David Thomson and Shelley Senter at Danspace Project
This week at Danspace Project:
PLATFORM 2010: Back to New York City
Shelley Senter and David Thomson
A shared evening of new work
March 4-6, 2010 • [Thu-Sat] • 8:00 PM
Admission: $18 ($12 for members)
grey matter
In grey matter, Shelley Senter examines influence, history, visibility, authorship and ownership in collaboration with sound scores by Andrew Wass, and LOWER LEFT and NON FICTION collective members Nina Martin, Margaret Paek, Rebecca Bryant, Kelly Dalrymple-Wass and Andrew Wass.
1959
In 1959, his first Danspace Project commission, David Thomson explores the notions of erasure and overlay from the intersection of coexisting narratives of body and text. Commissioned writers Onomé Ekeh, Glenn Ligon, Clarinda Mac Low, and Pamela Sneed construct diverse language inspired by events from 1959 to form the spoken terrain. Collaborating with the actress Sarena Kennedy and dancer Omagbitse Omagbemi, Thomson creates a trio of separate realities, placed and yet displaced within each other”s parallel landscape.
Visit Danspace Project’s website for more information.
Guest Artist Series ON SALE NOW!
Dance Theater Workshop is glad to announce that the Guest Artist Series is now on sale!
Get your tickets now for ZviDance, American Tap Dance Foundation, SITI Company, TAKE Dance, Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre, Ellen Robbins, 360° Dance Company, johannes wieland, WDA Global Dance Event, and Wendy Jehlen/ANIKAI Dance!
This week in New York: koosil-ja!
“…Koosil-ja and her company, danceKUMIKO, present the New York premiere of BLOCKS OF CONTINUALITY / BODY, IMAGE, AND ALGORITHM, her latest examination of movement and the human body utilizing live processing, interactive computer programming, and 3D imaging, influenced by the conceptual theories of French philosopher and self-described “pure metaphysician” Gilles Deleuze. While that might sound like a lot to take in at one time, it has the potential to be one helluva mind-blowing experience. ” - Mark Rifkin
Photo of the Week
koosil-ja/danceKUMIKO
Blocks of Continuality/Body, Image, and Algorithm
Pictured: Ava Heller, Elise Knudson, Melissa Guerrero
Photo: Yi-Chun Wu
Brazil Chill
“What happens when you remove hip-hop culture from hip-hop dance? Bruno Beltrão’s Grupo de Rua (Portuguese for “Street Group”) does PoMo hip-hop; hip-hop steps, but interspersed with stillness and without music. It forces you to look at the form anew, and transformed.” - Leigh Witchel, Dance View Times
The Buzz: koosil-ja/danceKUMIKO
koosil-ja/danceKUMIKO is featured in Time Out New York, Dance-Tech, and She Geeks.
Time Out New York - Critic’s Pick
“Running Backward, Moving Forward”
“Choreographer Bruno Beltrão brings much more than his company of nine male dancers to New York City; he transports the less glamorous, but perhaps more impressive, side of Brazilian street dance to the DTW stage.
Highly energetic and physical, Beltrão’s evening-length work “H3” never loses its connection to sub-culture of street dance, the practice halls and pavement where movement is generated and mastered long before being presented in public.” - Tze Chun, iDANZ
She Geeks on koosil-ja and
The Wireless Connection Between You and Digital Media
“Imagine watching 3 stories being told simultaneously that simulate our coexistence in both digital and flesh. This might be hard to wrap your head around, but Koosil-ja’s doing it with a performance technique/video system she developed called Live Processing (more here). The system has allowed Koosil-ja to create a network body with 15 video monitors and 3 video movement sources.”
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