Who is Odyssey Works? What is an Odyssey? How does an Odyssey work? How do I get to be The Participant? I’ve received a bunch of questions over the last 2 weeks about our exciting relationship with Odyssey Works set for this year’s BEAT Festival in September. So, I asked Abraham Burickson, the group’s Artistic …
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We’re delighted to announce today that we’ll be working with the remarkable performance collective Odyssey Works during the Sept 2013 BEAT Festival! Odyssey Works will create a 36-hour immersive performance event designed for ONE person, involving hundreds of Brooklyn residents, and taking place throughout the borough of Brooklyn. Odyssey Works is accepting applications now until …
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The BEAT Festival was delighted to give two free performances as part of our inaugural festival in the beautiful MetroTech Commons in Downtown Brooklyn. These events took place on the two Fridays during the festival, September 14th & 21st. On Friday September 14th, the performers were spoken word artists Malcolm Wicks and Gabriel Barralaga, and …
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On Wednesday, August 8th at 11am, we will officially open ticketing for the inaugural BEAT Performing Arts Festival. This entire website will dramatically change and you’ll be able to see who is performing in this year’s festival, purchase tickets & passes, grab your seat at our extra special opening night event, learn about our hub …
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Wow – What A Night. We held our first event at The Irondale Center on June 19th…and it was a huge blast! First of all, huge thanks to Jorell Williams & Mila Henry (American Opera Projects), Creative Outlet Dance Theatre & Jamel Gaines, Courtney Giannone and Mathias Kunzli, Radha Blank, Amani Breanna Alexander and Marshall …
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Every once in awhile, a work of theater emerges that suddenly transforms the landscape of contemporary performance art. I recall seeing Michael Counts’ stunning “Tilly Losch” some years ago at the old GAle GAtes space in DUMBO, or even viewing De La Guarda’s “Villa Villa” in Union Square in the mid-90′s. Both were striking examples …
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We need help. We need you. It’s our first job posting, and we’re a wee-bit excited. We can call it a job, because it’s paid but technically we are calling this an… INTERNSHIP! How exciting. So, here’s the deal (aka, the job posting): BEAT (Brooklyn Emerging Artists in Theater) currently seeks an intern to work …
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The Beat of Brooklyn On Sunday, November 6th the BEAT team traveled through Brooklyn capturing the borough’s “sound, song or beat”. Our 5 locations: Prospect Park, Atlantic Center, Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Promenade & Brooklyn Flea. Using a podium, megaphone and a big yellow arrow, we wanted to see (and hear) what wild array …
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On Thursday, November 3rd, we will be kicking-off our first individual funding campaign via IndieGoGo. The aim? $10,000. These funds will go directly to funding our Irondale Center productions where every artist in the BEAT Festival will perform in 2012. Your gift will go directly to enabling Brooklyn-based theater, dance and voice artists perform in …
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We need your help. Brooklyn is BIG, and we are small So, we were wondering if YOU might like to help us by becoming a BEAT ambassador. We need as many people as possible throughout the borough telling us about cool performance groups and individuals we should know. All we need is from you is …
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