Some assembly required Archive
“...do you realize what you gave us? A new way to look at art. A better way to look at dance. A more intimate space to be a part of a ‘show’... Now I know what it takes to get from here to there - and I feel like I hold a key that so many don’t.”
Some Assembly Required is a unique performance experience that blurs the lines that naturally exist between visual art, music and dance; and between audience and performer. Some Assembly Required engages the audience with creation, improvisation, and performance inspired by specific works of visual art.
It all started when…
“There’s a whole other world of non-proscenium, non-traditional spaces where audiences are more willing to look at things differently”
Fusing choreography and composition with visual art, Some Assembly Required was originally commissioned for the Carnegie Museum of Art (Pittsburgh). Inspired by the work of Philip Yenawine, former director of education at the Museum of Modern Art, this process gives the audience the ability to influence and interact with the creative process, and simultaneously allows for a facilitated discussion.
“...four dancers, two musicians and plenty of flexibility. The Attackers begin with what they call “the score” — 14 movement phrases designed by co-founders Michele de la Reza and Peter Kope and the company.”
Presentations of Some Assembly Required
P I T T S B U R G H
Andy Warhol Museum, August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Bellefield Music Hall at The University of Pittsburgh Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, The Frick Art & Historical Center, The Frick Fine Arts at The University of Pittsburgh, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Society for Contemporary Craft, SPACE
N A T I O N A L L Y
Blaffer Gallery (Houston) California University of PA (Pennsylvania), Fairmont State University (West Virginia), Ross Art Museum (Ohio) The Samuel Dorsky Musuem of Art (New York)
I N T E R N A T I O N A L L Y
Oceanographique Museé (Monaco) Avignon Festival (France)
Assemble this…
A two-week artistic jaunt that turned [Pittsburgh], with the help of multiple galleries, museums and cultural institutions, into a “wickedly entertaining” kinetic canvas.
Some ASSEMBLY REQUIRED: Public
“Examine, engage, discuss. This is your city. This is your art. Some Assembly Required: Public. Taking it to the streets - one public artwork at a time.”
Attack Theatre’s SAR:Public offers audiences a new way to view public art, a new lens to experience dance and live music and a new outlook on the culture of engaging arts experiences. Using traditional and nontraditional public art (sculptures, murals, architecture, and horticulture), Attack Theatre engages the audience in a process that culminates with a world premiere dance and live music performance every time.