Faye Driscoll’s “You’re Me”
April 17, 2012
Faye Driscoll and Jesse Zaritt in Driscoll's "You're Me", photo by Paula Court
Last week I saw Faye Driscoll’s newest work, You’re Me, at The Kitchen. My review will be in the next issue of The Brooklyn Rail, but a heads up: if you haven’t seen it yet, go go go. It’s messy, funny, sad, and frighteningly accurate. You can even watch this little flipbook of Driscoll and Jesse Zaritt, her partner in the piece.
Upcoming: skybetter and associates at Joyce SoHo
April 4, 2012
Jennifer Jones of skybetter and associates, photo by Tom Caravaglia
In 2010, skybetter and associates left a lasting impression when they made their Joyce SoHo debut. This month, from April 5th to 22nd, they return to that venue with a world premiere and several works from their repertoire. The Brooklyn-based company, founded in 2008 by artistic director Sydney Skybetter, will perform Near Abroad (2008), The Laws of Falling Bodies (2009), Temporary Matters (2011), Little Boy (2012), and the world premiere of For Want of Sleep, featuring a commissioned score by composer Sxip Shirey.
skybetter and associates has partnered with Nel Shelby Productions to produce an innovative, multi-camera live stream of the performance on April 15th. Plus, every performance will be followed by a talk back with various artists, scholars, consultants and managers, including Eduardo Vilaro, artistic director of Ballet Hispanico (4/5); David Parker, artistic director of Bang Group (4/7); Bill Bragin of Lincoln Center and composer Sxip Shirey (4/14); Jill Johnson, Director of Dance at Harvard University (4/15); Tim Cynova, deputy director of Fractured Atlas (4/20); and Jennifer Edwards of Edwards & Skybetter | Change Agency (4/22).
Skybetter explained, “I’ve learned through extensive work in the dance community as a marketer and technologist that post-show talk backs are square one in audience engagement. So we thought, why just have one during the run when we can have one following every show.”
skybetter and associates performs at Joyce SoHo April 5, 7, 11, 15 & 20 at 7:30pm, and April 14 & 22 at 2pm. Seating is very limited. Tickets are available online.
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My Interview with Ohad Naharin in The Brooklyn Rail
March 9, 2012
Batsheva Dance Company in Ohad Naharin's "Hora", photo by Gadi Dagon
Last month, I had the privilege of speaking with Batsheva Dance Company’s artistic director, Ohad Naharin. Our conversation is in this month’s issue of The Brooklyn Rail. Also in this issue: Nancy Dalva talks with Paul Taylor, Siobhan Burke reviews Pat Catterson’s To Lie in the Sky (sad that I missed it!), and Christine Hou reviews works by Vanessa Anspaugh and Jen Rosenblit at New York Live Arts. Take a look. Many thanks to the Rail’s dance editor – and my fellow blogger – Ryan Wenzel for making it all happen.
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Summation Dance at BAC
March 5, 2012
Julie McMillan and Cat De Angelis of Summation Dance, photo by David Andrako
Summation Dance presents its second annual New York City season this weekend at Baryshnikov Arts Center with the world premiere of Deep End, choreographed by Sumi Clements and produced by Taryn Vander Hoop. The new work casts its audience into the depths of a fishbowl, imagined anew and harboring the illustrious, yet formidable, New York City. Drawing upon this metaphor, the work explores the ideas of confinement, self-awareness, co-habitation in an environment constantly in flux, and the insatiable quest to achieve. Seen through the female perspective, ten women transform the stage into a world in which failure and success are fundamentally equal in a place whose inhabitants seem to ignore the futility of it all.
Summation Dance will perform this Thursday through Saturday, March 8th to 10th, at the Baryshnikov Arts Center – 450 West 37th Street, NYC. Tickets are $20 ($12 for students) and are available at www.smarttix.com or by phone at 212.868.4444.
Writing About Gaga for BAM
February 26, 2012
BAM asked me to share some thoughts on Gaga, the movement language created by Batsheva Dance Company’s artistic director Ohad Naharin, in anticipation of the company’s performances next month at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House. I was happy to do so, and am looking forward to seeing Batsheva in Hora. You can read my blog post here, and enjoy the above footage from MAX.
