Tell us about yourself! What do you do for fun? Do you have any interesting facts about yourself?
I'm Liz! I moved to New York City 7 years ago and to Brooklyn 5 years ago, and I and have been going to BAM frequently since. I use some of my fun time to host a podcast about making good computer security for everyone called Loose Leaf Security (I promise this is fun for me!), but I spend most of it with the arts - either devouring performances at BAM and around NYC or dabbling in a variety of creative pursuits.
I've studied vocal performance as part hobby, part stress relief for roughly the last 15 years, and I focus on lyric coloratura roles. I'm somewhat shy to discuss it, especially in the context of the many immensely talented artists at BAM, but am proud to finally confidently claim my high E.
What was the first Next Wave Festival show you saw? What did you think?
The 2012 production of Einstein on the Beach. I'd been a fan of Philip Glass's works for a long time and was very familiar with the music, but seeing it in context was a transcendent experience. I remember having a very different impression of Bed [the second scene of Act IV] once it was put in its visual context and being completely mesmerized by the set and choreography in Spaceship.
(Fun fact: my partner, Matt, who is seeing all of Next Wave with me also saw a Philip Glass work for his first Next Wave show - The Etudes in 2014.)
Why did you decide to see all 26 productions in this year’s Next Wave Festival?
I've been building up to this for a couple years without realizing it. Last year, I originally planned on seeing about half of the Next Wave Festival, but ended up getting tickets last minute to a handful more shows because I heard rave reviews about them. After almost missing out on some of those spectacular shows, I decided to just see everything this year. I don't think I'd usually describe myself as someone with fear of missing out, though.
What are you anticipating you’ll learn from this experience?
This is a bit of a roundabout answer, but the thing I love most about Next Wave is that it brings together so many distinct perspectives that feel relevant and now. I find I don't usually know ahead of time exactly how a particular show will connect with me, and I'm looking forward to immersing myself in all the different perspectives and letting that take me where it takes me!
Follow along with Liz’s journey on Twitter - @lizdenys
© 2018 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Inc. All rights reserved.
I'm Liz! I moved to New York City 7 years ago and to Brooklyn 5 years ago, and I and have been going to BAM frequently since. I use some of my fun time to host a podcast about making good computer security for everyone called Loose Leaf Security (I promise this is fun for me!), but I spend most of it with the arts - either devouring performances at BAM and around NYC or dabbling in a variety of creative pursuits.
I've studied vocal performance as part hobby, part stress relief for roughly the last 15 years, and I focus on lyric coloratura roles. I'm somewhat shy to discuss it, especially in the context of the many immensely talented artists at BAM, but am proud to finally confidently claim my high E.
What was the first Next Wave Festival show you saw? What did you think?
The 2012 production of Einstein on the Beach. I'd been a fan of Philip Glass's works for a long time and was very familiar with the music, but seeing it in context was a transcendent experience. I remember having a very different impression of Bed [the second scene of Act IV] once it was put in its visual context and being completely mesmerized by the set and choreography in Spaceship.
(Fun fact: my partner, Matt, who is seeing all of Next Wave with me also saw a Philip Glass work for his first Next Wave show - The Etudes in 2014.)
Why did you decide to see all 26 productions in this year’s Next Wave Festival?
I've been building up to this for a couple years without realizing it. Last year, I originally planned on seeing about half of the Next Wave Festival, but ended up getting tickets last minute to a handful more shows because I heard rave reviews about them. After almost missing out on some of those spectacular shows, I decided to just see everything this year. I don't think I'd usually describe myself as someone with fear of missing out, though.
What are you anticipating you’ll learn from this experience?
This is a bit of a roundabout answer, but the thing I love most about Next Wave is that it brings together so many distinct perspectives that feel relevant and now. I find I don't usually know ahead of time exactly how a particular show will connect with me, and I'm looking forward to immersing myself in all the different perspectives and letting that take me where it takes me!
| Next Wave Production | First Impression | Post-Show Review |
| Humans | At the edges of strength and vulnerability | |
| The Bacchae | Intrigued by the implications of gender-swapping Dionysus | |
| Almadraba | A history of folk and fishing folx | |
| The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane | Celebrating a unique spirituality | |
| Place | Gentrification, guilt, and hopefully where can we go from there? | |
| Trisha Brown Dance Company | Early works from someone ahead of her time that still feel ahead of their time | |
| Measure for Measure | Will it feel like moral justice overcomes strict readings of the law in this setting like the text implies? | |
| JACK & | Reintegrating into society after the harsh trauma and disconnect of prison | |
| Everywhere All the Time | Percussion and anxiety | |
| Watermill | The perception of memories and time | |
| I hunger for you | The intrinsic human need for connection | |
| Satyagraha | Bringing a new layer of metaphor into Glass's minimalistic masterpiece | |
| Kreatur | Visualizing the space we take up | |
| Savage Winter | Punk opera and fixation on lost love | |
| Falling Out | Exploring tragedy in many forms through many types of forms | |
| Circus: Wandering City | Contextualizing circus itself | |
| Voyage of Time | Inhabiting space and creation | |
| Interpassivities | Interconnection and creating disconnection | |
| The Good Swimmer | Currents that underpin the framing of war | |
| The White Album | California in the 60s | |
| Greek | Oedipus at a greasy spoon! | |
| Halfway to Dawn | Honoring jazz, civil rights, and sexuality | |
| Dorrance Dance | Tap is such a lush visual and aural experience! | |
| NERVOUS/SYSTEM | Are we connected in ways we don't yet realize? | |
| Strange Window: The Turn of the Screw | Paranormal reality or psychological fiction? | |
| The Hard Nut | Cheeky, joyful fun (This is a bit cheating because I saw this last time it was at BAM!) |
Follow along with Liz’s journey on Twitter - @lizdenys
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