Archive for January, 2008
Good Cents and Tax Advice
Taxes, and anything related to them, have always been a little foreign to me. One might think because I was born on tax day I’d have some special insight into the matter. I don’t. With the turn of another year, I resolved to try to gain some information on this subject which [...]
January Close Out! Give Now.
Make your donation work three times harder.
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Donate before February 1 and your donation will be triple-matched by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Board Member Virginia Millhiser, and an anonymous donor of Dance Theater Workshop. For this week only, donations will be triple matched - donate $25 and Dance Theater Workshop receives [...]
A Day in life of the Bessie Schönberg Theater
Seán Curran Company in residency in the Bessie Schönberg Theater at Dance Theater Workshop. An 8 hour day in 2 minutes…
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Seán Curran Company will be at Dance Theater Workshop Apr 22 - 26 at 7:30pm. This residency is part of Dance Theater Workshop’s [...]
What to do next week
By Claudia La Rocco
The New York Times
MEG STUART AND PHILIPP GEHMACHER Some shows generate buzz because of their content, others because of the artists involved. The content of “Maybe Forever,” which is to have its New York premiere at Dance Theater Workshop on Thursday, sounds interesting, but the reason to get excited about it [...]
Nothing is Forever
By Gia Kourlas
Time Out New York
January 24, 2008 - January 30, 2008
Stuart returns to DTW with another duet about love and loss—this time, opposite Philipp Gehmacher.
During her last visit to New York nearly two years ago, Meg Stuart performed a duet with the Canadian dancer and choreographer Benoît Lachambre, Forgeries, Love and Other Matters, at [...]
Alaska
BY TEMPLE LENTZ
The Portland Mercury
One of the fantastic things about dance is that it doesn’t require translation. The emotions expressed in a successful dance performance come through clearly, regardless of where the work is created or performed. Though a few of us Pacific Northwesterners might argue the accuracy of the reference, the Alaska of Argentinean [...]
The tombstone of our desire. Philipp Gehmacher and Meg Stuart in MAYBE FOREVER.
MAYBE FOREVER, Meg Stuart’s and Philipp Gehmacher’s first joint-venture, is a contemporary interpretation of motionless dance that comes alive thanks to the alchemy between two kindred minds. Its themes of alienation and melancholy are ultimately woven into a harmony that touches the heart with its sheer power and vulnerability. Such is the impact that [...]
My New York Experience (part III)
By Tamara Bracic
CEC ArtsLink Fellow 2007
Part III of III
In connection with this I would like to reflect a bit on the contemporary performances I saw in New York. Some of them were really extremely good and the professionalism, techniques and realization were amazing. But for some of them I had a feeling that the [...]
Having your say with the state legislature re: Arts in NY
This email was recently sent to the Dance Theater Workshop staff and we thought that you should know about it.
To the Artists of New York,
A new research video project is being developed to explore the who, when, why and how of *New York State Artists* to be shown at *Arts Day in Albany 2008*. [...]
