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FROM JILL SIGMAN: Dear Friends, I am very excited to share with you the news about this substantial new program, developed with support from Gibney Dance and funding from the Bay & Paul Foundations. The Body Politic Intensive Summer Laboratory will launch this July bringing together a multi-faceted array of movement experiences, activist trainings, and dialogues, with the goal of building networks and evolving new strategies for social change. With this program, I hope to catalyze exploration and innovation around what both artmaking and activism can become. The Body Politic intensive grows out of conversations, observations, demand from movement artists, my "Body Politic, Somatic Selves" movement workshops at Gibney, and the "Fierce Urgency of Now" toolbox workshops I curated after the 2017 Presidential Inauguration. I am proud to be bringing this idea into reality, and honored to be joined by so many fabulous co-facilitators including Artist-Activist Mentors Modesto Flako Jimenez (Oye Group), David King (The Seven Collective), Paloma McGregor (Angela's Pulse), iele paloumpis, Joya Powell (Movement of the People Dance Company), and Charmaine Warren; activists such as Vince Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Simi Linton of Disability/Arts/NYC Task Force, Carl Charles of Lambda Legal, trainers from the Center for Anti-Violence Education; community organizers and civic engagement practitioners Anderson Fils-Aime and Elana Shneyer; and many others. Read more here and sign up for a live info session on Monday. For those applicants selected, tuition will be paid (thanks to a generous grant from the Bay & Paul Foundations) and they will receive a small artist-activist stipend. Check out the online application here. WHAT is the Body Politic Intensive Summer Laboratory? This is an intensive laboratory and learning community for people who want to forge connections between their somatic selves and social change. Many of us find that our artmaking or physical practices lie separate from our concerns about what is happening in the world. Body Politic brings those things together. This amalgam of movement workshops, activist teach-ins, cohort dialogues, how-to sessions, and independent projects addresses that separation and seeks to unite the thinking body, the moving body, and the activist body in one learning experience. It is a place to think physically, connect with colleagues and collaborators, and together interrogate the question: how do I become the change I want to see while keeping my body at the forefront of my practice? WHO is it for? Dancers, dance makers, movement artists, theater artists, social practice artists, musicians, other artists with an interest in embodied practices, activists, and emerging activists. Emphasis is made in the selection process to create a community diverse in gender, race, sexual orientation, age, economic status and disability status. WHEN is it? Body Politic has two options for participants: The Month-Long Laboratory and the Extended Play version. Both options meet JULY 9-AUG 4 (Monday-Thursday 10am-4pm). The Extended Play version continues in a different form through November 2018. More info here. WHAT does it include?
I hope you'll help me spread the word to others about this exciting opportunity! Check out the online info and application here! And join us for a live info session at Gibney 280 (53A Chambers Street, NY NY) this Monday from 5-6pm. RSVP here. With best wishes for spring and hope to have your involvement in this new program. Jill Sigman Artistic Director, jill sigman/thinkdance www.thinkdance.org OPPORTUNITY: New Dance Alliance Application now open for LiftOff Residency - Deadline June 1st5/7/2018 Application now available for - LiftOff Creative and Project Development Residency - August 2018 The LiftOff Creative and Project Development Residency provides four physical-based performance artists with:
Apply now! Deadline: June 1, 2018 Note:It is mandatory that artists be available for:
More info Interested in joining Dance/NYC's Junior Committee? If you are a member of the metropolitan New York City dance community, between the ages of 21-30, and dedicated to moving issues of equity and inclusion in dance from an ideological discussion into action, then you are eligible to apply. Be a member of the next generation of dance leaders today. The deadline for applications is midnight on Friday, May 11.
APPLY NOW Melinda Ring/ Renée Archibald The Chocolate Factory April 27 – May 5 In the final week of performances, Ring/Archibald Shiny Angles In Angular Time, “…redefine the black box theater as a kind of magic box – a site containing properties both real and imagined. In this collaborative work, Archibald’s performance points to the space itself — its presence and identity — rather than the other way around, amplifying its power and making visible the force of its emptiness. Shiny Angles In Angular Time constructs a “black box” of sorts within The Chocolate Factory’s white industrial space and proceeds to subvert its conventions, unfolding via a series of durational, live and videotaped actions, both virtuosic and fanciful,” according to the release. Find out more here Kyle Abraham/A.I.M, (formerly Abraham.InMotion) The Joyce Theater May 1 - 4 In two programs of works by Andrea Miller, Bebe Miller and Doug Varone, highlighted are Abraham’s Meditation (world premiere), his first solo work in nearly a decade, INDY, and the revival of Drive. Find out more here Next@Graham - Various Artists Martha Graham Studio Series May 3 For the second night of the series which highlights the work of Graham Family members, curated by former Graham Company principal dancer Tadej Brdnik, on the program is Caterina Rago Dance Company, Futorian Dance Theatre, Kanopy Dance Company, Karlie Budge Dance, Nimbus Dance Works/Darshan Singh Bhuller, plus guest artist Virginie Mécène and Kevin Predmore from Jacqulyn Buglisi/Buglisi Dance Theatre. Find out more here Various Artists Harlem Stage May 2 – 5 Harlem Stage’s dance series E-Moves, returns featuring works by three contemporary African choreographers: Nora Chipaumire (Zimbabwe), Lacina Coulibaly (Burkina Faso) Ousmane Wiles (Senegal). Find out more here Mariangela Lopez Abrons Arts Center May 2 – 5 Lopez will premiere the evening-length RAPHAEL, made with collaborators Laurel Atwell, Anna Azrieli, and Mor Mendel, along with composer Jason Grisell who performs live. Find out more here Various Artists BAAD! May 3 – 26 “The Boogie Down Dance Series,” BAAD!’s signature month-long celebration of dance returns with “Dancing While Black’s” 5th anniversary of events (May 3 – 5), the “Itinerant” Performance Art Festival (May 22), “Dance Your Future: Artists & Mentor” – Collaborative Mentorship presented by Pepatián And BAAD!, and “Dancin’ In The Bronx” (May 26) with works made by artists from the Bronx and beyond. Find out more here Charles Atlas The Kitchen May 3 – 12 Atlas stages “The Kitchen Follies,” bringing together a range of artists across performance art, dance, and music to including composer Julianna Barwick, Jodi Melnick, Johanna Constantine, duo DANCENOISE, and Stanley Love. Find out more here colectivodoszeta / carlos a. cruz velázquez Gowanus Loft at Vanderbilt Republic May 3 - 6 Colectivodoszeta presents M {Xnha’We} a full-evening of solos in six-parts “…that explores the complex relationship between a mother and a son,” notes the release. Find out more here Gibney Dance Company - Amy Miller & Bryan Arias Gibney Dance Center May 3 – 5 Gibney Dance Company’s co-directors Miller and Arias, along with artistic associates Zui Gomez, Katie Lake, and Tyler Schnese, plus Julia Discenza and Will Noling will present the Company’s spring season in a shared weekend of works. Find out more here Beth Soll & Company Martha Graham Studio Theater May 5 – 6 Soll & Company premieres the full-length, The Window: Visions and Ordinary Rituals. Find out more here Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance (EMIA) Gibney Dance Center May 6 EMIA offers “Rise Up – A Salon Showing,” aimed at supporting curated rental opportunities for the dance community at Gibney Dance Center. Find out more here Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods NYU Skirball May 4 – 5 Stuart offers the U.S. premiere of Until Our Hearts Stop, described by the Guardian (U.K.) as “A Bauschian take on intimacy…. The performers gasp, pant and get squashed. They pull their clothes on and off. The manic succession of intimacies – lick this, bite this – mocks the rigidly sequential choreography of porn…But it’s all done with a bouncy good cheer.” Find out more here Works & Process – Ephrat Asherie Guggenheim Museum May 6 As part of the “Works & Process,” the performing arts series, Ephrat Asherie, discusses her newest work prior to its premiere at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival with director Pamela Tatge. Odeon her second collaboration with her brother and internationally acclaimed pianist, Ehud Asherie. Find out more here Various Artists Cathy Weis’ “Sundays on Broadway” May 6 Cathy Weis Projects continues the spring 2018 lineup for "Sundays on Broadway," an ongoing series of performances, film screenings, and discussions. This Sunday’s shared evening curated by Jon Kinzel will include works by Marc Crousillat, Johnatan Rezende and Stuart Shugg. Find out more here Various Artists Movement Research at Judson Church May 7 Don’t miss this free, on-going, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are: Kim Brandt, Marion Spencer, Alexandra Tatarsky, and Jana Lynne (JL)" Umipig. Find out more here In 2012, Paloma McGregor launched Dancing While Black, an artist-led initiative that supports the diverse work of Black dance artists by cultivating platforms for process, performance, dialogue and documentation. DWB brings the voices of black dance artists from the periphery to the center, providing opportunities to self-determine the languages and lenses that define their work.
Programs include a Long Table, film screening, performances by Bronx youth, special guest artists, current DWB Fellows - Alethea Pace, J. Bouey, Jasmine Hearn, Kayla Hamilton, NIC Kay, Shelby Felton- AND a dance party! THURSDAY MAY 3rd is a celebration of the future of Dancing While Black with Bronx youth and families, centering the neighborhood which has been an important home to DWB the past five years. Performance, 7pm FRIDAY MAY 4th showcases our current DWB Fellows and tap master Jason Samuel Smith. Performance, 8pm SATURDAY MAY 5th brings together the full DWB history: 4 pm - Long Table discussion curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa/EYA Projects 6:30 pm - Screening of Gabri Christa’s film series, Another Building 8 pm - DWB Fellows & Donna Clark dancing Eleo Pomare’s classic Narcissus Rising 10pm - PARTY RSVP and TICKETS
TAYLOR MAC TO PERFORM “A 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC (ABRIDGED),” MAY 4 AT THE WELLMONT THEATER, AS PART OF THE 2018 MONTCLAIR FILM FESTIVAL Tickets range from $25 to $99.50, with a special $200 ticket that includes a post-show reception with special guests. This performance features reserved seating, with tickets available beginning today at montclairfilmfest.org.
ABOUT TAYLOR MAC Taylor Mac (who uses “judy”, lowercase sic, not as a name but as a gender pronoun) is a playwright, actor, singer-songwriter, performance artist, director and producer. “A critical darling of the New York scene” (New York Magazine), judy’s work has been performed at St. Ann’s Warehouse, where the complete “A 24-Decade History of Popular Music” made its premiere in October 2016, as well as at New York City’s Lincoln Center, The Public Theatre and Playwrights Horizons, London’s Hackney Empire, Los Angeles’s Royce Hall, Minneapolis’s Guthrie Theater, Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, the Sydney Opera House, Boston’s American Repertory Theatre, Stockholm’s Sodra Theatern, the Spoleto Festival, San Francisco’s Curran Theater and MOMA, and literally hundreds of other theaters, museums, music halls, opera houses, cabarets, and festivals around the globe. |
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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." |