Lorna Burdsall, a charismatic white-haired figure, is now in her early 70's and the director of the modern dance company AsiSomos, which combines dance, image theater, poetry and music.
He was also a designer and/ or a consultant for the Ypsilanti Greek Theater in Ypsilanti, Mich.; the Harlem Cultural Arts Center; the Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center in Nyack, N.Y.; the 42nd Street Redevelopment Project; the Double Image Theater in Manhattan; and the Zachary Scott Theater Center in Austin, Tex.
Classes in Dance, Arts of the Moving Image, Theater, Music, African American Studies, and more are offered in the Ruby classrooms and studios.
In communities from Corpus Christi to Port Arthur, the PFTA has offered Community Environmental Forum Theater workshops based on the "image theater" and "forum theater" techniques and formats developed by Brazilian playwright Augusto Boal.
And, of course, his advertising images, theater, opera and ballet designs were ephemeral.
The 80 participating organizations include the American Museum of the Moving Image, Dance Theater of Harlem, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Staten Island Institute for Arts and Sciences.
A few days before the event, which is free and includes dance, digital image, dance theater, performance installations and light refreshments, some of the scheduled participants were MEI-BE WHATEVER and the companies of ARIANE ANTHONY, CAROLYN LORD, CHRISTOPHER CAINES, ELKE RINDFLEISCH and REBEKAH WINDMILLER.
Mr. Erickson, who lives in Hamden, is one of the few photographers nationwide who makes his living shooting images of theater productions.
Despite Off Off Broadway's ragtag image, many theaters involved in the festivals are increasingly sophisticated, with air-conditioning, cushioned seats and elaborate technical setups.
Cinema Street (known locally as "Rue de Cinéma") will be dedicated on Friday by Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, Agence France-Presse reported, to celebrate the completion of renovations on the marketplace's historic Forum des Images movie theater.
LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 19: The L.A. Live entertainment complex, which includes the Staples Center and Nokia Theater (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife).
