Archive for October, 2008

Banner Sighting #8

Posted by Adam on October 30th, 2008 in Media

We couldn’t resist:
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Have a safe and fun Halloween.

Election 2008: the homestretch

Posted by Adam on October 30th, 2008 in Editorial

Election Day is days away. At this point, I imagine many voters are quaking in their seats ready to go out and vote for a new president. BUT, there’s more to do on Tuesday than elect a president. There are local issues, state senators, and propositions on the ballot as well!

If Dance Theater [...]

Sean Curran Company at the Guggenheim

Posted by Jillian on October 30th, 2008 in Editorial

Catch the premiere of Sean Curran’s Mission of Virgil at Works & Process at the Guggenheim next week (November 2-3 at 7:30pm). Sean  presented this piece as a work-in-progress on our spring season last year.  Mission of Virgil is inspired by Dantes’ Inferno and will be  part of a Works & Process celebration for composer [...]

The Dance Company Model
IS Still Working

Posted by Megan on October 28th, 2008 in Editorial

As a recent participant in the Outer Space Dialogue, I must first and foremost, express a heartfelt thank you to Estelle and Alejandra for all they have done to create and sustain the Outer Space Dialogues at DTW. It was an interesting and diverse place to get to know a new community of dance makers. [...]

On The Brian Lehrer Show: panelists from the upcoming Full Spectrum Discussion Series

Posted by Jillian on October 27th, 2008 in Interviews

Harlem Stage executive director Patricia Cruz and Keith Stubblefield, chief financial officer of Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), talk about the funding picture for New York’s arts institutions.  Listen here.
For more information about the upcoming Full Spectrum: Panel Discussion Series on November 6 at 6:30pm, go here.

The Audience Is Involved, the Mirror Crucial

Posted by Jillian on October 27th, 2008 in Press

The New York Times
Dance Feature
By: Claudia La Rocco
Published: October 26, 2008
THE term “audience participation” conjures images of unsuspecting viewers being pulled onto the stage under the hot glare of the lights and subjected to the whims of the performer. Some love it; for others it’s a nightmare. But there are deeper, truer forms of audience [...]

A “Sublime” Week

Posted by Jillian on October 24th, 2008 in Press

Eva Yaa Asantewaa reviews luciana achugar’s The Sublime is Us on Infinite Body.

Possibly Maybe

Posted by Megan on October 24th, 2008 in Press

Claudia La Rocco writes about Trajal Harrell’s Quartet for the End of Time on Art Forum. Read the Article
A snippet:
“And so it was that the “Just how is this dance?” question reared its ugly head at the postperformance discussion: Not even an experimental enclave like the workshop is safe from this strange, conservative inquiry, which [...]

Trajal Harrell at the End of Time

Posted by Jillian on October 24th, 2008 in Press

New York Theatre Wire Review
By: Jack Anderson
“It opened with a jumble of projected images, many indistinct, yet some clearly views of building interiors and exteriors, forests, a cemetery, a red bloodlike liquid, and [...]

Expectant Introspective Extroverts

Posted by Jillian on October 23rd, 2008 in Press

Brian McCormick previews the latest works from two soon-to-be moms  - luciana achugar and Sara Juli.  Check out the story in Gay City News.