Tuesday, July 5th, 2011

The Lincoln Center Festival, a month-long cultural event that brings artists from around the world and celebrates genres such as theater, music, and dance, kicks off tonight.

As part of the festival, David Michalek’s “Portraits in Dramatic Time” will be available for public viewing from 8:45 – 11:45 pm starting tonight and continuing through 7/31. Michalek photographed actors of all genres at 3,000 frames per second in ultra-high definition; these images have been slowed to a glacial pace—5–12 seconds play out over 8 minutes or more—and will be projected onto a mammoth, 85-by-45-foot screen hung before the façade of the David H. Koch Theater (20 Lincoln Center Plaza).

There area a slew of other (more traditional) events that can be viewed on the festival’s calendar. Unfortunately (at least for a website dedicated to all things Upper West Side), one of the festival’s biggest draws is taking place off-site. The Royal Shakespeare Company is performing for six weeks at the Park Avenue Armory. The NYT recently had an article detailing how the RSC has transformed the Armory into a full-fledged theater.

Playbill.com has some additional information on some of the festival’s programming.

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