Ann Liv Young's Snow White (2005)
How could I have forgotten to include The Kitchen in my list of fall dance picks yesterday? My apologies–especially because their fall lineup is incredibly strong.
Un-missables include:
Radiohole, ANGER/NATION, Sep 11-27
Ann Liv Young, The Bagwell in me, Oct 2-4
RoseAnn Spradlin, Blue Liz, Oct 23-25
Beth Gill, What Do You See?, Nov 20-22
Posted by Lana | Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 | 0 comments
Performa alumni Marten Spangberg, to be featured in the Movement Research Fall Festival
The Chocolate Factory’s website mysteriously has no information about the next installment of this popular bimonthly program of short works, but its curators, Andrew Dinwiddie and Jeff Larson, always seem to put together a terrific show.
(Another “don’t miss” is Andrew Dinwiddie’s upcoming solo show at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, The Accursed Items, running Sep 3-6)
Trajal Harrell at Dance Theater Workshop, Oct 15-18
Trajal Harrell’s last New York presentation, Showpony (2007), had a lot of interesting content, and this new work promises even more–it’s inspired by composer Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time, which he wrote from a Nazi prison camp during World War II.
Plus, in DTW’s new “10 Questions” section (in which they ask the same 10 questions of every choreographer they’re presenting), Trajal gives the best answer I’ve seen yet:
9. Who would win in a fight between Merce Cunningham and Paul Taylor?
Martha Graham
So true.
Dada Von Bzdulow Dance Theater at Danspace Project, Oct 2-4
“Who are they,” you might say, “And why are they a pick?”
a) They’re from Poland, a country due to experience a massive cultural renaissance any day now, following in the wake of fellow hip Eastern European nations the Czech Republic and Romania.
b) The title of their piece, Factor T., refers to “Polish novelist, philosopher, and poet Stefan Themerson’s theory of the eternal tragedy”–pretty funny!
c) How often does Danspace actually show dance theater? It’s worth going out to if only to support this breath of diversity in their programming.
The Movement Research Fall Festival at Danspace Project, Dec 4-6 & 11-16
Featuring an all-star list of downtown dance luminaries as well as several Performa alumni: Mårten Spångberg, Jennifer Walshe, and, as curatorial adviser for the festival alongside Jennifer Monson, Zeena Parkins! The first week of the festival “showcases nine contemporary artists who will develop scores in response to conversations and game playing with the renowned Steve Paxton. This performance investigation, which explores conceptual and spatial thinking, takes it cue from Paxton’s daily Chinese Checkers game with his neighbor, during which the players continually rearrange the pattern of the board to keep their strategies alive and spontaneous.”
An entire festival dedicated to Steve Paxton’s daily Chinese Checkers game–what’s not to love?
During the second week of the festival, a special “don’t miss” for what I think might be the long overdue US debut (please correct me if I’m wrong here) of Portugese choreographer Vera Mantero.
Also of note:
Bebe Miller & Company at Dance Theater Workshop, Nov 11-15
Sally Gross & Company at Joyce SoHo, Nov 13-16
Limon Dance Company at the Joyce, Dec 2-7
This year’s season will include two masterpieces–Anna Sokolow’s Rooms (1955) and Jose Limon’s The Traitor (1954), a gripping condemnation of McCarthyism. But then again–you can’t beat the stunning black-and-white cinematography in the film version of The Traitor, and tickets to the Joyce are like $200!
Posted by Lana | Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 | 1 comments
Aside from the fabulous ongoing repertory series at the Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theatre (a bonafide movie palace in Jersey City; read more about it–including how you can help clean up the theater at its adorable annual “Dumpsterthon”–here), and the upcoming Magnetic Fields show at the same theater this October 23, there aren’t many reasons, for city-dwelling art fans, to trek out to New Jersey.
But the biggest reason of all might be Peak Performances, the criminally under-publicized performance series at Montclair State University, which just announced its powerhouse 2008-2009 season. Artists and companies to be featured include Jan Fabre, Dumb Type, and DV8 Physical Theatre, making its first US appearance in 15 years with the premiere of To Be Straight With You.
One of the most unexpected inclusions in the season is a double performance by geeky alt rock band They Might Be Giants (pictured), who will play a “children’s matinee” followed by a show for adults (at which, the press release promises, the band will play “its 1990 classic “Birdhouse in Your Soul,” among other hits”) on January 27. You don’t want to miss out on such great programming–so get on the cheap charter bus to Montclair and check it out!
Category Dance, Music, NEWS, PERFORMA PICKS, PerformancePosted by Lana | Tuesday, August 5th, 2008 | 0 comments
From the Ontological Hysteric Theater website:
“TINY THEATER! festival, a four-night multi-arts event designed to promote interest in new forms of spatially challenged performance. The festival will feature short works by established and emerging artists. ”
“TINY THEATER = theater/dance/dance-theater/puppet-theater/object-theater/installation that takes place in 6′ x 6′ x 6′ or smaller and in under 10 mins. ”
Tiny Theater! festival is curated by Michael Gardner (of The Brick), Shannon Sindelar and Brendan Regimbal (of the Ontological). The festival will take place both at the Ontological and The Brick, Thursday-Saturday, May 22-24 at 8pm. (On Saturday 24 there will be an additional performance at 11pm). Definitely a good chance to survey the work of new performance artists!
Category Dance, EVENTS, PerformancePosted by Guest Blogger | Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 | 0 comments
Choreographer/Founder of The A.O. Movement Collective, Sarah Rosner shows new movement/hypermedia work at Sarah Lawrence College this weekend.
Performances are Friday, May 2 at 8pm and Sunday, May 4 at 2pm.
Directions
AOMC Blog
Dancers include Sarah Rosner, SLC students and Performa intern Lillie DeArmon.
Posted by Lillie | Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 | 0 comments
Yvonne Rainer & Sally Silvers at WACK! 3/8
Saturday, March 8 at 2pm
Early Rainer: 1960-70
3 Seascapes (1962) performed by Patricia Hoffbauer
Three Satie Spoons (1961) performed by Sally Silvers
Trio A (The Mind is a Muscle, Part I), film, 1978 performed by Yvonne Rainer
Trio A (The Mind is a Muscle, Part I) (1966), performed live by Pat Catterson & Emily Coates
Mat (1967) performed by Sally Silvers
Chair/Pillow (1969) performed by Pat Catterson, Emily Coates, Patricia Hoffbauer, Keith Sabado, & Sally Silvers
Saturday, March 8 at 4pm
Sally Silvers
Surprise Score (performers introduce music, props, text, costumes as secrets to the others) with Mark Dendy, Pooh Kaye, Patricia Hoffbauer, Sally Silvers
Snowpony with Silvers and writer Bruce Andrews
Oven Rack, 2005, Silvers solo to the songs of Iris DeMent
Little Lieutenant, film, 1993 co-directed by Henry Hills & Silvers, music by Kurt Weill/John Zorn
There are five weekends of dance, music, film, readings & panel discussions beginning Feb. 16.
WACK! Is the first comprehensive, historical exhibition to examine the international foundation & legacy of feminist art.
http://www.ps1.org/
For complete schedule & directions to LIC
Posted by Esa | Thursday, February 14th, 2008 | 0 comments
Sally Silvers in the Vision Collaboration Festival
Vision Collaboration Festival
Saturday, January 12, 2008
7:30 pm
Yessified
Sally Silvers dance / Bruce Andrews language, Miya Masaoka koto, / Jim Staley trombone
Place: Symphony Space’s Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater
2537 Broadway at 95th St
Cost: $20 in advance $25 at the door $15 students, and seniors
Info: http://www.visionfestival.org/ Tel. 212.696.6681
Posted by Esa | Monday, January 7th, 2008 | 0 comments
Pierre Rigal/Aur??lien Bory ??rection NY Premiere!
Pierre Rigal/Aur??lien Bory ??rection NY Premiere!?
Wednesday-Friday, October 24-26, 7:30 pm
Saturday, October 27, 7:30 & 9:30pm
In this poignant tribute to Homo erectus, the explosive French dancer and former athlete Pierre Rigal writhes, jolts, and bends his way from belly to feet, turning each stage in the evolutionary process into a daring poem of perseverance. Production designer Aur??lien Bory’s morphing projections of austere, elemental light define the limited space within which Rigal? can act, as he fights for the dignity of standing.
Baryshnikov Arts Center
Howard Gilman Performance Space
450 West 37th Street
(37 ARTS building)
Tickets $20
www.ticketcentral.com
212 279 4200
Baryshnikov Dance Foundation
www.baryshnikovdancefoundation.org
646 731 3200
Posted by Beatrice | Friday, October 19th, 2007 | 0 comments
Special offer for PERFORMA fans–discounted tickets to Charlotte Vanden Eynde
MAP ME by Charlotte Vanden Eynde at Dance Theater Workshop
September 13-15, 7:30pm (65 minutes)
Tickets: $20 Full Price / $12 Student, Seniors, Members
Friends of PERFORMA receive a 20% discount on full price tickets!
Belgian choreographer Charlotte Vanden Eynde, known for her organic and experimental work that pushes the definition of dance, makes her first appearance at Dance Theater Workshop this fall. Her signature duet with Kurt Vandendriessche, MAP ME, stages an intimate view of lovers who explore and manipulate human anatomy in both real and recorded time. As video projection shapes Charlotte and Kurt??s bare flesh, it also maps an evolution of bodies etched, sculpted, cut, and assembled into new forms.
To purchase tickets, call the Dance Theater Workshop box office at
212.924.0077, or go to dtw.org.
Tickets can also be purchased at Dance Theater Workshop, located at 219 W.19th Street.
Posted by Beatrice | Thursday, August 30th, 2007 | 0 comments
Trisha Brown Dance Company - FREE performance
GUEST BLOGGER: Filip Gilissen, PERFORMA
Tuesday, August 14, 2007 8:00 PM
Damrosch Park Bandshell
Lincoln Center Out of Doors
FREE and open to the public!
Postmodern legend Trisha Brown possesses a distinctive artistic sensibility that weaves movement, music and visual elements into a beautifully integrated design. Founded in 1970 when Brown branched out from the experimental Judson Dance Theater to work with her own group of dancers, the Trisha Brown Dance Company has become an international force, with a repertory that ranges from small group pieces to evening-length works and collaborations between Ms. Brown and major visual artists.
Program: Accumulation, PRESENT TENSE, Spanish Dance, Canto/Pianto.
For more information on the Trisha Brown Dance Company,
visit www.trishabrowncompany.org
Posted by PERFORMA | Monday, August 13th, 2007 | 0 comments
