PRESS RELEASE:
Kimberly Bartosik/daela

DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP
presents
Kimberly Bartosik/ daela
in the world premiere of
The Materiality of Impermanence
Feb 3 - 6 at 7:30pm

New York, NY, November 23, 2009 - Dance Theater Workshop presents Kimberly Bartosik/daela in the world premiere of The Materiality of Impermanence. Distinctly cinematic, the work consists of a series of scenes that spring up spontaneously, the way memories suddenly find their way into our consciousness.  These scenes are defined by sparseness, silence, and a sense of time passing. The Materiality of Impermanence illustrates Bartosik’s interest in architecture, the dynamics of space, and the imprints bodies leave on each other. Existing within a set made of LED lights, creating a shifting luminescent outline of a home, the performers’ trace disappearing walls, rooms, and hallways, each marked with the material and immaterial residues of the lives lived within them.

“Remarkable, heart-stopping … a beautiful and wrenching enigma.” - Village Voice

The work will be performed by Kimberly, Joanna Kotze, Marc Mann, Roderick Murray (set and lighting designer), and Luke Fasano (composer). This evening-length presentation marks Bartosik’s full evening debut at Dance Theater Workshop.

Performances will take place at Dance Theater Workshop in the Bessie Schönberg Theater, February 3 - 6 (Wednesday - Saturday) at 7:30pm. There will be a Pre-Show Talk on February 3 (Wednesday) at 6:30pm, a Post-show Talk on February 5 (Friday), and a free wine reception following every performance (Wednesday - Friday). Fee-free tickets are $15 and are available online at dancetheaterworkshop.org, over the phone at 212.924.0077, and in person at the box office. Dance Theater Workshop Members, Students, and Seniors are eligible for a 20% discount ($12 Tickets).  Box office hours are Monday - Friday from 5pm - 9pm and Saturday - Sunday from 12pm - 8pm.  Dance Theater Workshop is located at 219 West 19th Street between 7^th and 8^th Avenues.

About the  Artist

Kimberly Bartosik began her creative explorations through experimental writing and video.  Literature and cinema continue to inform her current interests in creating viscerally provocative choreographic and multi-media projects.  Bartosik’s work is built upon the development of a virtuosic movement language, rigorous conceptual explorations, and the creation of highly theatricalized environments.  Since 1999 her work has been presented at The Kitchen, Dance Theater Workshop, Danspace Project, La Mama, Mt. Tremper Arts, Movement Research at the Judson Church, and at universities throughout North Carolina.  In 2005 she founded the organization daela, in order to facilitate the development of the creation of her artistic work.

Bartosik is a 2009 MAP Fund grantee and a 2008 individual grant recipient from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Support for the creation of her choreographic work has also been received from the Jerome Foundation, Danspace Project, Dance Theater Workshop, Movement Research, The Kitchen, and individual donors.  She has been in creative residence at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center (2009), Jacob’s Pillow (2006, 2008, 2009), La Guardia Performing Arts Center (2009), Mt. Tremper Arts (2009), the White Oak Plantation (2005, 2007), and The Silo (2007). Bartosik is a 2009-10 Joyce Soho Artist-in-Residence. She was a 2005-07 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence. Her current project, The Materiality of Impermanence, is being commissioned by Dance Theater Workshop, where it will premiere February 3-6, 2010.  She always works in artistic collaboration with BESSIE Award winning lighting designer, Roderick Murray.

From 1987-96 Bartosik was a member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, where she created over 19 original roles, performing around the world.  In 1997, she received a BESSIE Award for exceptional artistry in Cunningham’s work.  She joined the Wally Cardona Quartet in 1996 and danced with his company until 2000.

Bartosik received her BFA from North Carolina School of the Arts, and her MA in 20th Century Art and Art Criticism from The Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science of the New School University. From 2002-03, she was a dramaturge for The Kitchen’s “Dance-In-Progress” and “2 on 2″ series, where she acted as a choreographic advisor and cultural and art historical liaison. Bartosik’s critical writings on art and dance have been published in the Village Voice, Movement Research Journal, Canon Magazine, and various on-line arts journals. www.daela.org.

Funding

The Materiality of Impermanence is commissioned by Dance Theater Workshop’s Commissioning and Creative Residency Program with support from the Jerome Foundation, The Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and the Jerome Robbins Foundation. The work was created, in part, while in residence at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center in partnership with Dance Theater Workshop’s Creative Residency Program and is supported by the New York State DanceForce with funding from the New York State Council on the Arts Dance Program.

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Private support provided by: American Masterpieces: Dance Initiative of the New England Foundation for the Arts; The Carnegie Corporation of New York; Chervenak-Nunnalle Foundation; The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; The Ford Foundation; French United States Exchange in Dance of the New England Foundation for the Arts; The Howard Gilman Foundation; The Mertz Gilmore Foundation; The Greenwall Foundation; The William Randolph Hearst Foundations; The Jerome Foundation; The Lambent Foundation; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts; National Performance Network; The New York Community Trust; New York State DanceForce; The Jerome Robbins Foundation; Rockefeller Brothers Fund; The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; The Scherman Foundation; The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation; The Shubert Foundation, Inc.; The Trust for Mutual Understanding; and The Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund.

Corporate support provided by: Bloomberg L.P. and Consolidated Edison Company of New York.

Public support provided by the following government agencies and elected representatives: National Endowment for the Arts; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; Kate D. Levin, Commissioner; Speaker Christine C. Quinn; New York City Council; New York State Council on the Arts; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; Senator Thomas K. Duane, New York State Senate.

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