Kimberly Bartosik/daela
The Materiality of Impermanence
Pre-Show Coffee and Conversation: Feb 3 at 6:30pm
Post-Show Talk: Feb 5
“Remarkable, heart-stopping … a beautiful and wrenching enigma.” - Village Voice
”I believe in the visceral possibilities of performance and the importance of critical social inquiry within my artistic creations.” – Kimberly Bartosik
Kimberly Bartosik’s newest evening-length work, The Materiality of Impermanence, investigates the traces and residues bodies leave on each other. Distinctly cinematic, the piece consists of a series of scenes which spring up spontaneously the way memories suddenly find their way into our consciousness. These scenes - defined through sparseness, stillness, silence, and a sense of time passing - are performed within Roderick Murray’s set made entirely of LED lights, creating a luminescent trace of a home. The work will be performed by Kimberly, Joanna Kotze, and Marc Mann, with original music by Luke Fasano.
- The Materiality of Impermanence is commissioned by Dance Theater Workshop’s Commissioning and Creative Residency Program with support from the Jerome Foundation, The Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Jerome Robbins Foundation. The work was created, in part, while in residence at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in partnership with Dance Theater Workshop’s Creative Residency Program and is supported by the New York State DanceForce with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts Dance Program.