C. Ryder Cooley is an inter-disciplinary musician and artist. Weaving together songs on ukulele, singing saw and accordion with projections and movement, her work reveals a terrain of lost dreams and phantom memories. Ryder has performed in numerous bands including Fall Harbor, The Ramblin Jug Stompers, The Darklings, Corner Tour and Down River.
ANIMALIA is a performance series, an animation and an illustrated book.
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XMALIA winter 2012: Hibernating
We are hibernating. Ryder & Hazel are currently performing musical duets
with projections & aerials. To find out more please visit www.crydercooley.com. Stay tuned for the upcoming 2013 XMALIA: Nowhere Preservation Society show at the Foundry in Cohoes NY, created by C. Ryder Cooley with Nick and Jesse Matulis.
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XMALIA, Proctors Vaudeville Theater, NY.
XMALIA: Songs About Extinction by C. Ryder Cooley, directed by Paula Josa-Jones, with Lady Moon, Corey Aldrich, Nick Kopp, Pete Toigo, Nick Matulis & Company.
UPCOMING SHOWS: XMALIA Cabaret, Wed. Jan 25 2012, MCLA Presents, MCLA Campus (Venable Gym), N. Adams MA. 7:30 PM, $10
http://www.mcla.edu/About_MCLA/uploads/textWidget/500.00006/documents/campus_map_with_legend_.pdf
INTERVIEW with Valeria Federici/Positive Magazine
Interview with Danielle Furfaro/ All Over Albany
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XMALIA Trailer, Proctors Mainstage Theater, Schenectady NY July 2011. Video document by Michele Kong, S. Topiary, Liz Rubin & Vanessa Haroutunian. Co-presented by 2440 Design Studio | www.2440designstudio.com
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XMALIA Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
Sep 29. XMALIA GALLERY Open House 6-9, performance 7:30- 8:15 with special guest Sarah Falkner. 18 Holden St. N. Adams, MA, free/donation as part of MCLA DownStreet Art http://www.downstreetart.org/
Oct. 6, BASILICA HUDSON, Hudson NY. XMALIA Songs & video…with other exciting bands. 8pm, $5-10 sliding scale, More info coming soon! http://basilicahudson.com/
Jan. 25, MCLA Presents, N. Adams, MA. stay tuned!
Albany Times Union review: http://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Xmalia-A-beautiful-and-indescribable-1469435.php#ixzz1SXpeLg2z
Visit the XMALIA Gallery through Oct. 16: Friday 12-6 | Saturday 10 - 6 | Sunday 10 - 2, 18 Holden St. North Adams, MA.
PREVIOUS EVENTS
July 15, XMALIA VAUDEVILLE at Proctors Historic Theater! Schenectady, NY.http://www.proctors.org/events/art-night-jul/
For info/booking contact rydercooley@gmail.com, www.carolynrydercooley.org
link to videos: http://www.vimeo.com/29245248
Source: proctors.org
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XMALIA, Songs about Extinction by C. Ryder Cooley
XMALIA shows:
MAY 26 @ CLUB HELSINKI with LADY MOON, Pete Toigo, Rob Caldwell, Yukari Roja & others, 8pm, $8, Hudson NY
http://clubhelsinki.musictoday.com/ClubHelsinki/calendar.aspx
June 2, 51 3rd St. Troy NY, 8pm
