APAP 2020

Apocalypse Man

Bartôk’s “Sonata for Solo Violin” presented by MuMo

Quotes
“A monumental work with clear storytelling”

-Jeremy Rhizor, Artistic Director, Academy of Sacred Music, New York City

“Unexpected and remarkable complicity between two forms… different but in perfect harmony”

-Daniel de Montmollin, Brother of Taizé, Potter

“Joyful and optimistic”

-Elisabeth Avery, Writer, New York City

“Movement was able to create a living environment… so many emotions”

-Linda Gottfried, President, GraffitiWall LLC

“The freshest, most delightful thing I’ve seen in years”

-Jenna Lyle, Program Director, The Arts Club of Chicago

“Extremely expressive performance... movement and music were integrated”

-Alexis Silver, New York Baroque Dance Company

“If you’ve never seen mime, you NEED to see this!”

-Michael Archer, CEO, Manhattan Innovation Lab

“An amazing piece that immediately draws you in... fall in love with this story”

-Jen Beck, Comedian, New York City

“You will fall in love... get emotionally invested and root for him”

-Meryl Danzinger, Author, Sing It! A Biography of Pete Seeger 

“One of a kind… music and gesture create worlds and emotions that flow through the senses"

-Sara Galassini, Interdisciplinary Performing Artist, USA / Italy

“Deeply emotional and very engaging… a unique merger of two artistic languages into a new kind of unity”

-Nico Galperti, Industrialist, Italy

“Filling the space with glorious song and suggestive images…simulacra of dreams and music made visible”

Marya Ursin, Executive Director of The Dragon’s Egg Studio, Co-Director of Mystic Paper Beasts Theatre Company

“Moving something deeply in my soul... it was an astonishing experience”

-Jean Gheur, High School Principal, Belgium

 
 

 Photo: Camilla Mastaglio

 

About the Project

In January 2020, Tony’s company MuMo (Music + Movement) presented four performances of Apocalypse Man at the APAP Conference (Association of Performing Arts Professionals), an annual international meeting of performing artists, artist representatives and venue managers.

Apocalypse Man has engaged audiences across all cultures and languages in a universally emotional story, plumbing the depths of 21st Century aloneness, upheaval and despair, until … a small, unexpected sign of hope.

Tony’s partner, Italian violinist Francesco Senese, could not be part of these performances. New York violinist Louise Owen brilliantly took his place, playing Bartók’s “Sonata for Solo Violin” with stunning virtuosity.

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