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Prelude Festival 2023

October across New York City

At the Segal Center: Oct 11-14, 16, 19

Saturday October 7

PERFORMANCE

Exposure

Radiohole

7:00PM EST

Saturday

Oct 7, 2023

The Collapsable Hole, Bank Street, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

open dance figure

Josie Bettman

7:00PM EST

Saturday

Oct 7, 2023

Newtown Creek, New York, NY, USA

Sunday October 8

ARTIST TALK

Steve Cosson

12:00PM EST

Sunday

Oct 8, 2023

PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century, New York 66, Chatham, NY, USA

Tuesday October 10

PERFORMANCE

ANALOG INTIMACY

Jess Barbagallo / Half Straddle

6:00PM EST

Tuesday

Oct 10, 2023

Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave, New York, NY, USA

Wednesday October 11

PERFORMANCE

Sound Ceremony

Guy Yair Beider

2:00PM EST

Wednesday

Oct 11, 2023

Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

READING

New Work In Progress

Will Eno

5:00PM EST

Wednesday

Oct 11, 2023

Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

INTERVIEWS

Murder Room

Anne Washburn, Many Others including, perhaps, yourself.

3:00PM EST

Wednesday

Oct 11, 2023

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

Love Distance

Shan Y. Chuang

5:30PM EST

Wednesday

Oct 11, 2023

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

Please Do Not Touch the Indians

Eagle Project

3:00PM EST

Wednesday

Oct 11, 2023

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PANEL

Future Visions: Provocations for the Next Performance Ecosystem

Jess Applebaum and Nic Benacerraf

7:00PM EST

Wednesday

Oct 11, 2023

Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

Instagram: A Performance

Aaron Landsman

3:30PM EST

Wednesday

Oct 11, 2023

Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

DANCE

Untitled

Lisa Fagan/Lena Engelstein

7:00PM EST

Wednesday

Oct 11, 2023

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

Sweatshop Melody

Nancy Ma

4:30PM EST

Wednesday

Oct 11, 2023

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

Thursday October 12

READING

The New Black Fest

Keith Josef Adkins, Kemiyondo Coutinho, Dennis A. Allen II, Hayley Spivey

3:00PM EST

Thursday

Oct 12, 2023

Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

Richard Maxwell and New York City Players

Richard Maxwell and New York City Players

7:00PM EST

Thursday

Oct 12, 2023

Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

I DIGRESS: The Intimate Insights of a Childhood Weirdo

Sauda Aziza Jackson
& April Sweeney

3:00PM EST

Thursday

Oct 12, 2023

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PANEL

Re-Inventing Institutions and Re-Generation

Anne Washburn, David Levine, Hillary Miller and others

7:30PM EST

Thursday

Oct 12, 2023

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

The Curator

James La Bella

4:30PM EST

Thursday

Oct 12, 2023

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

How Do I?

William Burke

8:00PM EST

Thursday

Oct 12, 2023

Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

Watch Me Walk

Anne Gridley

6:00PM EST

Thursday

Oct 12, 2023

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

ARTIST TALK

David Levine, Matthew Gasda

David Levine, Matthew Gasda

6:00PM EST

Thursday

Oct 12, 2023

Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

Friday October 13

PERFORMANCE

Leche Hervida

IV Castellanos

2:30PM EST

Friday

Oct 13, 2023

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

Open Studios

Open Studios at The Watermill Center

6:00PM EST

Friday

Oct 13, 2023

39 Water Mill Towd Road, Water Mill, NY 11976, USA

ARTIST TALK

Nature Theater of Oklahoma

4:00PM EST

Friday

Oct 13, 2023

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

QUALIA – You Matter to Me

Immersive Cinematic Art Installation Directed by Laia Cabrera & Isabelle Duverger Music and Sound Design by Nana Simopoulos With the participation of Catherine Correa

6:00PM EST

Friday

Oct 13, 2023

Jersey City Theater Center, Barrow Street, Jersey City, NJ, USA

READING

The Little Pony

Marissa Ghavami, Montgomery Sutton, Kimberly del Busto Ramírez

4:30PM EST

Friday

Oct 13, 2023

Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

Ulysses (excerpt)

Elevator Repair Service

6:30PM EST

Friday

Oct 13, 2023

Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

STANDING ON THE UNSEEN SPIRALS OF THE VORTEX

Temporary Distortion

5:30PM EST

Friday

Oct 13, 2023

Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

PERFORMANCE

Etudes

Carl Hancock Rux, Mabou Mines

7:30PM EST