2011 MCAF Grantees: Multidisciplinary
- 3rd i NY South Asian Independent Cinema
- Great Conversations, a series of conversations between prominent figures in different fields of knowledge with interlocutors of different disciplines producing varied and complex portrayals of thought.
- 6th Street and Avenue B Garden, Inc.
- A six-month interdisciplinary events program at 6th and B Garden.
- AbyaYalaArte y Cultura
- Inti Raymi in New York, 2011, a series of events about Andean and Peruvian culture, culminating with the staging of the ceremonial rituals of the Inti Raymi, on the day when South American indigenous cultures gather to honor and give tribute to the Sun God.
- Suzette Brown
- Laughter in the Park, a nine week program of free live comedy shows with NY's most respected comic artists in various parks throughout New York City.
- Elaine Cho
- The Joyous Chinese Opera Troupe's presentation of the Cantonese Opera Appreciation Series focusing on themes of reunification and forbidden love.
- Chung Ying Chinese Opera Association
- Presentation of a Chinese musical performance featuring music from the Cantonese tradition.
- Casey Cole
- An unpeeling of Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula" through puppetry, dance, vintage recordings and live vocals, delving into the mind of the sleepwalker and the historical character of Guiditta Pasta, who originally premiered the role in 1831.
- Compagnia de' Colombari
- Strangers and Other Angels', re-imagining of the medieval mystery plays for the 21st century in an indoor-outdoor Christmas spectacle free to the public and celebrating the public.
- Gary Corbin
- Celebrating Artists with Disabilities: An Evening of Theater, Music & Film, a multi-arts presentation comprised of performances and a post-performance discussion featuring artists with disabilities.
- Crossing Jamaica Avenue, Inc.
- Fan Macbeth, an intercultural, experimental, movement theater piece which explores characteristics of traditional Japanese fan traditions through the lens of Shakespeare's Macbeth, at La MaMa's international festival, "La MaMa Move!" in May 2011.
- DDJW Incorporated
- Tales of the Rainbow Butterflies, a series of workshops for K-4th graders exploring the metamorphosis of the butterfly through movement, improvisation, chanting, and discussion.
- Jonathan Engle
- The Sanctuary Project, a series of four multi-disciplinary chamber music and poetry performances, with an opening concert at Carnegie Hall, featuring collaborative works that explores the universal yet personal theme of "sanctuary" in words and sounds.
- Caron Eule
- Clean Springing X, comprised of four performances of new and old C. Eule Dance works woven together through live animation and music at the Ailey Citigroup Theater.
- Inna Faliks
- Music/Words, an interdisciplinary concert series that features live solo and chamber classical performance interspersed with poetry readings by contemporary poets.
- Fly-by-Night Dance Theater, Inc.
- 2011 NYC Season, a two-performance series on Manhattan's Upper West Side, features invited Aerial Dance guest artists and includes 50 free tickets for teens and 50 reduced price tickets for families involved in the after-school dance programs.
- John Glover
- Life Cycles, a collaborative multimedia work by composer John Glover, painter Mark Mastroianni, and projection designer VJ Rob Dietz to create an immersive experience of live music performance, electronics, and visuals for audiences.
- Melissa Grey
- SPRAWL, a one-night performance event at the Stone in the Lower East Side featuring new and recent musical and audiovisual projects by Melissa Grey and collaborators.
- Kerpely, Adel
- Strange Bugs!, a summer-long multi-disciplinary art installation and workshop exhibited in Manhattan's Public Spaces and Governor's Island Figment Weekend.
- Lower East Side Performing Arts
- The premiere of Elodie Lauten's The Death of Don Juan, a multimedia opera integrating music, choreography, acting, visual art, live video, ad dramatic text, staged by Robert Lawson.
- Malleable Dance Theater
- 1.26 milliseconds, a public performance of a full-length dance theater multimedia performance work about a woman dealing with disaster after an earthquake.
- Manhattan Amateur Art and Columbus Music Association, Inc.
- A series of four seasonal concerts lasting 3 hours each to give uninitiated people a taste of classical music, dance and song.
- Mark Lamb Dance Group, Inc.
- Second Saturday Sanctuary Salon Series at Seven, a monthly series of interdisciplinary events, featuring music in a variety of genres, dance, theater, improvisation and conversation.
- MOTYL Chamber Ensemble
- An interactive, multi-media examination of racism, prejudice and anti-Semitism to help promote cross-cultural understanding and sensitivity.
- NY Bard Wo Association
- Bard Wo Cantonese Opera Festival's presentation of two fully staged Cantonese opera productions performed in Chinatown by local professional artists and guest performers from Guangdong, China.
- Jesca Prudencio
- We Walk, We Stop, a series of movement theater pieces devised over 5 weeks and performed to original live music at the Astor Place intersection within the duration of the 49-second walk signal.
- Renaissance Chinese Opera Society
- A three-hour Chinese opera presentation for the public with full costumes.
- Chikako Saito
- Fun! Fun! Japan!, a one-hour show designed specifically for families with children ages 3 to 7. The performance will include presentations of traditional Japanese instrumental music, song, puppetry and dance.
- Mark Seto
- The Handel Project, a newly created, multi-disciplinary 21st Century opera seria fashioned from the work of GF Handel using baroque pastiche technique with an open workshop and a conference leading to two public performances.
- Karen D. Taylor
- Riffs on Race: Memories Out of Time, a spoken-word memoir, sitting upon a musical foundation of new and tried and true Jazz, Blues, and Afro-Cuban music which will be presented over three performances.
- India Center
- The Natraj Folk Arts Festival, a tri-state festival of Indian folk arts including dance, music and literature.
- Rebecca L. Thomas
- A Palo Seco II, a production of Flamenco dance and music ranging from traditional repertoire to innovative pieces, which represent the wide emotional breadth inherent in Flamenco culture.
- Ian K. Williams
- BELLA GAIA (Beautiful Earth), the New York theatrical premiere of an astoundingly moving multimedia presentation combining live musical performance, large-scale projected visuals powered by NASA data, cutting-edge technology and a thought-provoking stream.
- Maria Yoon
- Maria the Korean Bride Grand Finale, a live street theater wedding performance at Times Square, featuring Mayor Koc as the wedding officiant.
- ZEYBRAH
- The African Multi-Media Festival, beginning with four months of rehearsals culminating in an African multi-media festival with dance, music, drama and film, both traditional and contemporary art forms.
