5.16.08
BOB DYLAN BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE features BIOGRAPHER SETH ROGOVOY
AT CLUB HELSINKI, SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2008
5.15.08
Film Festival highlights cultural weekend in Berkshires
THE ROGOVOY REPORT, 5.16.08
5.11.08
What I'm Reading
Martin Amis, Bob Dylan books, Richard Price
5.11.08
How I'm Feeling
Need a replacement for lower back
5.8.08
Weekend Highlights May 9-11
THE ROGOVOY REPORT
5.6.08
[PRESS RELEASE] Pinchas Zukerman daughter Natalia to headline at Club Helsinki
Coming to Great Barrington, Mass., nightclub on May 18
5.2.08
Singer/composer Jenny Scheinman at MASS MoCA is weekend's top pick
Preview by SETH ROGOVOY, Berkshire Living Magazine
4.25.08
[FILM REVIEW] Shine a Light (The Rolling Stones)
review by SETH ROGOVOY, Berkshire Living Magazine
4.17.08
[FILM REVIEW] The Counterfeiters
review by SETH ROGOVOY, Berkshire Living Magazine
7.1.07
[THEATER REVIEW] MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at SHAKESPEARE & CO.
Review by Seth Rogovoy, BERKSHIRE LIVING
3.17.08
GOLEM returns to Club Helsinki for PURIM this Friday night
Press Release from Club Helsinki
3.8.08
CHEESE TO BE SPOKEN OF AND EATEN ON MARCH 30
part of BERKSHIRE LIVING's REST OF THE STORY series
2.25.08
Richard Thompson, America, and Madeline Peyroux added to Mahaiwe lineup this spring
Mahaiwe press release
2.25.08
Dennis Prager to make the case for Judaism at Berkshire South
Simulcast of lecture at NY's 92nd St. Y
2.24.08
[MUSIC REVIEW] Urban vs. Pastoral Music at the Mahaiwe courtesy of Close Encounters with Music
Review by Seth Rogovoy, BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
2.24.08
[MUSIC REVIEW] Urban vs. Pastoral Music at the Mahaiwe courtesy of Close Encounters with Music
Review by Seth Rogovoy, BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
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[PERFORMANCE ART REVIEW] Aurelia Thierree at Jacob's Pillow
7.1.07
JACOB'S PILLOW
Aurelia Thierree in Aurelia's Oratorio
Doris Duke Studio Theatre
June 28-July 1, 2007
review by SETH ROGOVOY, editor-in-chief and critic-at-large, BERKSHIRE LIVING Magazine
(Becket, Mass., June 29, 2007) -- Aurélia's Oratorio, starring Aurélia Thierrée and directed by her mother, Victoria Thierrée Chaplin, (yes, that Chaplin – Aurelia Thierree is Charlie Chaplin’s granddaughter), contained more than a bit of Chaplin in her performance.
But it was Chaplin for the 21st century. This wasn't mere physical comedy or slapstick or neo-vaudeville. This was an elegantly acted and performed program that dealt with issues of time and space, magically distorting both through circus-like gestures that were smartly choreographed and juxtaposed.
Aurélia Thierrée, reportedly born in a traveling trunk while her mother was on tour, boasts a face that seems sculptured for the stage. Her wide eyes and startling cheekbones were as expressive as her distorted gestures, which were less dance and more like a Salvador Dali painting come to life, or an hour-long plunge into a dream sequence from David Lynch's Twin Peaks.
Thierrée played with reality by seemingly deconstructing the human body so limbs and other body parts were connected -- or disconnected -- in grotesque ways. Shadows were reversed, so that a shadow actually cast a person instead of vice versa. A coat had more life and strength than its wearer, and a model train ran right through her belly.
One can only imagine the years of work that went into the planning and creation of Aurélia's Oratorio, a singular work of performance art that will undoubtedly stand out for those who saw it as one of the highlights of the Pillow's 75th anniversary season, and even the Berkshire cultural season at large.
One also imagines Charlie Chaplin viewing Aurélia's Oratorio from beyond the grave and smiling and laughing, proud of how his tradition has been perpetuated and modernized.
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