Death, Sex & Money - Miguel Gutierrez's Strongly Worded Emails About Art and Money
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🗓️ 25 November 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The choreographer talks about losing income during the pandemic, the precarity of the performing arts field in general, and how getting sober helped him get out of debt.
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| 0:00.0 | I like sent the professional email. |
| 0:02.8 | Like, you know, I understand, you know, but I really am disappointed that you have not acknowledged whatsoever your financial commitment to this gig. |
| 0:10.8 | You know, like, you guys were going to pay me, right? |
| 0:13.7 | Like, you have the money in your budget, right? |
| 0:15.9 | So, pay me. |
| 0:21.1 | This is |
| 0:22.2 | death, sex, and money. |
| 0:25.3 | The show from WNYC |
| 0:27.5 | about the things we think about a lot |
| 0:29.2 | and need to talk about more. |
| 0:33.0 | I'm in a sale. |
| 0:47.7 | I first saw choreographer Miguel Gutierrez perform around this time last year in San Francisco. |
| 0:58.8 | He was presenting a piece called Unsustainable Solutions, duet with my Dead Dad, a solo dance where he interacts with video recordings of his late father, who died last year. |
| 1:08.8 | The piece ends with the audience lights up, and Miguel's staring into the eyes of the crowd, while he scream sings along to Bruce Springsteen's downbound train. |
| 1:25.0 | Last night, I heard your about that piece a lot since. |
| 1:27.2 | It's anger and grief. That performance was also I've thought about that piece a lot since. |
| 1:29.2 | It's anger and grief. |
| 1:34.3 | That performance was also one of the last times that Miguel was on stage. |
| 1:37.7 | All of his on-stage gigs since March have been canceled. |
| 1:42.0 | And when we talked over FaceTime, I asked how that's felt. |
| 1:48.4 | In very honest terms, my first feeling is one of relief. |
| 1:49.8 | Oh, interesting. |
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