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December 12, 2007

Deborah Jowitt on James Thierree's Au Revoir Parapluie at BAM


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By Deborah Jowitt / The Village Voice

James Thierree
Au Revoir Parapluie - Performance Details
Brooklyn Academy of Music
December 4-16, 2007 (Check dates)

"James Thiérrée's Au Revoir Parapluie: Seeking a missing lover through dream countries"

"As demonstrated in his magical Au Revoir Parapluie, James Thiérrée's imagination is tethered to reality only by the frailest of golden threads. This brilliant director, dancer, mime, acrobat, and musician has barely touched down on the Orpheus legend." Read review...

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December 10, 2007

Tobi Tobias on James Thierree's Au Revoir Parapluie at BAM


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By Tobi Tobias / Bloomberg

James Thierree
Au Revoir Parapluie - Performance Details
Brooklyn Academy of Music
December 4-16, 2007 (Check dates)

"Thierree's Magic Tricks Charm at BAM"

"James Thierree's ``Au Revoir Parapluie'' (Goodbye, Umbrella), at the BAM Harvey Theater through Dec. 16, is a loosely joined performance of skits involving acrobatics, mime, magic tricks, aerial feats, a bit of singing and sundry aspects of dancing. Thierree was supposedly inspired by the Orpheus and Eurydice myth -- loss, search, death-defying retrieval -- but you'd never know that." Read review...

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