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Performa 09: MfAA presents "The Pervasive Echo"
November 2, 20095:30pm - 6:00pm
Vocals: Kathleen Berger as Jenny Lind
Master of Ceremonies: John Cerbone
Pianist: Cathy Venable
"The Pervasive Echo" is a re-examination of the 19th Century phenomenon that was Jenny Lind, a singer also known at the "Swedish Nightingale." A fragment of Lind's inaugural concert in America will be restaged under unusual circumstances at the same site where she gave this historic concert 159 years ago.
A project by South African artist Ruth Sacks
Commissioned with support, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and presented by the Museum for African Art for Performa 09
ABOUT PERFORMA 09
Performa 09 (November 1-22, 2009) is the third edition of the internationally acclaimed biennial of new visual art performance presented by Performa, a non-profit multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to exploring the critical role of live performance in the history of twentieth-century art and to encouraging new directions in performance for the twenty-first century.
