Ear to the Ground Series
Featuring new works by:
Gottlob & Oka Dance Company
and
SLANT

MULBERRY STREET THEATER PRESENTS
Thursday - Saturday, November 19-21 at 8:00 PM
70 MULBERRY STREET, 2ND FLOOR  (CORNER OF MULBERRY & BAYARD) TICKETS: $10
RESERVATIONS: (212) 349-0438

The Mulberry Street Theater (MST) is pleased to present the premiere of "Odes, by Gottlob & Oka Dance Company, and the premiere of "Hotel California, by SLANT, as part of MST,s 98-,99 Ear to the Ground series. 

Stephanie Gottlob and Yuji Oka of Cleveland,s Gottlob & Oka Dance Company will premiere "Odes, a twenty minute-long series of duets and solos accompanied by the French poems of Davi Walders.  Bathed in pools of light, the dancers reflect a simple and delicate evocation of landscape and liquid rhythms.  This is the Company,s second appearance at Mulberry Street Theater.  Their first appearance in 1995 was well-received by the community; in addition to performances, the Company conducted workshops and lecture-demonstrations for local schools and community organizations.

SLANT, the performance trio ensemble of Rick Ebihara, Wayland Quintero, and Perry Yung, that the New York Times described as "...three extremely talented young Asian-American men... (1/15/98), and that the Village Voice described as "... a performance  ensemble with a retro-rock aesthetic [that]has a way of throwing sticks of theatrical dynamite... (1/20/98), will premiere a new work, Hotel California.  Motivated by the controversial forced eviction of dozens of elderly single Filipino and Chinese men from their only home of several decades at the International Hotel in San Francisco in 1977, Hotel California boldly paints a story of bonding and camaraderie between three retro-70,s characters, and the strength and fragility of their relationship in the face of extreme pressures and threats from city government, real estate developers, and the police.  Using their unique SLANT performance style of live music, dramatic and satiric scenework, choreography, and shadowplay puppetry, SLANT will present an unforgettable premiere of a historically-inspired piece that resonates with undeniable contemporary relevance.

This program received funding from the Lila Wallace Theater Fund, Jerome Foundation, Axe-Houghton Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

MULBERRY STREET THEATER

Mulberry Street Theater is an intimate black box performance space created in 1988 with the mission to help promote understanding through the arts, provide professional opportunities for artists, increase participation in the arts, and develop future audiences. As a co-presenter of independent artists, and presenter of four choreography series - Newsteps, Ear to the Ground, Ear to the Ground: Moving Word, and The Ladder Series - the theater supports the development of young artists by providing a professional theater space in which artists of high caliber will receive visibility from the community and press. The theater offers a homebase for both local and visiting artists to showcase their work, and claims the distinction of being Chinatown,s first and only professional performance space. The theater is also host to Chen & Dancers, annual educational series for children, provides affordable rehearsal space for modern dance artists, and serves as a venue for a variety of community events.

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