Schlenzka will be relocating to Berlin, returning to family and the first city she called home, after living in the U.S. for over two decades, and will be stepping into the role of Director of the exhibition hall Gropius Bau. The Gropius Bau, part of the Berliner Festspiele, is one of Europe’s most important exhibition venues. With its acclaimed exhibitions of contemporary and modern art, the Gropius Bau has built an international reputation. There, she will have the opportunity to bring her experience with performance, thematic programming, and creating new avenues for community and artist involvement to a vast stage and institution that serves hundreds of thousands of visitors a year.
Performance Space New York Executive Artistic Director Jenny Schlenzka will depart the organization in Summer 2023, after six years of groundbreaking leadership, in which she has reimagined the institution’s relationship to its artists and community—in constant collaboration with them. In keeping with the future-oriented vision she has sustained from her first days overseeing Performance Space’s momentous transition back into its renovated home in 2017, Schlenzka sees this change as an opportunity for the historically significant experimental and interdisciplinary organization to continue to invite new voices, communities, and practices to the fore.
Schlenzka will be relocating to Berlin, returning to family and the first city she called home, after living in the U.S. for over two decades, and will be stepping into the role of Director of the exhibition hall Gropius Bau. The Gropius Bau, part of the Berliner Festspiele, is one of Europe’s most important exhibition venues. With its acclaimed exhibitions of contemporary and modern art, the Gropius Bau has built an international reputation. There, she will have the opportunity to bring her experience with performance, thematic programming, and creating new avenues for community and artist involvement to a vast stage and institution that serves hundreds of thousands of visitors a year.
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Please RSVP to join us on Saturday, April 1st, at 12:00 p.m at Bed-Stuy Art House, as we present 3 RITES: Roots Party Zine Release in collaboration with multi-disciplinary artist Edisa Weeks/DELIRIOUS Dances in the journey of making 1,865 roots out of paper and twine, for the installation and performance of 3 RITES: Liberty. 1865 represents the last year of legalized chattel slavery in America. 651 ARTS, in Collaboration with Edisa Weeks/DELIRIOUS Dances, will also be releasing the Roots Party Zine, which is the first of four zines about the 3 RITES project. Come and go as you please and engage in whatever capacity you feel comfortable – make a root, enjoy a meal, participate in and/or listen to the conversation, purchase a zine! The 3 RITES zines are a limited-edition art project. Each zine is assembled into an accordion fold that includes photos, drawings, and writing contributions by Thomas DeFrantz (Happiness), Jerome Dent (Liberty), Jasmine Johnson (Roots Party), and James Scruggs (Life). The Roots Party Zine includes images from various Roots Parties, and the essay “leaving don’t mean gone” by Jasmine Elizabeth Johnson. The essay reflects on the release from prison of the man who murdered her brother, and her family’s involvement in advocating for his clemency. This event is FREE to attend and open to the public. Children of all ages are welcome! Tap below to learn more and reserve your spot! The 92nd Street Y, New York announces 21 finalists for Future Dance Festival ‘23. Created by Harkness Dance Center director Taryn Kaschock Russell, the Future Dance Festival is an annual open submission choreographic competition which aims to provide opportunities and connections which advance the next generation of creative voices.
Applications for the 2023 SubletSeries: Co-Op are now open! SubletSeries: Co-Ops are special HERE Arts Center presentations as part of HERE’s curated rental program, which provides artists with subsidized space and equipment, as well as a technical liaison. Curated by Associate Artistic Director Remi Harris, this series occurs 1-2 times a year when our scheduling allows. This hybrid performance series offers bold artists space for up to one week for 1-2 technical rehearsals and 2-6 performances in our 98-seat Mainstage or 69-seat Dorothy B. Williams (DOT) Theater. This year’s Co-Op will focus on DANCE and PUPPETRY. Aiming to support the artistic process by providing artists with much-needed resources to put practice into action, Co-Op presentations are curated through an open application process and occur 1-2 times a year when our scheduling allows. Visit https://lnkd.in/eCaNyhuY for more information and to apply today! Link to application: https://lnkd.in/eHwrX3Xf Questions? Email remi@here.org Application timeline: February 1: Applications open April 5: Applications close at 3pm EST. Mid-late April: Selected Artists are notified. May: Selected Artists are announced. POSTED BY THE FOLKS AT GRAHAM: Stuart Hodes 1924 - 2023 It’s impossible to express how much Stuart has meant to the Graham legacy and the entire world of dance. He danced with the Company from 1946–1958 often as Martha’s onstage partner. A dancer, choreographer, educator, dance administrator and author, his career spanned more than seven decades. With his indefatigable curiosity, wonderful sense of humor and great compassion, Stuart was simply one of a kind. He will be missed yet lives on in the generations he has mentored and influenced indelibly. "I read of Stuart Hodes‘ passing in The New York Times this morning — and, despite my sadness, have been walking around NYC smiling, inwardly and outwardly, all day long, remembering his angular energy and quick wit and eloquent passion for dance and life." Click to read the full tribute: Remembering Stuart Hodes by our friend and Graham biographer, Neil Baldwin |
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AuthorI am a performer, historian, consultant and dance writer. I am a Empire State College's online program Center for Distance Learning. I am also a former faculty member at The Ailey School and the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University dance major program, Hunter College, Sarah Lawrence College (Guest), Kean University and The Joffrey Ballet School's Jazz and Contemporary Trainee Program. I write on dance for The Amsterdam News, Dance Magazine and various publications. Click below to read more about me at my home page - "About Me." |