DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP in partnership with Hip-Hop Theater Festival
present olive Dance Theatre in the New York premiere of Swift Solos Sep 29 - Oct 2 at 7:30pm
New York, NY, September 1, 2010 - Dance Theater Workshop, the preeminent U.S. based center for contemporary dance and performance, in partnership with Hip-Hop Theater Festival, present olive Dance Theatre in Swift Solos. Swift Solos is an evening-length series of vignettes based on the choreographic legacy of seminal Breakin’ innovator Ken Swift. This collection of solo and ensemble offerings celebrates Ken Swift’s choreographic body of work from battle and cipher to the concert stage. Pivotal to the globalization of the American folk form known as breakdancing -Swift’s work as a master choreographer spans over 30 years, crossing borders of race, age, culture, genre and venue.
“As breakdancing develops into a historical style, programs like Swift Solos are taking it off the international competition circuit and treating it as a form of theater. Swift Solos aims for a degree of emotional introspection that doesn’t exist in a typical breakdance “battle.” - Star Ledger Read the rest of this entry »
Faye Driscoll in the return engagement of There is so much mad in me
September 22 - 25 at 7:30pm
New York, NY, August, 17 - Dance Theater Workshop, the preeminent U.S. based center for contemporary dance and performance, presents Faye Driscoll in a return engagement of There is so much mad in me. After a week of sold out shows this past spring, Faye Driscoll’s There is so much mad in mereturns to Dance Theater Workshop for four nights only. An examination of shifting states of consciousness as choreography, There is so much mad in me, asks how we feel and connect in this time of over stimulation and look at me distraction. Investigating ritual from torture to religious rapture, There is so much mad in me lives within the similarities between polar extremes. What are the fine lines between the abject and the sublime, voyeurism and empathy, entertainment and reality? Read the rest of this entry »
DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP
and FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival co-present
Raimund Hoghe with Faustin Linyekula in the New York premiere of Sans-titre
Sep 16 - 18 at 7:30pm
New York, NY, August 5, 2010 - Dance Theater Workshop, the preeminent U.S. based center for contemporary dance and performance, and FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival present Raimund Hoghe with Faustin Linyekula in Sans-titre. The enigmatic German maker/performer Raimund Hoghe returns to Dance Theater Workshop after his sold-out, critically acclaimed U.S. debut in 2009. Sans-titre marks a unique partnership between Hoghe and the Congo’s rising star Faustin Linyekula, who also returns to Dance Theater Workshop after his celebrated Festival of Lies in Fall of 2007. Sans-titre examines the deeply rooted connections between people across age, culture, and geography through Hoghe’s nuanced, poignant approach to movement and theater without words. Literally meaning “untitled”, Sans-titre explores what it means to be an outsider, undocumented, drawing from what each performer has struggled to overcome in their personal lives, and their strong connection to a shared humanity. Hoghe is known for energizing and destabilizing audiences as he questions our narrow conceptions of normality, himself unencumbered by a spinal deformity.
On September 11, at sunset, Hoghe will perform a once-only performance, Skyroom Project, inspired by FIAF’s Le Skyroom. The site-specific work will evoke the events of September 11, 2001. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tony Orrico in the World Premiere of Penwald: 4: unison symmetry standing
Live Drawing Aug 31 - Sep 2, 5 - 9pm
Exhibition Ongoing from Sep 2
New York, NY, August 4, 2010 - Dance Theater Workshop, the preeminent U.S. based center for contemporary dance and performance, presents Tony Orrico in the world premiere of Penwald: 4: unison symmetry standing. With both a live drawing and installation component Penwald: 4: unison symmetry standing will be on view in it’s completion in the Dance Theater Workshop Lobby beginning September 2nd. Tony Orrico uses the span of his arms, bilateral movement, and alternating variables to inscribe a drawing in three parts. During the live drawing open to the public, Orrico sustains a duel focus on his kinesthetic and mental states for 4 uninterrupted hours over three consecutive evenings. This performance and visual arts exhibition reflects Dance Theater Workshop’s ongoing commitment to engaging with a multiplicity of rigorous artistic responses to contemporary issues that center on the body and that are movement-based. Read the rest of this entry »
2010-2011 Studio Series artist Maggie Bennett joined us in the studio last week to interpret some Sports/Athletic moves and Yoga poses given to us from our Twitter followers. Here is what she came up with:
In the comments below, tell us what to do with it next. Where should it be performed? What is the sound score or soundtrack to it? What’s the order of movement? Should anything be reinterpreted? Faster? Slower?
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At this point, #TonyOrrico has been drawing for a cumulative six and a half hours. That's enough time to watch all three #TheMatrix movies! 16 hours ago
