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About our musical events:
It was very, very exciting...absolutely delightful. Every performer did beautifully --the skill and beauty of the singing!...Very moving.
--Henry Foner, Labor Historian; President, The Paul Robeson Foundation
Great--better than anything I've seen on Broadway in the past 25 years! Aesthetic Realism is a wonderful thing!
--Philip Rose, Broadway Producer, A Raisin in the Sun, Purlie, Shenandoah
"We were delighted to have the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company provide a terrific and exhilarating performance as a kick-off to Arts Day in Albany [March 6, 2007], where celebrities, legislators, and arts leaders from around the state gathered."
--Judith Weiner, Executive Director
Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations
- Philip Rose
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Musical productions by the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company (Artistic Director, Anne Fielding) are an innovative, exciting art form: Musical productions are thrilling, with songs from Broadway, rock ‘n’ roll, unions, American folk ballads, Gilbert and Sullivan.
Two productions are "Rock 'n' Roll, the Opposites, & Our Greatest Hopes--a Celebration!" and "Ethics Is a Force!--Songs about Labor." "Ethics Is a Force!" has been performed for union conferences throughout the United States, including in Las Vegas. You can see photos at www.AestheticRealismTheatreCo.org .
The mingling of entertainment and education in Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company productions is unique, an authentic encouragement of artistic integrity and depth. The basis of all we do is this principle of the philosophy Aesthetic Realism, stated by its founder Eli Siegel: “All beauty is a making one of opposites, and the making one of opposites is what we are going after in ourselves.” Through music, the audience and performing artists alike honestly feel the world makes sense as they see it has an aesthetic structure, the oneness of opposites such as closeness and clash, freedom and order, power and delicacy, the lightsome and the serious. Through our productions, men and women learn about their own lives from the meaning and technique of art.
Also, the Aesthetic Realism Theatre Company presents staged dramatic readings that interweave scenes from dramatic works with incisive commentary on the author’s intention, the motivation of the characters, the artistry of the dialogue. Our constantly evolving repertoire is based on groundbreaking talks by Eli Siegel, on plays by Shakespeare, Moliere, Sheridan, Ibsen, Strindberg, O’Neill, George Kelly and more. The company also stages dramatic presentations of some of the great novels of all time.
The Company’s presentations show too how art is completely opposed to the most hurtful thing in people: the desire for contempt, the “addition to self through the lessening of something else.”
Outreach programs include performing in theatres, libraries, community centers; as well as fully staged productions at the not-for-profit Aesthetic Realism Foundation in NYC.
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