MissionPerforming Artservices, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to produce, present and facilitate the endeavors of artists working in contemporary forms of music, theater and dance. |
||||
HISTORYPerforming Artservices, Inc. was founded in 1972 to provide professional management, producing and administrative services to a collective of performing artists in dance, theater and music whose developing careers required staff. All facets of the artists/companies careers were handled by Artservices' staff: business and fiscal management, fund raising, booking and contract negotiation, tour management, publicity and promotion and local production. |
|
|||
Among these first artists were John Cage, David Tudor, Richard Foreman/Ontological-Hysteric Theater, Mabou Mines, The Sonic Arts Union (Ashley, Behrman, Lucier, Mumma), The Grand Union (Rainer, Gordon, Paxton, Dunn, Brown, Lewis), The Viola Farber Dance Company and the Philip Glass Ensemble.
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
During its first year of operations, Artservices booked and managed an eight-week concert tour of European Festivals for John Cage and David Tudor. Some of Artservices' major productions since have included the Childs/Glass/Lewitt collaboration, "Dance"; a four-concert series of Glass' music at Town Hall; "Lovely Music Live", a five-week series of concerts by American composers at Marymount Manhattan Theater in New York; Karole Armitage's first large scale European tour and collaboration with composers Rhys Chatham and Jeffrey Lohn. Artservices produced Robert Ashley’s opera tetralogy, “Now Eleanor’s Idea,” and, more recently, his operas, "Dust", “Celestial Excursions" and "Made Out of Concrete." |
|
|||
In 1978 Artservices founded Lovely Music, the record company which is devoted to recording American experimental/avant-garde music. |
|
|||
From 1989 to 1994 Artservices co-produced, with the World Music Institute, the "Interpretations" series, a concert series exploring the relationships between creative artists and their interpreters, featuring leading figures in contemporary American music and multimedia arts. Artservices has also assisted with the production of thirty-five seasons of Richard Foreman’s Ontological-Hysteric Theater, and the production of multiple New York seasons for choreographer Molissa Fenley (the most recent, December 2008 at The Joyce Theater). |
|
|||
Current Roster of Artists and Projects: Robert Ashley Opera Productions Performing Artservices,
Inc. Mimi Johnson, Executive Director |
|