Two years in the making, on May 23rd and 24th, 2011, Sarah Small and collaborators brought to life 120 models and musicians, at the former Williamsburg Savings Bank, now known as Skylight One Hanson. Chosen as one of Time Out New York's Top Critic's Picks, and listed in the New York Times, Flavorpill and more, the 120 model Tableau had the attention of many, long before the cast took the stage.
Maintaining it's roots in her still photography series, The Delirium Constructions, and already the most ambitious project of her career, in 2011, for the first time, Small explored, within the Tableau Vivant, a specific social phenomenon: the ritual of marriage. With its airs of pageantry and religious rectitude, wedding ceremonies celebrate the most intimate joining of two individuals in the most public sphere, providing rich fodder for examination within the project’s framework. On the evenings of May 23rd and 24th, Small acted as the legal officiant for three couples (two weddings and a vow renewal ceremony), as she simultaneously directed the attendant Tableau Vivant cast in their own explorations of the theme, mingling performance art with reality in a compelling cocktail.
Small and collaborators received a stellar review from The New York Times and were featured on both the front and back covers of the Sunday Art section of the Washington Post. Among many others, the event had press in attendance from both local and international media, including Italy's Virgin TV.
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Models and Musicians:
Abigail Wright Alex Gulla Alexandrea Thomsen Alexis Covento Ali Stokes Alisha Carderella Ampora McLean Andrea Roccella Andy Miyamotto Arielle Lever Callie Elliot Carolyn Griffin Cathy Hepworth Chris Luongo Christina Knight Christine Sienicki CJ Boyd Colin Jacobsen Cully Firmin Cybele Kaufmann Danielle Richard Dennis Rolland Dirby Luongo Donna Swensen Dot Mitzvah Doug Barron Dragonfly Ediomi Utuk Edwin Dennis Eija Ranta Eric Jacobsen Erica Duncan Evan Collier Florence Wack Francesca Vuillimin Frank Angelini Greg Walloch Heather Van Uxem Lewis Isaac Gardner Jaklina James Edward Becton Janie Martinez Jarrett Wetherell John Marchini Johnny Gandelsman Joyce Laoagan Julia Novack Julianna Zarzycki Kamala Sankaram Kennitta Lindsey Kimberly Penharlow Kimmy Schregardus Kira Kupfersberger Kyla Garcia Lady Zombie Laurel Richardson Leah Aron Lindsey Nolan Madelaine Ripley Madison Krekel Marcus Rosenfeld Mariya Rubinshteyn Mark Hanko Mary Tierney Maureen Franklin Maxine Nienow Mia Van de Water Michael Angelo Misty Gonzalez Morgan Fogarty Morgan Rysdon-Moulitsas Nedah Oyin Nicholas Cords Nicole Van Leight Pamela Ehn Patricia Cajuste Paul Connell Rachelle Cohen Raquel Cion Rebecca Lawrence Renee Bergan Rima Fand Robert Boileau Roxanne Edwards Sally Heckel Sara Newman Sarah Kinlaw Sarah Small Sarah Zar Saramoira Shields Serena Jost Shara Worden Shelley Thomas Siddhartha Dillon Sidney Etienne Smokey Forester Sonya Rice Stefano Panzarasa Stephanie Summerville Susanne Goetz Tatyana Kot Thane Florenth Theresa Magario Vincent Agri Yarden Raz Yin Yue Yula Be'eri Yury Korenblit Zilvinas Urbutis Zonz Ouattara
Crew:
Film Director, Co-Editor Sarah Small Producer Michael Huffington Co-Editor, Co-Director, DP Josephine Decker Lead DP, Co-Director Brian Gonzalez Co-Producer David Novack DP Greta Zozula Assistant Camera, Camera Operator Andrew Kist Assistant Camera, Camera Operator Charlotte Hornsby Camera Operator Dan Katz Camera Operator Sam Henriques Boom Operator Michael Parker Kozak Boom Operator Spencer Moore Assistant Editor Danielle Chu Assistant Editor Emily Yacus Assistant Editor Rosemary Siciliano Sound Editor Doug Walters
Live Performance Artistic Director Sarah Small Producer Chrissie Rouse Musical Director Rima Fand Stage Director Adam J. Thompson Dance Choreographer Vanessa Walters Set Designer Paul DePoo Sound Designer Renzo Vitale Production Assistant Abby Walsh Lead Set Construction PA Steven Vega VIP Event Production Contaminate NYC Publicity Ellen Jacobs Associates
Hair, Make-up, and Wardrobe Lead Wardrobe Coordinator Melanie Randolph Fashion Stylist Linnea Olson-Schwartz Assistant Stylist Heidi Grunwald Assistant Stylist Katy Azzarello Assistant Stylist Malik Summers Assistant Stylist Natalie Kessel Assistant Stylist Ciara Ramirez Make-up Artist Melissa Domogala Make-up Artist Kayla Jo Berley Make-up Artist, Hair Stylist Alsenio Espinal Hair Stylist Shanice Ricks
Fashion Collaborators Cynthia Rowley Dominic Louis Gar-de Kela Cala Q Leslie Friedman TDF Costume Collection Visceral P.L.A.Y.
Event Photographers Abigail Ekue Andrew Kist Cecilia DeBucourt Chrissie Rouse Dan Katz John Mazlish Peter Crosby Phil Straus Sidney Etienne Sean McGurn Stefano Panzarasa Thilo Vogel
Volunteers Adam Courtney Ampora McLean August Barber Bill Wicker Brandon Knight Caitlin Wilson Chris Chandler Claire Westby Dave Irwin David Shadburn Dragonfly Jess Tell Kazue Peck Lamia Akar Laurel Richardson Leandra Solovay Mike Samuel Rebecca Melton Sally Heckel Saori Kurioka Smokey Forester
Special Thanks Alessandro Spreafico, Elena Avesani, and the rest of the Contaminate NYC team, Ellen Jacobs, Julia Whitney Barnes, Chrissy Tully, Lainie Dalby, Lara Kurtzman, Andrew Lockhart, Cutting Edge Elite, April Renae, Dogleaf Senior, The Lucie Foundation, WIN Initiative, William Grant & Son's, The Balvenie Distillery, Hendrick's Gin, Stoli Vodka, Hudson Whiskey, Snohetta, Scheimpflug Digital, Dogleaf Studios, Baked by Melissa, Izze, Elefant Films, Impossible Casting NYC, Artists Wanted, Slideluck Potshow, Noovo, SHAG Brooklyn, 3rd Ward, Culturehall, Brooklyn Republic Vodka, Lucas Mendieta, L&M Light and Sound, Betsy Small, Rachel Small, Haskell Small, Michael Huffington, Sherry Sundick, Cathy Hepworth, Rachelle Cohen, Corinna Snyder, Willa Roberts, Joy Radish, Dimiter Kenarov, Peter Spagnuolo, Steeldeck Staging Co., Lissa Gundelach, Tom Stein, Jane Karsh, Dave Shelley, Casey DeSantis, Mitch Dean, Katherine Rusch, Noah McClain, Clifford Hausner & The Mac Group, Devon Berkshire, Megan Browne, Stephan Marquardt, Riley Johndonnell, Suzanna Denison, DJ Joro Boro, Raya Brass Band, Anna Schneiderman, Ben Shneiderman, Gabrielle Jaworskyj, Stephanie Blake, Jennifer Blumin, Jennifer Krosche, Duncan Brooks, Dreamer, Dream Tricycle, Black Sea Hotel, Hans Neleman, Chrissy Reilly, Craig Lechner, Lindsay Comstock, Amy Poueymirou, Cindy Lou Adkins, Jacqueline Kristel, Andy Cushman, Andy Stromberg, Debra Stromberg, Jewel Street Studios, Tim Hogan, Laura Newman, Jason Dirnberger, Alonso Homs, Adam Donald, Hossein Farmani, Cat Jiminez, Pamela Patalinghug, Bryon Fusini, Spencer Tunick, Kaysa and Joey, Leah Meyerhoff, Laura Gehrlach, David Burris, David Art Wales, Henrietta Bagazinzya, Duncan Rouse Donuts, David Chapman, Fusion Model Management, Philip Mauro, Elizabeth Barragan, Nadine Goellner, Alan Miller, Craig Dykers, Clifford Henderson, BOSS Models, Julienne Schaer, Colin Alexander, Mike Wally, Glenn Glasser, Alyssa Adams & BathHouse Studios
Congratulations to newly-weds, Siddhartha & Alexandrea Dillon, and Edwin & Callie Dennis - and to CJ & Renee Follini, who renewed their vows in this performance.
After a successful event at powerHouse Arena during the 2010 Dumbo Arts Festival, Sarah Small and collaborators once again directed 36 models and musicians, for a small, private audience in the East Village of NYC. An evening of live performance, wine and cocktails, and delectable hors d’oeuvres, models followed live direction, as vocalists and strings players emerged from within the living picture.
An intimate re-creation of the piece created this past September, the performance yet again featured an original a Cappella score by Sarah Small and Rima Fand, and stage direction by Adam J. Thompson.
Alongside these live performances, there is currently a hybrid documentary–fantasy feature film in the works, exploring the evolution of these Tableaux. Prior to the live event on the 24th, the cast and crew of this particular performance dedicated a day to filming a series of interviews, staged interactions, and dreamscapes. Rather than focusing on the elements of live performance that are addressed during a typical rehearsal, for the first time the bulk of the studio time had been set aside to prepare dream-like sequences to later be interwoven into the performance footage.
CAST:
Abigail Wright Alex Gulla Andy Miyamotto Callie Elliot Cathy Hepworth Christina Ward Cybele Kaufmann Donna Swensen Dragonfly Greg Walloch Janie Martinez Jessica A Annunziata Julianna Zarzycki Kamala Sankaram Kimberly Penharlow Leah Aron Leslie Friedman Liliana Velasquez Mary Tierney Meg Sinclair Mike Savino Morgan Rysdon-Moulitsas Nicholas DiCarlo Paul Connell Raimonda Skeryte Rima Fand Robert Boileau Sarah Small Serena Jost Siddhartha Dillon Sidney Etienne Stefano Panzarasa Suzanna Denison Theresa Magario Yula Be’eri Zonz Ouattara
CREW – LIVE PERFORMANCE:
Sarah Small Chrissie Rouse Rima Fand Adam J. Thompson Amy Poueymirou Katy Rusch Alexandrea Thomsen Brandon Knight Caitlin Wilson Ciara Ramirez Jonathan Tiongko Matthew Cylinder Olga Generalova Yeun Byun
CREW – FILM:
Sarah Small Michael Huffington Josephine Decker Michele Friedman Abby Walsh Brian Gonzalez Liz Rubin Ashley Connor Kevin Bacon Kyle Sather Colin Alexander
CREATIVES:
Arielle Toelke Elizabeth Bank Fiona Tyson Karen Boyer Marisol Miller-Wave Melanie Randolph
STILL PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Andy Stromberg Cecilia DeBucourt Chrissie Rouse Glenn Glasser John Mazlish Julienne Schaer Peter Spagnuolo Sidney Etienne
THIS EVENT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY:
Andy & Deborah Stromberg Cathy & Dennis Hepworth Haskell Small Rachel Small Sherry Sundick
Bathhouse Studios Broncolor Bulldog Gin Dogleaf Studios GAR-DE K&A Chocolates Kelacala Q Marc by Marc Jacobs Mesa Coyoacan Oak | Wine Bar & Café Scheimpflug Digital The Bagel Store The Bottle Shoppe Valley Shepherd Creamery Veniero’s Pasticceria & Caffe WIN Initiative Zeichner Wine & Liquor
This performance took place at powerHouse Arena during the Dumbo Arts Festival. Again, 36 models were directed into implausible interaction. Models followed live direction, as vocalists and violins emerged from within the living picture. The performance featured an original a Cappella score by Sarah Small and Rima Fand, and stage direction by Adam J. Thompson.
Directly following the performance, a panel of choreographers, curators, and art historians (Jill Sigman, Mashinka Firunts, Danny Snelson, and Natalie Galazka) led a discussion about the contemporary intersection of performance and photography. The panel was moderated by Elizabeth Barragan and was curated by Lindsay Comstock.
CAST:
Abigail Wright Cathy Hepworth Christina Ward CJ Boyd Cybele Kaufmann Danielle Richard Dashiell Crigler Debra Wassum Desmond Depass Donna Swensen Dragonfly Geraldine Visco Greg Walloch Janie Martinez Jessica A Annunziata Jessie Marino Julianna Zarzycki Kali Paguiigan Kamala Sankaram Kimberly Penharlow Kristen Pyles Leah Aron Leslie Friedman Liliana Velasquez Mary Tierney Morgan Rysdon-Moulitsas Pascale Leon Paul Connell Rima Fand Robert Boileau Sarah Small Siddhartha Dillon Stefano Panzarasa Tasha Guevara Willa Roberts Zonz Ouattara And one model who wishes to remain anonymous
CREW – LIVE PERFORMANCE:
Sarah Small Lindsay Comstock Chrissie Rouse Rima Fand Adam J. Thompson Dave Shelley Dawn Silverstein Casey DeSantis Kwame Adams Laura Perez-Harris Matthew Cylinder Sylvia Kates
CREW – FILM:
Sarah Small Michael Huffington Josephine Decker Brian Gonzalez Luke Norby Lauren Keegan Jonathan Henry
CREATIVES:
Anne Kohlhagen Arielle Toelke Daniella Schacter Fiona Tyson Marni Giannotti Matthew Simonelli Melanie Randolph Sofia Theofilaktidis
STILL PHOTOGRAPHERS:
Alexander Matskevich Andy Stromberg Cathy Hepworth Chrissie Rouse Julienne Schaer Laura Glabman Lindsay Comstock Stefano Panzarasa
THIS EVENT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY:
AIR Gallery Adam Courtney Amy Sundick Audrey Olberg Barbara Zeller Bathhouse Studios Charles Von Herrlich David Davis Artist Materials Dogleaf Studios Haskell Small Ignazios Pizza Koko Wittenburg Martha Forsyth Megan Browne PowerHouse Books Regal Wine Imports Ryan Britt Shirley Pelmoter Spencer Tunick VON Bar WIN Initiative Zannah Mass
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 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
After nearly one year since the first performance, Small and collaborators came together to stage a small, intimate Tableau Vivant for the audience of Babeland's Moregasm book launch. Models Sidney Etienne, Kristin Pyles, Lainie Dalby, Jules Gimbrone, and Janice Marie Foote teased the crowd with enticing, playful interaction. The boisterous celebration of Sarah's photography in Moregasm provided a perfect platform for a study of the Tableau.
In the very first installation of the project, dozens of brave men and women, the naked and the clothed, collaborated in two evenings dedicated to Small's Tableau Vivant based on her ongoing photographic series, The Delirium Constructions.
On February 10, 2009, Small assembled her sublime cast of naked ballerinas and nude, distinguished elders, twins and body builders, housewives and animal trainers, bruised beauties, libidinous artists, gun-nuts and radiant, luminous women, at the Jewel Street Studios in Brooklyn for a marathon photo session. With disarming directorial persuasion, she arranged her subjects, staging moments of uncanny interaction and fixing them in her uniquely suspenseful visual style. The fruit of this photo shoot formed the blueprint for the live “re-take,” one month later.
On March 14th, Small re-convened her same cast of subjects again at Jewel Street Studios in Brooklyn for a decadent party (sponsored by Chopin Vodka), as the public joined in to reconstruct the first shoot in a sprawling, living photograph. Models were arranged on risen platforms, in various states of undress and in interactive narratives as a centerpiece for the party. Guests wined and dined within the unsettling confines of her creation. The Tableau echoed and transformed what had happened a month prior, while also spinning new tales, distorted by the social element.
Thank you so much to:
Jewel Street Studios Tim Hogan Jean Paul Gaultier Showroom David Chapman Chopin Vodka A5E and Stella Rankin Dogleaf Studios Evolution SoHo April Renae Philip Mauro Noah McClain Charming Hostess Leah Meyerhoff and Koda Unicorn Films Dario and Jess Phil Straus Klara Hanincova Rachel Small Lani Bouwer Baked NY Bamsy Dogleaf Senior Brian Gonzalez Drew Tobia Karl Jacob Nick August Perna DJ Kid Magic Maria Ferrari Sean McDevitt Sean Mosher Smith Black Sea Hotel Greg Burns Naomi McLeod Abbie Longero Saradah A Chin Bill Kates Bridget Fleming Eric Archibald My new adopted Grandmother Alexander Tome Derrick Kollok Andrew Sotomayor Chrystal Soveroski Yinna Wang
And most of all to all of my beautiful courageous models, who trusted me enough during the creation of my first Tableau Vivant to bring it to life:
Akeela Safara Alan Tracy Alex Silva Angela Burno Caitlin Strokosch Carolyn Griffin Charles Finney Chelsea Molnar Dena Molnar Douglas Van Dalinda Frank Angelini Harry Shaw Henry Tretiak Joan Fowler Josh Weidenmiller Joy Radish Kenda McCraney Kevin Howell Lainie Dalby Laura Newman Laura Sing Lauren Curtis Michelle Brent Newton Meyers Norah Crawley Paul Burn Persiana Von Marks Ralkf Graebner Rebecca Pardue Richard Storm Royston Crabaugh Sandy Nisson Sidney Etienne Suzy Lanza Tamara Daniels Willa Roberts
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