Robert Ashley and Alex Waterman: Vidas Perfectas Thurs, Apr 17, 2014, 1:30 pm

Robert Ashley and Alex Waterman: Vidas Perfectas

Thurs, Apr 17, 2014
1:30 pm

A man performing.
A man performing.

Robert Ashley and Alex Waterman, performance of El Parque, Vidas Perfectas, Irondale Theater, Brooklyn, NY; December 2011. Pictured: Ned Sublette as 'R', aka Raoul de Noget. Courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Phillip Stearns.

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Whitney Museum Second Floor (Kaufman Astoria Studios Film and Video Gallery)

Vidas Perfectas is a new Spanish-language version of Robert Ashley's ground-breaking “television opera” Perfect Lives (1983). Alex Waterman will direct Vidas Perfectas in its second production phase at the 2014 Biennial. This ambitious live performance will be filmed before a live audience.

It will also be live-streamed during performance times.

Thursday, April 17
1:30 and 4:30 pm

Friday, April 18
1:30 and 6:30 pm

Saturday, April 19
12 and 4:30 pm

Sunday, April 20
12 and 4:30 pm

$20 general admission; $16 senior citizens and students. Tickets are required, and quantities are limited. See all ticketing information.


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