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The Stoop Series: New Music/Old Science

A special look inside the creative process of Anatomy Theater, a new multi-media opera written by composer David Lang and visual artist Mark Dion, that stages a “moral spectacle” inspired by 18th century operating theaters to explore the relationship of the spiritual to the physical body.

Based on actual 18th-century texts, Anatomy Theater follows the astonishing progression of an English murderess: from confession to execution and, ultimately, public dissection before a paying audience of fascinated onlookers. Through the miracle of opera, she sings through it all.

Anatomy Theater conjures a time when “specialists” traveled from town to town in pre-modern Europe, conducting public dissections of the corpses of executed criminals, seeking evidence of moral corruption in the interior of the human body. Written by Pulitzer Prize–winning and Oscar-nominated composer David Lang and world-renowned visual artist Mark Dion, Anatomy Theater is a joyous, tuneful and grisly theatrical event.

Illuminating the arts and life around us in Brooklyn, BRIC’s Stoop Series features artistic performances, presentations, participatory activities and dynamic conversations. Drop in and explore music, visual art, film, media, storytelling, comedy, and other creative fields.

PLEASE NOTE WHEN RSVPING: 
* Admittance is first come, first serve.
* The Stoop has a limited capacity and seating is NOT guaranteed.  











When: Tue., Mar. 15, 2016 at 7:00 pm
Where: BRIC
647 Fulton St.
718-683-5600
Price: Free
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A special look inside the creative process of Anatomy Theater, a new multi-media opera written by composer David Lang and visual artist Mark Dion, that stages a “moral spectacle” inspired by 18th century operating theaters to explore the relationship of the spiritual to the physical body.

Based on actual 18th-century texts, Anatomy Theater follows the astonishing progression of an English murderess: from confession to execution and, ultimately, public dissection before a paying audience of fascinated onlookers. Through the miracle of opera, she sings through it all.

Anatomy Theater conjures a time when “specialists” traveled from town to town in pre-modern Europe, conducting public dissections of the corpses of executed criminals, seeking evidence of moral corruption in the interior of the human body. Written by Pulitzer Prize–winning and Oscar-nominated composer David Lang and world-renowned visual artist Mark Dion, Anatomy Theater is a joyous, tuneful and grisly theatrical event.

Illuminating the arts and life around us in Brooklyn, BRIC’s Stoop Series features artistic performances, presentations, participatory activities and dynamic conversations. Drop in and explore music, visual art, film, media, storytelling, comedy, and other creative fields.

PLEASE NOTE WHEN RSVPING: 
* Admittance is first come, first serve.
* The Stoop has a limited capacity and seating is NOT guaranteed.  

Buy tickets/get more info now