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Song for New York: What Women Do While Men Sit Knitting
Originally aired on
Monday, October 8th, 2007
This recording of Song for New York: What Women Do While Men Sit Knitting, a site-specific work from Mabou Mines, was made during a preview at The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church on March 28, 2007.
At the heart of the performance are five poems - one for each of the five boroughs that make up New York City - written by five female poets, each with a deep connection to a specific borough. The poems morphed into song lyrics and were set to music by Grammy winner Lisa Gutkin.
Song for New York was created for Mabou Mines by:
Director/Conceiver - Ruth Maleczech
Composer - Lisa Gutkin
And the Poets:
Maggie Dubris (Manhattan)
Karen Kandel (Queens)
Migdalia Cruz (The Bronx)
Patricia Spears Jones (Brooklyn)
Imelda O'Reilly (Staten Island)
The Yarns - by Nancy Groce
Anselm Berrigan is Artistic Director for The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, now in its 41st season, furnishing encouragement and resources to poets, writers, artists and performers whose work is experimental, innovative, pertinent and offers fresh aesthetic, cultural, philosophical and political approaches to contemporary society.
Song for New York was created for Mabou Mines by:
Director/Conceiver - Ruth Maleczech
Composer - Lisa Gutkin
And the Poets:
Maggie Dubris (Manhattan)
Karen Kandel (Queens)
Migdalia Cruz (The Bronx)
Patricia Spears Jones (Brooklyn)
Imelda O'Reilly (Staten Island)
The Yarns - by Nancy Groce
Anselm Berrigan is Artistic Director for The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, now in its 41st season, furnishing encouragement and resources to poets, writers, artists and performers whose work is experimental, innovative, pertinent and offers fresh aesthetic, cultural, philosophical and political approaches to contemporary society.
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