Performa 07
Dearest wingers — It’s time to sit in the audience. It’s time to wash Nacho Duato out of your hair. Performa 07, the second edition of a biennial focusing on new visual art performance and established by RoseLee Goldberg, runs Oct 27–Nov 20 — the schedule is endlessly confusing, so I’m just going to list the events that fall under the category of “Dance After Choreography.”
But please check out the website (performa-arts.org) because there is plenty of other fascinating stuff—Pete Drungle’s Continuous 24-hour Solo Piano Improvisation at SculptureCenter, the Israeli artist Tamy Ben-Tor at Salon 94 and Allan Kaprow’s 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (Redoing). I put ** on the things I really care about.
And to remember — not everything will be good, This is a chance to learn a lot in a short amount of time — it will be overwhelming — and just because people look like artists doesn’t mean they are. xoxo
November 2 from 6-8 pm
MARIE COOL AND FABIO BALDUCCI, Untitled (Prayers, 1996-2007)
The Clocktower Gallery, 108 Leonard Street, 13th Floor
Tickets: $14/$12 PERFORMA Members, $10 students, performa-arts.org
November 10-17 with performances at 1 and 2 pm daily
CARLOS AMORALES, Spider Galaxy
590 Madison (The Atrium)
FREE
November 6, 8-10 at 7:30 pm
ISAAC JULIEN AND RUSSELL MALIPHANT, Cast No Shadow
BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton Street
Tickets: $45/$35/$30/$20, www.bam.org or (718) 636-4100
November 7 from 2-5:30 pm
PABLO BRONSTEIN, Plaza Minuet
World Financial Center, One New York Plaza, 60 Wall Street and 375 Hudson Street—please check performa-arts.org for starting location
FREE
** November 7-10 at 7:30 pm
JEROME BEL, Pichet Klunchen and Myself
Dance Theater Workshop, 219 West 19th Street
Tickets: $25/$15 DTW and PERFORMA Members, dtw.org or (212) 691-6500
** November 12 at 7:30 pm
Dance After Choreography: An Evening with Grand Union
Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue
Tickets: $8/$6 students, seniors children/$5 Anthology and PERFORMA Members, available day of show at the Anthology Film Archives Box Office
In this event Douglas Dunn, David Gordon, Nancy Lewis, and Yvonne Rainer — members of the improvisational group Grand Union — reunite for the first time since the group’s dissolution in 1976. it should be hilarious.
November 13 at 7:30 pm
Dance After Choreography: From Judson to the Present
Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue
Tickets: $8/$6 students, seniors children/$5 Anthology and PERFORMA Members, available day of show at the Anthology Film Archives Box Office
November 13-15 at 7 pm
MARKUS SCHINWALD & OLEG SOULIMENKO, Stage Matrix I
Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway, 2nd Floor
Tickets: $18/$14 PERFORMA Members/$12 Students, www.performa-arts.org
November 14-16 at 8:30 pm
KELLY NIPPER, Floyd on the Floor
The Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South
Tickets: $18/$14 PERFORMA Members/$12 Students, www.performa-arts.org
** November 15-17 at 7 pm
XAVIER LE ROY, Le Sacre Du Printemps
Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 West 37th Street
Tickets: $18/$14 PERFORMA Members/$12 Students, www.performa-arts.org
** November 16-17 at 8 pm
AIDA RUILOVA, The Silver Globe
The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street
Tickets: $10, 212-255-5793 ext.11
** November 17 from 12-3 pm
NOT FOR SALE: Dance and Conceptual Art in Visual Arts
The Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South
Tickets: $5, www.performa-arts.org
** November 18 at 4 pm
Dance After Choreography: The French Aftershock
Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue
Tickets: $8/$6 students, seniors children/$5 Anthology and PERFORMA Members, available day of show at the Anthology Film Archives Box Office
Two films are shown: Boris Charmatz & Dimitri Chamblas’s Les Disparates and Jerôme Bel’s Veronique Doisneau.
** November 18-19 at 7 pm
YVONNE RAINER, RoS Indexical
The Hudson Theatre at the Millennium Broadway Hotel
Tickets: $18/$14 PERFORMA Members/$12 Students, www.performa-arts.org
Becky, Jodi and John
John Jasperse is a name you should know: his cerebral dances, acclaimed in New York and throughout Europe (William Forsythe is a fan) transformed contemporary dance beginning with 1995’s Excessories. He returns to Dance Theater Workshop this week with a trio, Becky, Jodi and John, featuring himself and two of downtown dance’s most riveting performers: Becky Hilton and Jodi Melnick.
I recommend this for the opportunity to witness extremely high-quality performers. There’s live music by Hawn Rowe (he’s a genius). But the main reason is that this dance is about dancers (the three met in New York in the mid-’80s). There’s nudity, but it’s not like Ann Liv. I won’t say anything else. Just go.
Ann Liv Young
At 26, Ann Liv Young is one of the most subversive choreographers of her generation, so while you may not love her work, I promise one thing: you won’t be bored. Her latest show, Snow White transforms a fairytale wonderland into a nightmare of depravity.
A graduate of Hollins University, Young plays with notions of dominance and control, sex and submissiveness in seemingly reckless ways. She has presented different incarnations of Snow White throughout Europe over the summer; this time, it’s a trio for Liz Santoro, Michael Guerrero and Young (as the lead).
Read the interview in this week’s Time Out New York. Broaden those horizons. It’s kind of like going to a rock show.
The Kitchen, 512 West 19th St; Mar. 14–17, 21–24 at 8pm. $12
Sarah Michelson
Sarah Michelson is my absolute favorite choreographer—she makes her BAM debut with “Dogs,” a work that I know little about (that’s the way she likes it) but have been looking forward to for years. Her work is rigorous and daring, conventionally and unconventionally beautiful, and full of rigor. This will be her last dance, I fear, so please, please go.
www.bam.org
Oct 18–21 at 7:30pm.
$20–$40.
gia picks - 09.09
AMBUSH
3rd Ward
Saturday 9 at 8pm, $5
Chez Bushwick—an inspiring Brooklyn organization devoted to contemporary dance and performance–hosts the first installment of a new series, AMBUSH. This is the deal: the show, always with different guests, will be held at different Bushwick spaces over the next nine month. The first, this Saturday, will be held at 3rd Ward.
The program includes new dance by Elke Rindfleisch and Wanjiru Kamuyu; video by Bruce Nauman; solo trombone by Jim Staley; and readings to honor John Cage’s birthday by David Vaughan, Michael Cole and Jonah Bokaer. Carla Peterson, who was just appointed artistic director to Dance Theater Workshop (and formerly of Movement Research—you’ll see her at Judson), will be interviewed.
The show itself can be a crapshoot, but it’s casual, almost like a salon. This one is probably worth it for Peterson alone. And you can drink beer and wine, hurrah!
Judson Church - Mondays
Movement Research at the Judson Church
Every Monday beginning September 25 at 8pm; Free
www.movementresearch.org
Judson Memorial Church—the site of the legendary Judson Dance Theater performances of the ’60s—hosts an artist-curated weekly event by Movement Research, a wonderful downtown organization focused on experimental dance.
Don’t be scared. Just go to Judson on Mondays—it’s casual and lively and even though the dances are generally works-in-progress, it’s never dull.
Opening night features the excellent Deborah Hay, an actual Judson choreographer, and Juliette Mapp, who has danced with her (along with John Jasperse, Vicky Shick and more) and is currently obsessed with war. As in the horror and ridiculousness of it.
Battery Park - 9.06
Kansas City Ballet: “The Catherine Wheel Suite”
September 6 at 7:30pm. Free.
www.rivertorivernyc.com
Artistic director William Whitener is a former Twyla Tharp dancer who recently staged the Joffrey’s revival of “Deuce Coupe,” Tharp’s groundbreaking work set to the Beach Boys. The company makes its New York debut at Evening Stars with three works, including Tharp’s “The Catherine Wheel Suite,” a reworking of her 1981 full-evening collaboration with David Byrne, “The Catherine Wheel.” While many companies perform “The Golden Section” from “Wheel” (as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will do in December), Whitener’s new version also features “Dinosaur” and “Cloud Chamber” and has never been seen.
Gia Picks
The Winger is pleased to welcome Miss Gia Kourlas, of Time Out New York fame, into our happy family.
With her expertise in both the ballet and modern sides of the dance world, Gia will be recommending what she feels are notable performances (and occasionally books and DVD’s) in both styles, as well as those that fall somewhere in between.
Personally, having spent most of my career dedicated to ballet, I feel a bit overwhelmed when trying to choose what other dance companies to see. Usually I find out what’s interesting by word of mouth, which sometimes works well, and sometimes doesn’t. I couldn’t be more excited to have Gia’s recommendations and insight as a guide!
Gia’s Picks will initially come onto the site as regular posts, but can also be found on the left-hand side of the site, in the calendar on The Winger Board, as well as in our upcoming newsletters…
Our hope is to help make dance a bit more approachable and fun by arming you guys with insider info, expertise, and a bit of guidance for finding the best stuff.
Here’s to exploring dance in New York City!
