Archive for October, 2007
In Conversation with Molissa Fenley
After three decades of making iconoclastic work that has been presented and praised on four continents, Molissa Fenley has emerged a modern American master. Within a deceptively circumscribed vocabulary, Fenley–for those who watch mindfully—presents an ocean of wit and feeling. “One of the experimental dance scene’s most independent choreographers, admirably beholden to no [...]
A Meditation on Sports, Wacky Mascot and All
New York Times Review by Claudia La Rocco
“By now the line on Mr. Neumann is well established: He is the smart joker of dance. What’s not said as often is how deeply felt and deeply moving his work can be. “Feedforward” is no sneering gloss on dumb jocks; it’s an elegant, [...]
Rare footage of advanced beginner group video surfaces!
Footage of David Neumann / advanced beginner group at CultureFest was recently stolen by a rogue group of european paparazzi. Fortunately, we managed to hunt down a 3rd generation tape of this footage on ebay. WARNING: portions of this clip may be unsuitable for some audiences.
Incidentally, David Neumann / advanced beginner group begins their [...]
Brian Brooks Flash Performance and Banner Sighting #2
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Best Venue to See Experimental Dance
Village Voice declares Dance Theater Workshop the best place to see experimental dance in New York City!
“For the uninitiated, going out to see a dance performance is presumed to be boring. But the well-versed know that New York has some of the most provocative, forward-thinking dance in the world, with Dance Theater Workshop among [...]
Dance, Dance Revolution and David Neumann
This past weekend Dance Theater Workshop participated in CultureFest 2007 in Battery Park. Weekend highlights included: playing Dance, Dance, Revolution, mingling with newcomers, Dance Theater Workshop Banner sighting #1, and David Neumann/advanced beginner group’s performance.
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Flash Performance
Meet us here at 6pm for our first ever flash performance. Look for our large orange banner on the move for the exact location. To get close take the A,C,E to 14th Street, or the L to 8th Ave. Think Chelsea Market meets Meat Packing.
Dance in American Culture Today
During a recent focus group, participants were asked how they would rate the importance of dance in American culture today. The responses varied from the success of “So You Think You Can Dance” to people being afraid of the unfamiliar. There was discussion about how different genres have different success rates - Broadway, classical, and [...]
Projections of Dancers, and Imagination
A third of the way through Donna Uchizono’s new “Thin Air,” Hristoula Harakas balances as if she were midway through a running step: on the ball of one foot, body pitched forward precariously, time miraculously suspended for what feels like an amazingly long moment.
Reality and Its Likenesses
Donna Uchizono’s New Work Emerges From (and Disappears Into) Thin Air
Buddhism and theoretic physics were “points of departure” for Donna Uchizono’s new evening-length work, Thin Air, which debuts at Dance Theater Workshop on October 9th. Both disciplines posit the notion that everyday reality—notably, matter and time—is a construct authored by our own minds
