SPAC program puts audience on stage with artists
By Staff SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. >> The audience experience at Saratoga Performing Arts Center is poised to undergo a transformation with the launch of anew programming series, “SPAC on Stage.”
Featuring a unique format that challenges concert hall convention by placing the entire audience onstage with the artists, the series will take place on four consecutive Monday evenings – Aug. 7, 14, 21 and 28 – and showcase ensembles whose artistry crosses both classical and contemporary genres, including the Hot Sardines, Time for Three, Black Violin and Tiempo Libre.
“The success stories of the dynamic groups we’ve chosen for SPAC on Stage underscore the importance of cross-genre thinking in the performing arts. Today’s audiences are craving fresh artistic experiences, not only in content, but also in presentation,” said Elizabeth Sobol, president and CEO of SPAC. “In developing SPAC on Stage, our goal was tomeet both of these demands. Positioning audiences onstage for this series will offer them a unique, visceral experience – a connection with the performance unlike anything they have experienced previously.”
SPAC on Stage artists include: The Hot Sardines will kick off SPAC on Stage Aug. 7. mash- ups of hits by the Beatles, Brittany Spears, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake and more. To date, the group has performed hundreds of engagements as diverse as its music: from the Philadelphia Orchestra’s subscription series to Club Yoshi’s in San Francisco, Carnegie Hall, the Boston Pops, Emmy-winning PBS show “Time for Three in Concert,” and ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.”