The Assassins Chase Pinocchio at APAP

A Multimedia “Pinocchio” for All Ages
Conceived by Max Dana
Produced by Immediate Medium
With Original Music by Alex Bleeker of Real Estate
and G. Lucas Crane of Woods
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center
January 6-8, 2012


“Cool stuff – go check it out!” // Andy Horwitz, Culturebot

“So imaginative and organic that all disbelief is suspended. The entire audience, no matter what age, can’t help but embrace the wide-eyed awe of childhood.” // Show Business Weekly


Immediate Medium returns to Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center during the 2012 APAP Conference with The Assassins Chase Pinocchio, an experimental multimedia adaptation of Carlo Collodi’s original 1883 coming-of-age tale, The Adventures of Pinocchio. Featuring a 20-foot shark’s mouth created using only a video camera and a zipper, an anarchic children’s dance party on the Island of Crazy Sweet Candy Chaos, and a psychedelic soundtrack by indie rockers Alex Bleeker of Real Estate (Best Albums of October 2011, BBC Music) and G. Lucas Crane of Woods (Best New Music, Pitchfork), the show uses a playful mix of physical comedy and experimental theater techniques to introduce Immediate Medium’s interdisciplinary aesthetic to a new, yet very avant-garde audience: children.

Grounded in the the belief that children can process complex works of art in unique ways, The Assassins Chase Pinocchio reacquaints audiences of all ages with Collodi’s original novel, where the famed marionette begins as a mischievous wild child; the Blue-Haired Fairy first appears as a corpse; the Terrible Shark has asthma; and the Talking Cricket is swiftly dispatched by Pinocchio with a hammer.

Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center
107 Suffolk Street
New York, N.Y.

Friday, January 6 at 7:00pm
Saturday, January 7 at 2pm and 5pm
Sunday, January 8 at 2pm and 5pm

Tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children and can be purchased online at immediatemedium.org or by phone at (866) 811-4111.

Appropriate for children ages 4, 24, 34 and 104. (And those in between.)

Performed by Lisa Clair, Max Dana, Siobhan Towey and Liz Vacco.

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A fun and engaging ballet and dance video for kids ages 2-5

Petite Feet uses engaging and imaginative exercises, games and stories to introduce children to basic ballet positions and vocabulary, as well as general dance and musical concepts.

Focusing on the creative potential of dance and its storytelling possibilities, Petite Feet encourages children between the ages of 2-5 to learn fundamental and age-appropriate ballet steps, to build confidence and coordination, and, of course, to have fun!

Featuring original music and a colorful set, along with the Story of the Dancing Dolls and some help from Waldo the Walrus, Petite Feet is a great way for kids to stay active on a rainy day—and a sunny one too!

Available for purchase right here.

For questions and requests, please email petitefeet@lizvacco.com or call 646-526-4523.

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