[New York, NY]

Publishing Performance in the 21st Century (with UDP)
November 30, 2011, 6:30 pm
at Martin E. Segal Theatre

Publishing Performance in the 21st Century: Ugly Duckling Presse / Emergency INDEX This evening’s performance-infused forum will address performance criticism, documentation, and the relationship between writing and performance. A panel discussion with performance publishers, critics, and curators will be followed by performances by artists and playwrights based on critical writing about their own work; and open discussion between the panelists, artists, and audience members. THE PANEL: Antje Oegel (53rd State Press) Esther Neff (Panoply Performance Laboratory) Claudia La Rocco (Brooklyn Rail; New York Times) Sylvan Oswald (Play A Journal of Plays) Lana Wilson (Performa) Moderated by Matvei Yankelevich (UDP) THE PERFORMERS: Aki Sasamoto, Jim Findlay, Julia Jarcho ABOUT UDP / Emergency Ugly Duckling Presse, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit run by a volunteer editorial collective, is the home of the “Emergency” series: the former Emergency Gazette; Emergency Playscripts; and Emergency INDEX — a forthcoming annual publication, in which artists reflect on the work they created in the past year. More info at www.emergencyindex.org. YOU CAN SUBMIT A DESCRIPTION OF YOUR PERFORMANCE TO EMERGENCY INDEX HERE: www.emergencyindex.com