Past events
If The Shoe Fits
Saturday, March 19th 20113:00pm
price: $40; $20 students, children; We participate in the TDF voucher program.
"Like being lost in a fun-house mirror, sweet and innocent and threatening all at once. " -The New York Times
Directed by Rachel Cohen
Assistant director Pablo Francisco Ruvalcaba, courtesy of the Limon Company
Design by Olek
Music by Chris Becker
Lighting by Sarah Sidman
Performed by Joelle Arnusch, Rachel Cohen, Richard Epstein, Adrian Jevicki, Rebecca Ketchum, Kelly Kocinski, and Aaron Simunovich
Production stage manager Rob Signum
Understudies/prop assistants: Alisa Fendley and Masumi Kishimoto
Funded in part through Meet The Composer's MetLife Creative Connections program.
Reconstructed during the company's residency at CAVE.
Racoco/Kotorino at SITE Fest '11
Saturday, March 5th 20116:30pm
SITE Fest is a two-day interdisciplinary event highlighting the diversity of performance in Bushwick. Encompassing and blending a variety of forms including theater, dance and music, SITE investigates the neighborhood as an unfolding collaborative performance enacted in urban space.
Rachel Cohen will be performing with Jeff Morris, leader of Kotorino, on slide guitar, Caroline Ritson on harp and musical saw, and 300 wire hangers.
Showcase for 2011 APAP Conference
Sunday, January 9th 201110:10am
price: Free
Racoco will showcase part of If The Shoe Fits and a segment from the work-in-progress Tilt at the 2011 Arts Presenters Conference. We'll be performing three times as part of the Construction Company showcase at City Center, Studio 5, at 10:10, 11:30, and 12:50.
Also on the program are Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama, Artichoke Dance, FREEFALL, Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects, Kinesis Project dance theater, Paradizo Dance, and Jonathan Reidel Dance Theater. The whole program starts at 9:30am and cycles through three times.
Mary Anthony Dance Theater Studio Show
Friday, December 10th 20108:00pm
price: $10
Saturday, December 11th 20108:00pm
price: $10
Sunday, December 12th 20103:00pm
price: $10
Racoco will present two works in progress on a program featuring Mary Anthony's lovely "Ceremony of Carols." Also performing are Ariane Anthony, Adrian Jevicki, and Andrea Pastorella. The performances are dedicated to our friend and MADT devotee Ellen Simon. We miss her.
Free showing, with special guest, Maori singer Tamar McLeod Sinclair
Saturday, October 30th 20107:30pm
price: Free if you're wearing a costume--or if you're not!
Please come and see Racoco's current work in progress, and hear the music of special guest artist Tamar McLeod Sinclair, who sings Maori and other world music. A creative way to kick off your Halloween celebrations! Wine will be served.
With dancers Neva Cockrell, Rachel Cohen, Alisa Fendley, Stephanie Hyland, Rebecca Ketchum, Masumi Kishimoto, and Kelly Kocinski.
