Experimental modern approach
to the classic short story by Nicolay Gogol. 

The main artistic goal of this work is
to transform the 19^th century humanistic myth
into an interactive theatrical performance
that would appeal to the audiences of IT-era. 

The project is a joint effort of the following internationally acclaimed and local Bay Area artists and the companies they represent: 
shadow puppets director and performer Larry Reed and his ShadowLight Productions www.shadowlight.org;
surrealistic robots’ creator Frank Garvey
and his OMNI Circus www.omnicircus.com;
video artist and software developer
Kevin Quennesson www.consciouscamera.com;
movement and modern dance performer
Ai-Cheng Ho, member of ITE www.internationaltheaterensemble.com;
local costume designer Margarita Soyfertis http://webgraphic.us/super_hosting/tesserae/index.html.

THE OVERCOAT will be produced and carried through the number of production steps by ITE under artistic direction of Oleg Liptsin.


Authors of the project humbly hope that their creation will be artistically and timely suitable in order to mark the 200^th anniversary of Nicolay Gogol that will be widely celebrated in April 2009 throughout the world under supervision of UNESCO.

more info on OVERCOAT - see www.internationaltheaterensemble.com

THE NOSE

by Nicolay Gogol

great classic story narrated by the means of modern technology

NARRATION + iPHONE
{live theatre tradition + IT world}

“Learned men, brother Toby,
don't write dialogues upon long Noses for nothing."

 TRISTRAM SHANDY

 
project created and directed by Oleg Liptsin
produced by ITE

interactive technology and video-art - Kevin Quennesson

costumes and masks - Margarita Soyfertis

duration of performance - 75 minutes (no intermission)

THE NOSE is the first part of the multi-art project GOGOL’S OVERCOAT artistically directed by Oleg Liptsin and produced by ITE in commemoration of the 200^th anniversary of the great Russian author.

Being a part of the big multi-art creation, THE NOSE is focused on certain artistic elements that eventually suppose to merge together with other components such as shadow theatre art and
robotics art in a full scale production of GOGOL’S OVERCOAT.

            There are 3 main artistic elements that we're focused on during the first phase of creation:

            - modern interactive approach to the classical art of narration and story telling using the recent technological achievements in communication devices such as iPhone and its applications;

            - live interaction with body tracking software and new projection techniques using the unique “conscious=camera” capturing software;

            - the original combination of live acting and video art as one of the main expressive tools in modern performance. 

THE NOSE is a creation in progress and therefore represents the process of artistic search anddevelopment in the area of re-establishing the ancient art on narration and story telling using our modern communication tools and interactive technology.  

First performance in English - on March 6, 2009 in Phoenix Theatre in San Francisco, CA; performances in Taipei, Taiwan - April 2009

Performances in French language - 

within the program of AvignonOFF-09

July 8-31,  2009

links to the interviews in Avignon: 

http://www.festicoulisses.com/2009/S08lenez.html

http://www.festicoulisses.com/2009/P05_CieEtrangeres.html

Performances in Russian language -

within the program of GOGOLFEST in Kiev, Ukraine, September 2009

links to the interview and video in Kiev:

 http://teatre.com.ua/oglyady/oleg_lyptsyn_pechalnyj_nos/

 http://teatre.com.ua/video/oleg_lyptsyn_nos_vydeo/

The show was developed at the NohSpace in San Francisco, and partly became possible due to the CA$H grant from Theatre Bay Area.