MOSAIC May 2008

Featuring news from members Alison Seidenstricker, Kim Gibilisco, Daniel Wilkins, Patricia Noworol, Caron Eule, Jo Anna H. Norris, Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, and Christopher Pelham.

ASEID Presents: Up From the Shadows

May 16th Gala & 17th @ 8:00 pm and May 18th @ 2:00 pm
Dicapo Opera Theatre, 184 East 76th Street, New York, NY 10021
Admission: $30-$15 www.smarttix.com or call 212.868.4444

ASEID presents: Up from the Shadows… A mystical evening of dance fusion where worlds of magic and danger mix with the grotesque and elegant to engage audiences at the edge of their seats.

For more information please visit ASEID online.

Kim Gibilisco Dances presents RELATIONSHIPS

Sat, May 17th at 8pm and Sun, May 18th at 3 pm, 2008 Merce Cunningham Studio, 55 Bethune Street, 11 floor
Admission: $20/Adults and $12/Students

Formerly a principal dancer of Murray Louis and Nikolais Dance, Kim Gibilisco is joined by seven talented and versatile performers from New York and Virginia. Ms. Gibilisco strives to create dances that communicate the intimate and often untold stories of the soul, highlighting the technical virtuosity of each dancer.

For more information please visit Kim Gibilisco Dances online.

DASSdance presents Poor Man’s Boogie

Thurs. May 22, 2008 and Fri. May 23, 2008 at 8:00 pm
37 Arts Building, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Howard Gilman Performance Space, 450 W. 37th, 4th Floor
Admission: $15 General Admission, www.brownpapertickets.com

Poor Man’s Boogie is a multi-media experience spanning the rural and urban landscapes of America’s poverty line, exposing a relentless cycle of hunger, violence, and powerlessness. Donations will be accepted on behalf of The Performance Project at University Settlement, serving immigrants and the financially disadvantaged of the Lower East Side.

For more information please visit DASSdance online.

Patricia Noworol Dance presents Delirium

Fri, May 30 - Sat, May 31, 8:00pm
Atlas Theater, New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, 111 Second Ave, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10003
Admission is $10; $5 for students and seniors

Patricia Noworol presents the premiere of Delirium, an evening of dance which examines emotions and the ability to simultaneously confuse, enamor, excite and disillusion. The Atlas Theater is transformed into a feverish environment for spectators using movement, video and text to explore the spectrum of the human condition.

For more information please visit Patricia Noworol Dance online.

The Crane Wife by C. Eule Dance

Friday, Saturday May 30th and 31st @ 8PM, Family Matinee May 31st @ 3PM
Performance Project @ University Settlement; 184 Eldridge (Corner of Rivington, F to 2nd Ave.)
Admission: $15/adults, $10/students, free/children 12 and under. Matinee: $7; Reservations: 212-453-4532, project.audience@gmail.com

C. Eule Dance teams up with The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble to present The Crane Wife. Intertwining traditional Japanese culture with contemporary movement and music, this piece re-imagines an ancient Japanese fable. Repertoire favorites and musical selections will fill out this program of live music and dance.

For more information please visit C. Eule Dance online.

Choreographic Sketches Series II: The Demystification

Sat, May 31, 2008 at 8PM
BRICstudio, 647 Fulton Street (around the corner from BAM Harvey Theatre), Brooklyn, NY 11217
Admission: $25/$20 for seniors and students; admission includes complimentary wine & light hors d’oeuvres. Reservations at choreographicsketches@gmail.com

Featuring choreographers: Shani Nwando Ikerioha Collins, Alfred L. Dove, “La Mora” Danis Perez Prades, Jo Anna Norris, William Oaks, Makeda Thomas, Penelope JoAnn Armstead-Williams and Kwame Azalius Ross; curated by Jo Anna H. Norris the Founder/Director of Choreographic Sketches; featuring new works by emerging African Diasporic choreographers and their companies.

For more information please visit Choreographic Sketches online.

Rioult Presents: 2008 New York Season

Tuesday, June 3 at 7:30pm; Thursday, June 5 at 8 pm; Friday, June 6 at 8pm; and Saturday, June 7 at 8pm
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place
Admission: $38 for general seating. Please visit ticketcentral.com.

Technically powerful and rich with intellect and emotion, Rioult is consistently vibrant and compelling. This year features the debut of a new work set to Bach’s “Art of the Fugue,” commissioned by the Harriet and Gordon Greenfield Foundation. The bold “Prelude to Night” and favorite “Bolero” will complete the program.

For more information please visit Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre online.

Gobstopper Influence by Christine Coleman / Company SoGoNo

Thurs – Sat, June 5 – 14, 2008 at 8 PM
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing), 123 4th Ave, 2nd FL (between 12th & 13th streets, one block east of Broadway), NYC
Gen. Admission $20, Students/Seniors/CRS Members $15

Combining contemporary dance and Butoh, Stop Motion, and sign language, Christine Coleman’s (sogono.org) new evening length work Gobstopper Influence takes an imaginative look at beauty, darkness, machines and their malfunctions, human flaws, and keepers of knowledge, refracted through the prism of the classic movie “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.”

For more information please visit CRS online.