ARTIST IN RESIDENCE

Aaron Landsman

 


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Artist in Residence Aaron Landsman, known for his adventurous site specific theater events, will spend spring 2012 developing two new projects in Houston.

Landsman will direct a contemporary production of The Frogs by Aristophanes, using a new adaptation by Director of the Center for Creative Work, Dr. John Harvey. The Frogs will be part of the annual Dionysia festival offered by the Center for Creative Work at the University of Houston Honors College, and Landsman will serve as the first guest director for the Dionysia, now in its fourth year. For poetic updates on the development of The Frogs, see Dr. Harvey’s project blog.

The Frogs
April 26, 28, 29, 7pm
LOCATION: The Rockwell Pavilion, MD Anderson Library, 114 University Libraries, University of Houston
ADMISSION: Free, RSVP required thehonorscollege.com/dionysia

April 30, 7pm
LOCATION: Fitzgerald’s, 2706 White Oak Blvd
ADMISSION: Free, RSVP required thehonorscollege.com/dionysia

May 1, 7pm
LOCATION: Khon’s, 2808 Milam St.
ADMISSION: Free, RSVP required thehonorscollege.com/dionysia

 

While in Houston, Landsman will also work on City Council Meeting, his national project focused on “performed participatory democracy.” The Houston City Council Meeting will be presented by DiverseWorks in Fall 2012, and this residency marks the beginning of an ongoing partnership between the Mitchell Center and DiverseWorks to develop and present new performances by groundbreaking interdisciplinary artists. For more information on City Council Meeting see the project site.

Aaron Landsman lives in Brooklyn, NY and makes theater for many kinds of spaces. His sited work and stage plays have been commissioned and produced in several cities including Oslo, Minsk, New York, Detroit, and Lund. Also an actor, Aaron has performed with Elevator Repair Service Theater since 2004 and appeared in the work of many directors and choreographers. He teaches workshops for artists nationwide and has also been an advocate for colleagues in Belarus and Turkey, whose freedom of expression is under threat. Aaron is a 2010 Artist in Residence at HERE, in New York City. His ongoing project Appointment will have installments in Berlin and Austin.