Artichoke Dance Company’s Human Mapping Project
August 29, 2010 · Posted by Dancing Perfectly Free ·
It’s site-specific, environmentally conscious, historically reflective, and interactive! Artichoke Dance Company combines performance with ecological activism and volunteerism in a new project on New York shorelines, Your Planet: The Human Mapping Project. Director and choreographer Lynn Neuman collaborates with scientists and architects from the Urban Design Lab’s Plastic Trash Patch Project, part of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, to focus on one of New York’s greatest assets, its shoreline (there are over 600 miles of shoreline across the five boroughs). Performances, which are aligned with beach clean up days, sponsored by the American Littoral Society, bring awareness to the impact of human consumption ...
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 ...
Four Women Choreographers Share a Week at The Joyce Theater
August 6, 2010 · Posted by Dancing Perfectly Free ·
clockwise from top left: Monica Bill Barnes, Andrea Miller, Camille A. Brown, and Kate Weare, photo by Tom Caravaglia
Beginning on Monday, August 9th, The Joyce Theater will present two alternating programs featuring four exciting choreographers – all women! Camille A. Brown’s five short works include a tribute to the people of New Orleans, while Andrea Miller’s company, Gallim Dance, investigates the nature and dangers of pack mentality in Wonderland. Kate Weare’s Bright Land explores the cyclical nature of human experiences, and Monica Bill Barnes’s Another Parade celebrates the singular and exhilarating experience of being onstage. Check out the ...
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
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, ...
We Give Ourselves Away At Every Moment
July 29, 2010 · Posted by Dancing Perfectly Free ·
Choreographer Bill T. Jones makes a special appearance at the River To River Festival's “We Give Ourselves Away at Every Moment: An Event For Merce” at Rockefeller Park in New York City, photo by Abbey Braden
This past Monday, July 26th, marked the one-year anniversary of choreographer Merce Cunningham’s death. One week after he died, his company gave a marvelous performance at Rockefeller Park. This year, on a day that was just as hot and sunny as last year’s event, River to River Festival presented “We Give Ourselves Away at Every Moment: An Event for Merce”. The performance included choreography by ...
Sorry I Missed Your Show!
July 27, 2010 · Posted by Dancing Perfectly Free ·
Gibney Dance and Dance/NYC have jointly developed Sorry I Missed Your Show!, a series that serves as a second chance to view works by both emerging and established choreographers, as well as a forum for artists and their audiences to revisit them from fresh perspectives. Video screenings will be followed by thoughtful discussions and reconsiderations led by some of the great minds of the contemporary dance world.
Sorry I Missed Your Show! continues on Wednesday, July 28th at 6:30 PM with PLATFORMS 2010: Highlights of Danspace Project‘s innovative inaugural series including i get lost, curated by choreographer and multi-media artist Ralph ...
Dance Theater Workshop receives Performing Arts Recovery Initiative Support
July 21, 2010 · Posted by Dance Theater Workshop ·
“We are honored to have been chosen as a recipient of the Performing Arts Recovery Initiative funded by the Open Society Institute. I believe it is a resounding vote of support for the work that Dance Theater Workshop does to maintain and grow a vibrant community of both innovative choreographers and audiences who hunger for thoughtful, challenging process-driven work.”
Read the Open Society Institute Press Release
Check out the list of recipients
