Caden Manson/Big Art Group is a New York City performance company founded in 1999. The company uses the language of media and blended states of performance in a unique form to build culturally transgressive and challenging new works. Since its inception, it has toured nationally and internationally and produced five new major pieces including the 'Real Time Film' trilogy Shelf Life, Flicker, and House of No More

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THE BALLADEER (2000)

Mixing song, text, puppetry, dance and vivid, unconventional direction, The Balladeer tells the story of six freshmen on prom night. The dance becomes a backdrop for an exploration of identity, anguish, desire: affecting in its vulgar way.
 

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"... a strong new voice in downtown theatre." - Time Out New York

"the company continues to deliver on its promise to "aggressively attack the boundaries of theatre" in a most unusual way- with intelligence, talent, humor and a refreshing lack of pretentiousness." - Next

"A high school dance becomes a backdrop for an intelligent exploration of identity, anguish, desire. Affecting and funny in its vulgar way." - Village Voice

"...a worthy candidate for cult status, unfolding like a downtown theater version of a midnight movie." - Matinee Magazine

"Manson is out to challenge propriety in every way he can." - Citysearch.com

"fresh, insightful, and clever" - TheatreMania.com
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