Studio G with Bobbi
August 29, 2010 · Posted by No Expectations ·
A few years back i pulled my friend Bobbi Jene Smith from school days into my home studio to work out some phrasing. Here are some pics from our lil time together in Studio G. I still have video of what we worked out which i wanna use one of these days in a larger work but until then its locked up securely in the vaults.b
Masters that matter. William Forsythe
August 28, 2010 · Posted by No Expectations ·
Enjoy.b
Malashock Blog Series: Behind The Curtain #1
August 27, 2010 · Posted by Malashock Dance Blog ·
[Behind The Curtain is a unique opportunity to get exclusive insight into the inner workings of Malashock Dance performances, programs, and events through first-person accounts from those that make them happen. From performers and choreographers to directors, producers, and beyond, our varied cast of contributors will provide an entertaining insiders look at what happens "behind the scenes" at Malashock Dance .]
Series #1 - MALASHOCK THINKS YOU CAN DANCE
As we approach our 4th Annual MALASHOCK THINKS YOU CAN DANCE! Fundraiser on October 9, we’ll be hearing from all levels of participants, past and present, ...
PRESS RELEASE: Faye Driscoll
August 17, 2010 · Posted by Dance Theater Workshop ·
DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP
presents
Faye Driscoll
in the return engagement of
There is so much mad in me
September 22 - 25 at 7:30pm
New York, NY, August, 17 - Dance Theater Workshop, the preeminent U.S. based center for contemporary dance and performance, presents Faye Driscoll in a return engagement of There is so much mad in me. After a week of sold out shows this past spring, Faye Driscoll’s There is so much mad in me returns to Dance Theater Workshop for four nights only. An examination of shifting states of consciousness as choreography, There is so much mad in me, asks how we feel and ...
PRESS RELEASE:Raimund Hoghe with Faustin Linyekula
August 5, 2010 · Posted by Dance Theater Workshop ·
DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP
and
FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival
co-present
Raimund Hoghe with Faustin Linyekula
in the New York premiere of
Sans-titre
Sep 16 - 18 at 7:30pm
New York, NY, August 5, 2010 - Dance Theater Workshop, the preeminent U.S. based center for contemporary dance and performance, and FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival present Raimund Hoghe with Faustin Linyekula in Sans-titre. The enigmatic German maker/performer Raimund Hoghe returns to Dance Theater Workshop after his sold-out, critically acclaimed U.S. debut in 2009. Sans-titre marks a unique partnership between Hoghe and the Congo’s rising star Faustin Linyekula, who also returns to Dance Theater Workshop after his celebrated Festival of Lies ...
Season Buzz!
August 2, 2010 · Posted by Dance Theater Workshop ·
Culturebot
“DTW announced its 2010-2011 season and it is a doozy! “ Read the Post
The New York Times, Arts Briefly
“The lineup includes a collaboration between the German dance maker and performer Raimund Hoghe and Faustin Linyekula of Congo; new work by Richard Move, who will recreate a 1963 interview with Martha Graham; and the French choreographer Alain Buffard’s “Les Inconsolés,” a work set to Schubert and Throbbing Gristle.” Read the article
What is “Contemporary” Dance?
July 30, 2010 · Posted by Dance Doc's Think Tank ·
Defining dance and locating its roots is never simple and never complete, but the attempt is always enlightening. All summer I have been thinking about Contemporary dance: Historically, how did Contemporary dance evolve? What are its major influences and artistic motivations? What are its distinguishing features? How does one train to become a Contemporary dancer? [...]
PRESS RELEASE:2010 – 2011 Season!
July 29, 2010 · Posted by Dance Theater Workshop ·
For Immediate Release
DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP
announces
THE 2010-2011 SEASON
September 8, 2010 - June 25, 2011
New York, NY, JULY 29, 2010 - Dance Theater Workshop, the preeminent U.S. based center for contemporary dance and performance, announces today the 2010 - 2011 season. Spanning ten months and supporting over 40 artists, this season from acclaimed Artistic Director, Carla Peterson, continues Dance Theater Workshop’s deep tradition of supporting artists at all stages of their careers, from all over the globe, and across the vast spectrum that is contemporary performance.
Leveraging over four and half decades of dedication to artistic exploration, innovation, and quality programming, ...
World Dance Alliance Concert Review
July 26, 2010 · Posted by Dance Theater Workshop ·
Drifting through the world salad
By Elizabeth Zimmer
Friday night’s WDA concert, which sticks in my mind as being a study in floaty white things, opened with a dramatic production out of Taiwan, strongest as a piece of visual art with understated movement motifs. Wen-jinn Luo’s 2009 work, An Independent Sleep, performed by the Scarecrow Contemporary Dance Company, was essentially a video rendering of a poem by Emily Dickinson, “A Long Long Sleep,” projected in calligraphic script on the paper-covered stage floor. The surface was bumpy; I guessed, correctly, that a body lay under the strips of paper. A schematic sculptured ...
World Dance Alliance Concert
July 26, 2010 · Posted by Dance Theater Workshop ·
World Salad
By Elizabeth Zimmer
Like just about everything else in contemporary culture, dance has become commoditized: you can buy it, you can sell it, and you can use it to build your brand.
Aspiring American dancers who used to flock eagerly to their favorite choreographers, taking class for years and participating in groundbreaking experiments for little or no compensation, are now, like everyone else, in it for the money and the glory. They show up for auditions with little knowledge of a choreographer’s work, inquiring primarily about the terms of the contract, or they set up shop right out of school, forming ...
