A really cool festival I've been attending and performing in is Triskelion Art's Comedy in Dance Festival.
There's an amazing amount of talent in the nightly lineup and the funny is really present in every act. I've always found dance to be quite humorous - and I mean how can it not be when humans are moving there bodies in strange and interesting positions for an audience to interpret on their own - even on the dance floor in clubs people do funny things, and it's all very amusing to me. I just love it.
So to create a whole festival with this as a theme is a brilliant idea that seems to have brought out some of NYC's best funny physical performers...a lot of them being smart funny - with the exception of the act I'm performing with Cirque This. Don't get me wrong it's funny and really great, just not smart funny...well except maybe to certain amphibious creatures it definitely is.
Last night I saw Abby Bender Schmantze Theatre's Geegahdongpeoria, which is the one and only full length piece in the Comedy in Dance Festival. It is an intriguing show that seems to represent many cultures, religions, past-times and curiosities and with a ton of non-stop, and really fabulous, dance. Every dancer is a character so no one gets lost in the mix and the story of this place, Geegahdongpeoria, and its people is a really fun and colorful one with splashes of darkness - totally deep. And they speak a foreign language. Foreign languages are definitely funny!
The festival runs until Sunday, May 23rd with Cirque This performing on Saturday, May 22nd. For reservations send an email to info@triskelionarts.org, tickets are $15.
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