1. For Tiny Mix Tapes: Emilie Friedlander on Rhys Chatham. More specifically, the piece concerns a revival of Chatham’s collaboration with choreographer Karole Armitage, Drastic Classicism, and takes a tone that’s alternately historical, analytical, and occasionally bewildered:
The five young musicians who appear in the production – each “movers and shakers in their respective fields,” Chatham insists – were selected, not only on the basis of their technical ability and experience playing Chatham’s music, but because of their perceived physical resemblance to members of the original cast.