing Arts Center with a mesmerizing mash-up of vintage comics and dance as Pilobolus – the Cirque du Soleil of the dance world – collides with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman. The festival culminates on November 13th at the VMA Arts & Cultural Center with an electrifying performance by Sweet Honey In The Rock featuring the New England premiere of “Indaba,” a musical dialogue between youth and elders that unites the first women of song with the Junior Providence Singers.
World Class Performers
The Festival will include innovative art and sound from new media artists in PIXILERATIONS [v.7], the New Media Fringe Festival @ FirstWorks, cutting-edge drama, direct from Ireland; and a vibrant 12-piece orchestra from New York City who will take salsa back to the street.
“This year’s FirstWorks festival unites the artistic talents of our city with the talents of exceptional artists and creators from the world’s stage,” said Kathleen Pletcher, Executive Artistic Director, FirstWorks. “Incredible new partnerships with the VMA Arts & Cultural Center, Culture Ireland, and the Taiwan Cultural Council have propelled the FirstWorks Festival to new heights in 2010. See, hear, feel, move, share—this is a festival that connects audiences to experience of the art of what’s new.” Tickets are on sale now at first-works.org.
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