To study specific components of the performance, Sarah Small and collaborators are directing a series of Mini-Tableaux Vivants to inform the main event in Spring 2010:
Overlooking the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, at the private residence of Megan Browne and Stephan Marquardt, the Tableau team collaborated once more on May 8 to create an evening of implausible interaction.
Fourteen models, two tango dancers, a violinist, a saxophonist, and an accordion player became activated in a series of emotive interaction amongst a crowd of spectators.
As the sun dipped below the horizon, closing the day, a series of living, breathing images unfolded against a backdrop of water, bridges and city lights.
The senses were further indulged by delectable finger-foods, berries, chocolates, wine and edible flowers.
In an experiment to take the Tableau to a new level of viewership, the performance was streamed live.
Special thanks to Cliff Hausner for lighting the event and our amazing performers: Natalya Read, Ree Jakin, Mary Tireny, Becca Gabel, Hue Bell, John Veranes, Julianna Zarzycki, Daria Skripka, Sidney Etienne, Kristen Pyles, Ellen Ann Dobrovir, Sha-Lynne Reiser, Frank Angelina, Josephine Decker, George Bajuscik, Cassandra Boheme, Sarah Alden, Patrick Farell, Aurora Nealand, and Willa Roberts.
This mini-performance attempts to study the Tableau sans nudity and interweaves elements of choreographed dance within the performance. 19 models are joined by the haunting Black Sea Hotel (#2 on iTunes World Music) and Shara Worden (of My Brightest Diamond, The Decemberists and Sufjan Stevens). The performance features nine-year old dancer, Izzy Spagnuolo, weaving in and out through the 19 static models who are outfitted by Stylist, Faith Cummings. Dance-wear is donated by UBCostumes and Dancewear.
The event includes an exhibition of Sarah Small’s still photographic series, The Delirium Constructions – from which the Tableau is based – on view in the gallery. The night of art and performance is curated by Worden and celebrates Women’s History Month.
Special thanks to our amazing models: Muriel Rosenblum Julianna Zarzycki Shandra Stark Henry Tretiak Lauren Curtis Carmen Nicole Smith Jennifer Gorman Isabella Spagnuolo Morgan Klein Tim Dax Edward Dennis Callie Elliot Sandy Mowbray-Clarke Laquasha Davis Laura Newman Shara Worden Willa Roberts Joy Radish Corinna Snyder Matthew Cylinder Walter Finley
Held in a loft space overlooking Manhattan, twelve models are brought together in various stages of undress and directed into an intricate composition of subtle shifts in eye movement and posture. Willa, from Black Sea Hotel, sings the traditional Turkish song, Efem, and Sarah joins in a duet at the end, singing the Bulgarian song, Karemfilcheto, as the models exit the stage.The salon also includes an exhibition of Small's still images from The Delirium Constructions series.
Special thanks to our amazing models: Callie Elliot Edward Dennis Sandy Mowbray-Clarke Laquasha Davis Laura Newman Willa Roberts Walter Finley JJ Ignotz Michaelle Kalinowski Tor Sporre
The first in the series of Mini-Tableaux Vivants took on a sensual theme, giving the audience of Babeland's Moregasm book launch some extra stimuli. Models Sidney Etienne, Kristin Pyles, Lainie Dalby, Jules Gimbrone, and Janice Marie Foote teased the crowd with enticing interaction, eventually giving way to playful testing of some of Babeland's toys. The boisterous celebration of Sarah's photography in Moregasm provided a perfect platform for the first study of the Mini-Tableau.
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