Archive for October, 2006
10.29.06
Posted in Articles, Ryan at 6:59 pm by Ryan
Voci Dance is hosting an experience downtown all this weekend at the brand new CityArts Factory. They describe their new show “Out of the Box” as:
…a collaborative performance featuring renowned spoken word artist Christa Bell of Seattle, local visual artists Anna McCambrige, Joulia Vitaliy, Rick Jones, live painting by John Carollo, and choreography by guest artists Ellie Potts-Barrett, Tara Lee Burns and Phillip Turner.
You may remeber Voci Dance as the studio who put on 2006’s “Paint Chips” (our review) at the Orlando Fringe. I saw the last performance of the week and I thought it was absolutley inspired. I was very proud to live in Orlando that day.
Show: Voci Dance Out of the Box
Venue: City Arts Factory, 29 S. Orange Ave. (corner of Pine St.)
Show times: Fri, Nov 3, 7:30 PM; Sat, Nov 4, 7:30 PM; Sun, Nov 5, 1:30 PM
Tickets: $15, $10 with Student ID, cash or check preferred
Call: 407.616.8775 - info and tickets
I know things are kind of tight this weekend with the Orlando Puppet Festival and UCF’s Last Homecoming in the Citrus Bowl and all, but I am going to find the time, so you can too.
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Posted in Articles, Ryan at 4:07 am by Ryan
All Hallow’s 10 is over, Fringe applications are due in a few days… what does that mean?
Time do make the interviews!!
To you, loyal readers of BloggingFringe.com (yes, all 20 of you, and a few MySpace friends) I pose the following charges:
- If you are participating in an upcoming Fringe show in any market (America, Canada, Europe, etc.), I would like to hear from you. Send an email to info@bloggingfringe.com and let me know. You may get profiled, interviewed, or otherwise talked about in the near future, and I want to start a dialogue with you.
- If you are involved in organizing the Fringe, I would very much like to be on the mailing list for press releases, and I want to interview you too. Marketing team, web design, of course producer and board of directors, volunteer coordinators, everyone has a story to tell.
- If you are a Fringe attendee, especially if you have been to 3 or more Orlando Fringes or Fringe in another city, I would love to hear from you too.
You can subscribe to the MySpace Blog, but this will not be the only way to get updates. The web site’s feed will be the way to get audio and video interviews, and other special features if I have the time. You can also get website updates via email at the subscription page.
Speaking of if I have time, you can write for Blogging Fringe if you have only the inclination. Please send an email to info@bloggingfringe.com and let me know. If you have any writing samples you can send or link to, that will be much appreciated.
I am looking forward to May 2007, and I hope I will be able to cover the 16th Orlando Fringe in a way that makes every patron’s, performer’s, and producer’s experience all the better.
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10.11.06
Posted in Articles, Ryan at 5:37 pm by Ryan
I think everyione reading this blog can agree that a performing arts center would greatly improve the quality of life and the image to outsiders for Orlando and Central Florida. I saw over on Mark Baratelli’s MySpace blog his post of a video trying to get support for OPAC. He did not make it, but he appears prominently at the end, along with an earlier shot of several SAK performers. The video goes a long way to making Orlando seem like a good place for the arts (which it is).
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Here is a post on Maupin’s blog about the Miami PAC and the experiences we should be learning from. And a story in the Sentinel about the new stadium/PAC/arena.
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Posted in General Fringe Info, Articles, Ryan at 5:09 am by Ryan
Inevitably, festivals like the fringe will launch a new web page every year — SXSW, FFF, OFF (they aren’t even at the same URL this year), the list goes on. Check out this year’s offering: OrlandoFringe.org
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The problem with this constant cycle of ::slack off:: ::panic:: ::get donated service:: ::slap stuff together:: ::relauch:: ::cram info into a very small space:: remains that it is a major headache every year, and in my opinion an exercise in futility. Someone who knows what they’re doing (and I am not saying anything against Rachel Joyce, I went to school with her and she is very knowledgable) to sit sdown and take the time to think about where things should go an how they should be organized. It’s called information design, and it is a highly specialized field. I’m not saying we need to call in the big boys for this, but from seeing what I have in previous years, most festivals need an information archticture like they need to sell tickets.
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