COMPOSITION
Simona combines traditional jazz music, contemporary jazz and other contemporary styles, such as pop, funk, rock, contemporary academic styles. Simona writes music for theater shows, string quartets and chamber orchestras.
SIMONA SMIRNOVA
vocalist - composer - kanklės player
A HUNGER ARTIST
"A Hunger Artist" is an experimental dance theater production that follows the journey of a fasting artist who lives for, but simultaneously resents his audience. A combination of avant garde, Vaudeville slapstick, jazz and contemporary dance the piece relates the hyper self-critical journey of the young, striving artist. Inspired by Franz Kafka's A Hunger Artist, composer and director Simona Minns takes us on a rollercoaster of grotesque images versus pure emotion.
Composer, director, vocalist: Simona Smirnova
Dancers: Madeline Miller, Séarlait Rose Carr,
Mary Teuscher, Jamichael Frazier, Rajita Menon.
Musicians: Rinat Tregerman (piano), Matt Pitts (bass), Vlade Guigni (drums)
Lighting designer: Georgeta Seserman
Stage manager: Jacquelyn Weatherbee
PREVIOUS SHOW DATES
2017 July 9th (Sunday) 7:30PM
Boston's Furnace Fringe Festival.
Boston Playwrights Theater,
949 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 0221
2017 June 10th (Saturday) 7:00PM
The Sprinkler Factory, 38 Harlow St, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605.
2017 June 9th (Friday) 7:00PM
Artistic workshop "A Hunger Artist"
The Sprinkler Factory, 38 Harlow St, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605.
2017 May 20th (Saturday) 7:00PM, 2017
Dance Complex , 536 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139.
The show is followed by official album release party.
Tickets: $25, $15 students, BDA members. For tickets click here.
April 7th, 7:00PM (Door 6:30PM), 2017 @ Green Street Studios
185 Green St, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.
February 10th and 11th 7:00pm, 2017 @ Sandpaper Factory
379 Liberty Street, Rockland, MA, 02370.
June 25th, 8:00pm, 2016 @ Piano Craft Gallery
793 Tremont st, Boston, MA.
Suggested cover $15, with student ID $10.
May 14th, 8:30pm. Door opens 8:00pm 2016 @ Lilypad Inman
1353 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA 02139.
Admission: $15, w/ Student ID $10.
February 28th, 7:00pm, 2015 Music video shooting
@ Berklee College of Music, The Loft (921 Boylston st, Boston)
February 11th, 7:30pm, 2015 @ Berklee College of Music
David Friend Recital Hall (921 Boylston st, Boston)
December 5th, 7pm, 2014 @ Berklee College of Music
Berk Recital Hall 1A (1140 Boylston st, Boston)
