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  Mabou Mines' 'Peter & Wendy' Comes of Age - washingtonpost.com
Mabou Mines was shaken in 2003, however, by the sudden loss of Cunningham, who died of a heart attack at 46.
Mabou Mines has historically favored a collaborative approach.
That touch of melancholy connects the Mabou Mines piece with a larger tradition of relatively dark theatrical riffs on Neverland.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/04/AR2007050402344.html   (939 words)

  
  Mabou Port History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The community of Mabou includes Mabou Harbor and the Mabou Coal mines.
It is thought that Mabou is a corruption of the Mi'kmaq name of Malabo which was a shortened form of Malabokek, the meaning of which is obscure.
The Mabou Mines port is known as Finlay's Point.
www.stfx.ca /research/gbayesp/mabou.htm   (90 words)

  
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After an Artistic Director of Mabou Mines reviews resumes and proposals, all applicants will be notified as to whether or not they are being requested to continue, as a finalist, to Phase II of the application process.
Mabou Mines/Suite is supported, in part, with funds generously provided by the Jerome Foundation and generous Public support from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs.
Mabou Mines does not discriminate because of appearance, race, age, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, physical handicap, marital status, union affiliation, or because of religious or political beliefs.
www.maboumines.org /pubPages/residency.php   (0 words)

  
 Theatre Communications Group - American Theatre - April 2007
One of the headaches of writing about Mabou Mines is that the legacy of its original members has remained buried in lore, mythology and reams and reams of indigestible academic discourse—but, on the other hand, because the original roots still exist (as embodied by Breuer and Maleczech), that legacy continues to hold cult-like sway.
Mabou Mines has provided me—that is to say, all the people involved in the company—with a way to build a body of work, just as a painter builds a body of work.
(In the case of Mabou Mines, Breuer is the seer and Maleczech the earth mother.) Sometimes, the lovers break up, but the separation merely confirms the status of the unique actor, because the directors often cannot replicate the relationships they've had with their unique actors, or the new lovers simply aren't as brilliant.
www.tcg.org /publications/at/apr07/mabou.cfm   (5597 words)

  
 Mabou
Mabou - Inverness County, Nova Scotia - an unincorporated area - now defined as a school district and postal area - formerly the mail distribution point for a number of small post offices in surrounding communities each of which also had one or two room schools.
In fact, Mabou at one time shipped flour to the mainland and to P. Shiploads of cattle and sheep and butter and cheese went from the area to Newfoundland until shortly after the time of Confederation.
New boats were being purchased in the Mabou Harbour and the Mabou Coal Mines areas and the standard of living was raised because of increased quotas and better fishing management.
www.mabou.ca /mabou.htm   (2158 words)

  
 Press Releases
Ruth Maleczech (director and founding member of Mabou Mines) first met Catherine Sasanov (poet and lyricist) in 1995 as part of a US-Mexico Creative Artist Cultural Exchange grant program, at which time the concept for the piece was hatched.
Mabou Mine intends to tour the piece nationally in the future.
Mabou Mines' work was last seen in Los Angeles at the Geffen Play in 1997 in the acclaimed show Peter and Wendy.
www.csun.edu /~hfoao102/press_releases/spring00/belen.html   (0 words)

  
 Mezinárodní festival Divadlo / International festival Theatre
The genesis for Mabou Mines goes back to the mid-1960s when five American artists living in Europe came together with a shared vision of creating work incorporating new ideas and concepts in music and the visual arts with theater.
Mabou Mines has won over fifty major awards and created 64 original productions in English, Spanish, and French.
Mabou Mines' overlying philosophy is that art has the power to change the world.
festival.divadlo.cz /rocniky/roc01/a_mabou_mines01.asp   (348 words)

  
 The Dartmouth Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Breuer was a founding member of Mabou Mines and his work with the theater company has received countless honors and awards.
Mabou Mines was named after a Nova Scotia community where founding members created the company in 1970.
Mabou Mines will be performing "Dollhouse" again tonight at 7 p.m.
www.thedartmouth.com /article.php?aid=2006040504010   (745 words)

  
 red beads
In 1980 Mabou Mines' A Prelude to Death in Venice received Obie's for both his direction and his script.
His theater work outside Mabou Mines includes The Tempest for Joseph Papp's "Shakespeare in the Park," and Lulu for Robert Brustein's American Repertory Theater, as well as his music-theater collaborations as author and director with composer Bob Telson.
He is collaborating with director Lee Breuer to develop Mabou Mines' new opera Red Beads, and is currently working with Rhode Island's Trinity Repertory Company to develop the puppetry for Paula Vogel's new play The Long Christmas Ride Home for premiere in May 2003.
www.redbeads.info /bios.html   (1037 words)

  
 Mabou Mines and collaborative creation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Lee Breuer refers in the interview to several works created previously with the experimental group Mabou Mines, of which he was a co-founder.
As Gerald Rabkin describes it, "Mabou Mines aimed to create a new experimental synthesis, one which would suffuse the non-hierarchical ideal of the artistic collective with both the surrounding innovation of new art, music, dance.
and more traditional concerns of motivational acting, the tradition from which Lee and most of the group sprung." Mabou MInes is one of many experimental theatre groups which have their roots in the 1960's and a general discontent with specialization and hierarchical organizations.
artemis.austincollege.edu /acad/HWC22/Greek/Gospel/maboumines.html   (217 words)

  
 Mabou Mines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mabou Mines is an avant-garde theatre company founded in 1970 and based in New York City.
The company was founded by JoAnne Akailitis, Lee Breuer, Philip Glass, Ruth Maleczech, and David Warrilow.
It was named after the town of Mabou in Nova Scotia, where the founders had produced a play shortly before forming the group.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mabou_Mines   (87 words)

  
 Ford Foundation: Ford Foundation Annual Report 1981 - 17
Mabou Mines theater company in New York City is experimental in the broadest and deepest sense.
Mabou Mines' main activity is the creation of new works by the company members, either original pieces or adaptations that draw upon diverse authors and works.
In the meantime, Mabou Mines members are pouring their considerable creative energies into new works in and out of the theater.
www.fordfound.org /elibrary/documents/1981/027.cfm   (1050 words)

  
 Mabou Mines Dollhouse Tickets
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 "The Gospel at Colonus"
Mabou Mines was founded in 1970 in New York City.
Years before "performance art" was popularized, Mabou Mines was a performance company, taking as its first principle the idea that life is performance.
Mabou Mines has produced eight pieces by Samuel Beckett, six of which have been world premieres of texts not originally written for the theatre.
www.theatre.ru /chekhov_fest/egospel.html   (312 words)

  
 MABOU MINES: Sacrifice Comes with the Territory, by Don Shewey
The main roles are performed by Ruth Maleczech, 62, another original member of Mabou Mines (along with JoAnne Akalaitis, Philip Glass and David Warrilow), and Frederick Neumann, 75, who joined the company not long after its inception in 1970.
Thriving on chaos has been a survival strategy for Mabou Mines, which is an unusual entity on the landscape of American theater.
Breuer's texts — "The Red Horse Animation," "The B. Beaver Animation" and "The Shaggy Dog Animation." In Mabou Mines parlance, animation means both bringing characters to life and cartoon, and it intentionally conjures both animus (the Latin word for soul) and animal — the multiple meanings enriching the word rather than canceling one another out.
www.donshewey.com /theater_articles/mabou_mines_for_NYT.html   (1964 words)

  
 Mabou Mines/Lee Breuer "Mabou Mines Dollhouse"
Per la prima volta a Roma, la storico collettivo newyorkese Mabou Mines presenterà all’Auditorium il suo ultimo straordinario spettacolo: «Mabou Mines DollHouse», del regista Lee Breuer.
Dalla sua fondazione, nel 1970, Mabou Mines ha svolto un ruolo chiave nel panorama dell’avanguardia teatrale statunitense, ottenendo importanti premi e riconoscimenti in tutto il mondo.
«Mabou Mines DollHouse», vincitore di due Obie Awards e accolto in tutto il mondo come un capolavoro, è una messa in scena sconcertante e tagliente di «Casa di Bambola» di Ibsen.
www.auditorium.com /eventi/4885766?print=1   (0 words)

  
 Mabou River Inn - Attractions - Cape Breton - Nova Scotia
Mabou River Inn - Attractions - Cape Breton - Nova Scotia
For the intermediate or expert kayaker there is a full day of adventure, which entails driving to and launching at Finlay Point (Mabou Coal Mines Wharf).
A little further is the Mabou Coal Mines Beach at Finlay Point.
www.mabouriverinn.com /Attractions.htm   (444 words)

  
 Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art | Press Releases
Mabou Mines was named after a Nova Scotia community where the founding members Lee Breuer, Philip Glass, JoAnne Akalaitis, David Warrilow, and Ruth Malaczech created the company in 1970 with its premier production, The Red Horse Animation.
Mabou Mines seeks out ventures with artists from other disciplines resulting in diverse theatrical innovations, and has received some 50 awards and citations for excellence, including the 1974 OBIE Award for General Excellence and the 1986 OBIE for Sustained Achievement.
As a founding member of Mabou Mines, Lee Breuer's work with the theater company has received countless honors and awards including for his work as director of Peter and Wendy, which won 5 OBIE Awards, a Drama League Award, and an American Theater Wing Award.
www.massmoca.org /press_releases/08_2002/08_01_02.html   (885 words)

  
 Philip Glass: Music: Early Voice
This fine live performance of Music for Voices, sung by Mabou Mines at the Paula Cooper Art Gallery in 1972 is one of the earlier recordings that we have in our archive of Philip Glass material.
Mabou Mines is an avant-garde theater company established in 1970 and continues to this day.
Glass, a founding member of Mabou Mines, was the musical director for the group and this piece is possibly the 2nd or 3rd piece out of a dozen that he created for Mabou Mines productions.
www.philipglass.com /music/recordings/early_voice.php   (580 words)

  
 Mabou River Inn - Attractions - Cape Breton - Nova Scotia
For the intermediate or expert kayaker there is a full day of adventure, which entails driving to and launching at Finlay Point (Mabou Coal Mines Wharf).
We have an assortment of mountain bikes, which can be taken on the Rail Trail (4k), for a short trip around the village (3k), or to West Mabou Beach (8k).
A little further is the Mabou Coal Mines Beach at Finlay Point.
mabouriverinn.com /Attractions.htm   (444 words)

  
 Times Square Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
PETER AND WENDY is an exquisite example of Mabou Mines’ celebrated history of developing collaborative works that meld movement, theater, imagery and music into a rich theatrical tapestry.
Named after a community in Nova Scotia where the founders performed their first work in 1970, Mabou Mines has been at the forefront of theatrical experimentation that blends movement, text, music, visual arts and multimedia.
Years before "performance art" was popularized, Mabou Mines was a performance company, firm in its belief that life is performance, and that the study and practice of one is the study and practice of the other.
www.timessquare.com /guide/guide_00005.html   (557 words)

  
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The Mabou Mines theater troupe presents their adaptation of Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Hopkins Center for the Arts on April 4 and 5.
Mabou Mines was named after a Nova Scotia community where founding members Lee Breuer, Philip Glass, JoAnne Akalaitis, David Warrilow, and Ruth Malaczech created the company in 1970 with its premier production, The Red Horse Animation.
Mabou Mines seeks out ventures with artists from other disciplines resulting in diverse theatrical innovations, and has received some 50 awards and citations for excellence, including the 1974 OBIE Award for General Excellence and the 1986 OBIE for Sustained Achievement.
www.dartmouth.edu /~vox/0506/0403/dollhouse.html   (473 words)

  
 History of Inverness County, Nova Scotia
From John, the second son of Alexander, from Skye, are descended the Beatons of South West Mabou, the Beaton masons of the Coal Mines, and the Beatons of Mull River.
Isabel was married to Donald MacDonald great-grandfather of Bishop MacDonald of Victoria, British Columbia; Jessie to John Rankin, the common ancestor of all the Rankins of Poplar Grove: Mary to Angus Cameron from whom all the Camerons of Mabou and the Southwest; Catherine to Tailor McInnes, the grandfather of the late Rev. A.
"The Petition of the freeholders of Cape Mabou and Broad Cove "in the County of Inverness, Cape Breton.
www.electricscotland.com /canada/inverness/chapter41.htm   (7496 words)

  
 Mabou Minds at Work: Tom Hawkinson on 30 years of Mabou Mines and Las Horas de Belen. Feature on TheaterMania.com
Mabou Minds at Work: Tom Hawkinson on 30 years of Mabou Mines and Las Horas de Belen.
Mabou Mines was founded in 1970, and is now celebrating its 30th year and 20th season.
Mabou Mines have presented over 60 productions in all mediums including video, hologram, film, radio, puppets and sound experiments.
www.theatermania.com /content/news.cfm?int_news_id=355&int_city_id=1&intPage=1   (0 words)

  
 Mabou Mines - Theater - New York Times
She is rehearsing her starring role in Mabou Mines' latest theatrical extravaganza "Red Beads," most of which takes place in midair.
A fabric snowstorm scene in "Red Beads," by the avant-garde Mabou Mines theater company, with Clove Galilee as the Child, on the bed.
Not the artistic and biological family at the core of Mabou Mines.
www.nytimes.com /2005/09/18/theater/newsandfeatures/18hoba.html?ex=1284696000&en=01c7e10027ec7d4e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (1124 words)

  
 Yale Bulletin and Calendar
"Mabou Mines Dollhouse," a production that adds a hefty dose of absurdity to a play by one of the masters of modern realism, will be presented on campus Friday and Saturday, March 31 and April 1, under the auspices of Long Wharf Theatre and the Yale Repertory Theatre.
Mabou Mines has received more than 50 awards and citations for excellence, including Obie Awards for General Excellence and Sustained Achievement.
Tickets to "Mabou Mines Dollhouse" are $50 for the general public, $30 for seniors and $25 for students with valid I.D. Long Wharf and Yale Rep subscribers can purchase tickets for $30; senior and student subscriber tickets are $18 and $12 respectively.
www.yale.edu /opa/v34.n23/story8.html   (587 words)

  
 BravaTheater Center presents Mabou Mines
Using the visual metaphor of a medieval prayer book that would juxtapose a page of verse with an illustration or painting, the collaborative piece using original music and poetry, visual projection and performance to present a stunning critique of 16th century Mexico’s attitude towards women—one that still reverberates today.
First premiered at the Festival of the Centro Historico at the Clausto Sor Juana in Mexico City in 1999, Belen: A Book of Hours is a collaboration between the legendary experimental theater artists Ruth Maleczech and Julie Archer of Mabou Mines, Mexican avant garde artists Jesusa Rodriguez and Liliana Felipe and Cambridge poet Catherine Sasanov.
Developed at Sundance and the Bellagio Center in Italy, Belen: A Book of Hours, a beautiful and strongly feminist work created in a groundbreaking collaboration between internationally recognized artists, is the perfect piece to open the Brava Theater Center.
www.brava.org /Pages/Archives/belen.html   (0 words)

  
 Mabou Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Mabou is a tiny community located at the inland tip of the long and graceful Mabou Harbour.
A left turn on the Ceilidh Trail takes visitors in the direction of Mabou Harbour and Mabou Mines, a starting point for a number of hikes that access the remote terrain of the mountains and coastline between Mabou and the town of Inverness.
A right turn out of Mabou on to Route 252 leads through the pleasant farm country of Brook Village and Skye Glen.
www.cbv.ns.ca /bec/cbtoursm/mabou.htm   (156 words)

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