Archive for September, 2008
On Ivana Muller’s “While We Were Holding It Together,” at the FIAF: Crossing the Line Festival
Aynsley Vandenbroucke writes about While We Were Holding It Together…
“Each time the performers make a statement, I see their shapes, their stillness, as something different. My perception of the very same picture shifts enormously. What was a hand becomes a branch or a bus pole or a microphone stand.” Read the Post
Movement Is Suspended, Unlocking the Imagination
The New York Times
By GIA KOURLAS
Published: September 26, 2008
Ivana Müller is an artist, born in Croatia and now living in France, who begins projects with a seemingly simple conceptual idea. She also loves words. Her latest two works combine both to wrestle with a critical notion about movement itself: Can it exist without the body? [...]
Answer 10 Q’s for 2 Free Tixs!
For those of you who enjoy games here’s one that awards two free tickets to any show on Dance Theater Workshop’s fall season.
The first person to respond in the comments section of this post with all 10 correct answers and a valid email address wins.
1. Which artist on our season has their voice saying “ring, [...]
David Gordon Pick Up Performance Co(S.)
Dance Theater Workshop presents
Trying Times (remembered) by
David Gordon
Pick Up Performance Co(S.)
DECEMBER 11-13 & 16-20 at 7:30pm
New York, NY, September 26, 2008 – David Gordon returns to Dance Theater Workshop after 14 years with a reconstruction of Trying Times (remembered), originally commissioned by Dance Theater Workshop and David R. White in 1982 and not seen [...]
Appointment of Andrea Sholler as Executive Director
Dance Theater Workshop
Appoints Andrea Sholler Executive Director
New York, NY, September 24, 2008 – The Board of Directors of Dance Theater Workshop has named Andrea Sholler as its new Executive Director effective October 1. Stephen Greco will step down from that position and will focus on marketing and branding opportunities for cultural institutions. Sholler served [...]
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Family Matters: Playground
Dance theater Workshop presents
an afternoon of global groove, ukulele music, and soaring moves
in the newest installment of the
Family Matters Series
Playground
DECEMBER 6 at 2pm
TICKETS FOR KIDS ARE FREE
New York, NY, September 19, 2008 – Dance Theater Workshop presents another thrilling showcase in the 2008 Family Matters Series this fall. Hosted by Nation Beat and [...]
On Panels and “Unqualifiable Performances”
On Tuesday night, as a part of FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival, performance studies scholar Andre Le Pecki moderated a panel of choreographers, artists, and producers - including Rashida Bumbray, Wally Cardona, Simon Dove, Maria Hassabi, Sarah Michelson, and Trajal Harrell. (He’ll be premiering Quartet for the End of Time here in [...]
Dance World Congregates to Bestow the Bessies
The New York Times
By ROSLYN SULCAS
Published: September 16, 2008
The Bessies — more formally known as the New York Dance and Performance Awards — are often described as the dance world’s equivalent of the Oscars. They’re without the golden statuettes, the lucrative movie deals and Vanity Fair covers, to be sure, but nonetheless indubitable signs of [...]
