The Performance Club

The Performance Club is a group of people who go to performances together, mostly in NYC, and then discuss them afterwards, in person and/or via this website, a curated, multi-feature blog which is both a forum for arts writing as well as a chance for all interested parties to share their own critical voices in an interactive community focused on l... ive contemporary art. In 2008, while WNYC New York Public Radio's Cultural Critic, Claudia La Rocco created the Performance Club to address her frustration with the increasing lack of journalistic space for thoughtful consideration of art; the absence of lively public debate; and the isolation of critics and artists in an era of specialization and academicism, leading to a growing disconnect between insiders and "the average audience member. What would happen if we brought everyone together in one space, where freewheeling conversations could happen online and in person?Read More