Archive for November, 2008
Bebe Miller Coffee and Conversation
Maya Ciarrocchi and Ain Gordon talk about Bebe’s process and the making of Necessary Beauty.
Proof of dunaPart…
(from left to right): Amanda Loulaki (Movement Research), Abby Harris Holmes (Danspace Project), Boo Froebel (Lincoln Center Festival), Mina Nishimura (artist), Marya Wethers (Dance Theater Workshop), Will Rawls (artist)
Mina Nishimura and Will Rawls attended the dunaPart Platform in Budapest through our international program, The Suitcase Fund!
More about The Suitcase Fund
About dunaPart - Platform of Contemporary [...]
Clive Barnes, Critic, Dies at 81
“We have to meet the artist halfway, we have to bring something before we can take something away.” – Clive Barnes
Read this wonderful tribute to a critic who brought so much intelligence to dance, and brought dance to wider audiences.
The New York Times
Published: November 19, 2008
By: William Grimes
Anna Kisselgoff contributed reporting.
Clive Barnes, who as an [...]
Coffee and Conversation with Stephen Greco
Better late then never!
Stephen Greco and Trajal Harrell discuss Quartet for The End of Time, sincerity, art, and more.
Worth a watch!
NYSCA Update - Good news for now, plan ahead for next year.
THE GOOD NEWS:
The legislature and Governor Paterson could not come to an agreement on any further mid-year cuts.
As a result, there will be no further cuts to the State Council at this time.
That is good news for those of you who had applications pending for October
and December, but please keep in [...]
The Village Voice reviews Bebe Miller Company
The Village Voice
Published: November 18, 2008
By: Deborah Jowitt
Bebe Miller has been making mysterious dances since the mid 1980s. Their beauty is soul-deep. It resides in dancers’ bones, muscles, and sinews—sometimes blurry, sometimes startlingly clear. Her new Necessary Beauty probes memories—not just real memories, like those that taped voices deliver sporadically, but the process of remembering [...]
PROPOSED ADDITIONAL CUTS TO STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
ADVOCACY ALERT
Friday, November 14, 2008
$7 MILLION MID-YEAR CUT TO NYSCA
Dance Theater Workshop is drafting a letter and we recommend that all New York City Artists and Companies do the same. We will post our letter here on Monday. In the meantime here are the facts:
I. The Governor’s Announcement
On November 11th, Governor Patterson presented a $5.2 [...]
Bebe Miller takes us back
Metro New York
By: Elizabeth Zimmer
Published: November 14, 2008
Review. Making a dance about memory is a minefield, but Bebe Miller’s new “Necessary Beauty” negotiates the past with characteristic élan. Six women share the stage with two large rear-projection screens and, some of the time, chairs.
Onstage at Dance Theater Workshop, video by Maya Ciarrocchi conjures a beach [...]
Collecting all Cups!
Layard Thompson needs your help!
Please consider taking part in a community effort to co-create an installation set for an upcoming Dance Theater Workshop performance!
Please:
1. SAVE your used disposable paper and plastic coffee and tea cups.
2. CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN your used paper and plastic cups.
3. DEPOSIT your artfully RECYCLED and CLEANED cups in the trash can [...]
