The Elephants took a field trip this summer to visit the Mikhail Zakin Gallery, where our piece was being displayed in an exhibit on Contemporary Puppetry. We were thrilled to meet John McGurk (curator) & Mary Gagler, who helped assemble and present our piece. The Gallery was beautiful, and we are honored to be surround by such great artists.
Below are a few photos from our excursion (be sure to check out the panorama).
The Elephant Tango is proud to announce it will be featured in an exhibit of contemporary pupperty at Mikhail Zakin Gallery from July 26 – September 8, 2010. The official opening, with live performances and video screenings, will take place August 7th, from 2-4pm. The show is wheelchair accessible and free to the public.
ETE will be displaying a custom piece 8′ x 2′, showcasing scence from 3 previous works: The Elephant’s Child, Aesop’s Fables, & The Couch. Featuring puppet designs by Dylan Gould and Brendan Burns, with arrangement assistance from Karin Webb & Valerie Thompson. The installation will include an audio selection composed by Brendan Burns (Guitar) & Valerie Thompson (Cello), along with Vessela Stoyanova (MIDI Marimba), Brendan Higgins (Clarinet), Rachel Jayson (Strings) and Nate Greenslit (Percussion); engineered by Lainey SchoolTree.
The exhibit will feature other masterful puppeteers: Sandow Birk & Elyse Pignolet (Long Beach, CA), Serra Hirsch (NY, NY), Tine Kindermann (NY, NY), MiWha Lee (Cresskill, NJ), Jason Leinwand (NY, NY), Richard Mansfield (London, UK), Robin McCahill (Thomaston, CT), Sean Meredith (Los Angeles, CA), Leslie Rogers (Philadelphia, PA), Jamie Shannon (Toronto, CA), Laura Strausfeld (NY, NY), Miss Pussycat and Quintron (New Orleans, LA), Wonderspark Puppets (NY, NY).
ABOUT THE MIKHAIL ZAKIN GALLERY AT THE ART SCHOOL AT OLD CHURCH
The Art School at Old Church is a non-profit cultural that houses the Mikhail Zakin and Café Galleries. The school and galleries provide community access to experiences in the arts. The school offers over 90 art classes and workshops for adults, teens and children each semester as well as free gallery exhibitions. The Art School’s programs are made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as contributions from foundations, corporations, businesses and individuals.
561 Piermont Road
Demarest, NJ 07627
201-767-7160
Gallery hours:
9:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday – Friday
9:30 AM – 12: 00 PM, Saturday
Call for weekday evening hours
The Elephant Tango will be taking their puppet show on the road in May for two performances!
Friday, May 21st at Pershiable Theater’s: Blood From A Turnip (showtime 10pm)
Saturday, May 22nd at Brookline’s Puppet Showplace for Puppet Slam (showtime 8pm)
Our good friend, and talented carpenter, Lieteau, has taken our dreams and made them into puppet-stage reality. We now how a 6 foot tall, foldable puppet-stage. We’ll be posting updates here on the blog and debuting the new stage and show at April’s Bent Wit Cabaret: Sunday, April 12th.
Welcome to the new Elephant Tango.com! We’ll be putting some work into this site over the next few weeks. Right now, it’s pretty bare bones, but thanks for stopping by. More info soon!
