PAM: Performing Arts Marathon 2024
Tie your sneakers tight! A weekend of non-stop, back-to-back performing arts.
October 11 - 13, 2024
Friday, October 11 - 7 pm
Saturday, October 12 - 3 pm, 5:30 pm
Sunday, October 13 - 3pm, 5:30 pm
Tickets:
$20 - Single show
$45 - Three-show multipass
Location:
IATI Theater
Mainstage Theater
64 E 4th ST
New York, NY 10003
ADA/Wheelchair Accessible
About PAM
For over 50 years, IATI Theater has hosted multidisciplinary festivals featuring international artists. Whether called De todo un poco or Lights on!, the mission remains the same: showcasing groundbreaking performers.
Since 2009, we've used the name Performing Arts Marathon (PAM), with past festivals spreading across venues, keeping audiences on their toes! PAM continues to be more than a festival—it's a platform for new theater, dance, music, and artistic expression.
Schedule
Friday, October 11
WEEKEND-LONG:
ALL IS THERE TO SEE: A Journey as Historical as Sacred (2020 - …)
This installation and happening explores deep listening and our connection to nature. It reflects on the history of Forest Park, Queens, and supports Native American movements to reclaim ancestral lands and traditions.
There will be an opening event on October 11 at 7 pm, before “Verse and Vision.”
Genre: Installation, happening
Created by Jacqueline Herranz Brooks in collaboration with Riccardo Massari Spiritini and James Shy
7 PM - VERSE AND VISION
Verse and Vision: Poetic Landscapes in Multimedia is an immersive experience where poetry meets cutting-edge multimedia. Three visionary poets push the boundaries of language and identity through performances that fuse video, sound, and technology.
Genre: Multimedia Poetry Performance
Language: Spanish with segments in English
Age: +13
Featuring:
Marcos de la Fuente - El Poeta vs. La Máquina
Eric Barenboim - Probe 0010
Natasha Tiniacos and Ulises Hadjis - Hypoxia
Saturday, October 12
3 PM - parallel/ogramo
Genre: Dance, installation, physical theater
Age: +18
Featuring:
sadgrlwrld/sadgrl v. the world by Sarah Gallegos
At 34, I navigate love, identity, and purpose amid personal struggles and global crises. This solo multimedia performance explores the tension between inner desires and the world's suffering, blending film, audio, and visual art.
capsaicina by Bianca Medina
Capsaicin, an irritating chili pepper extract, is also used as a pain reliever. Tracing through matrilineal legacy, this contemporary diasporic dance theater work navigates the tense duality of generational trauma and unearthing the inheritance of ancestral wisdom.
5:30 PM - MUELA: el arte de dar cotorra
Erotic poetry and burlesque capture the vibrant essence of “dar muela” or “dar cotorra” in the Dominican Republic’s street culture. This sensual and witty performance dives into the art of persuasion and charm, with a touch of neighborhood grit and glamour.
Genre: Poetry, burlesque
Language: Spanish
Age: +18
Featuring: Yaissa Jiménez, Dominant Jeane
Sunday, October 13
3 PM - CINE EN SU CASA
An innovative blend of short films and improvised theater. Three characters struggling with a malfunctioning projector in a movie theater turn to the audience for suggestions to create a brand-new film on the spot. Alongside this improvised performance, audiences will enjoy screenings of two acclaimed Latin short films: FANTASMA NEON from Brazil and PASAJERO from Argentina.
Genre: Improv, cinema
Language: Spanish
Age: +13
Featuring: Teatro 220 & CortoCircuito
5:30 PM - DOUBLE BIND 2.0
This contemporary dance performance explores the "double bind" faced by women, particularly in Latinx history. Using braids as a symbol of empowerment, the piece highlights themes of identity, resilience, and the fight for equity and inclusivity.
Genre: Dance
Age: All ages
Created by sarAika movement collective
Featuring: Sara Pizzi, Aika Takeshima, Khaila Espinoza, Casey Leyden, Avery Boose, Olivia Caldeira Holston, Diána Worby, Angélica Barbosa, and Daniella Macre