The Graham dancers are: Peiju Chien-Pott, Lloyd Knight, Ben Schultz, Xin Ying, Natasha M. Diamond-Walker, Charlotte Landreau, Mayor, Lorenzo Pagano, Souder, So Young An, Smith, Jacob Larsen, Marzia Memoli, Anne O’Donnell, Leslie Andrea Williams, Alyssa Cebulski, Alessio Crognale and Cara McManus.
At Martha Graham Company performances, Artistic Director Janet Eilber bring audiences closer to Graham. Her very informal welcome at the foot of the stage gives the lay person the breakdown of the masterworks to be performed, and then she makes connections to newer works and why, or how they may, or may not relate to Graham’s dance-making legacy. For the Company’s Joyce Theater season (April 2 -14), the Graham masterworks on Program B, Secular Games/Men’s Section (1962) and El Penitente (1940) were well received, so too was Laurel Dalley Smith and Lloyd Mayor’s sweet rendition of Lucinda Childs’ Histoire (1999). A nice balance was the premiere of Pam Tanowitz’s Untitled (Souvenir), a daring reimagining of Graham’s signature movement language, complete with borrowed set pieces from Graham works and runway-style costumes by Ryan Lobo and Ramon Martin of TOME, that complimented Tanowitz’s standout solos among the large cast. But in true form, the women of Graham commanded the stage in Graham’s Chronicle, the 1936 showstopper. There are three sections: I. Spectre-1914 (Drums—Red Shroud—Lament) in which Xin Ying is transfixing as the lead; II. Steps in the Street (Devastation—Homelessness—Exile) when a growing army of eleven dancers, led by Anne Souder (4/13) enter backwards, and in many entrance and exits throw their bodies forward and back, stomp the floor or lift their chests with outreached arms; and then in III. Prelude to Action (Unity—Pledge to the Future) Ying returns then beckons the others and together, repeating portions of the other sections, they powerfully, and in true dramatic Graham fashion, their movement grew to a crescendo to close the program.
The Graham dancers are: Peiju Chien-Pott, Lloyd Knight, Ben Schultz, Xin Ying, Natasha M. Diamond-Walker, Charlotte Landreau, Mayor, Lorenzo Pagano, Souder, So Young An, Smith, Jacob Larsen, Marzia Memoli, Anne O’Donnell, Leslie Andrea Williams, Alyssa Cebulski, Alessio Crognale and Cara McManus.
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The listing for the audition is attached to this email with further details on how to apply. Please forward any questions / documents to gerard@baadbronx.org FROM New York City Center - Ephrat Asherie, Caleb Teicher, and Netta Yerushalmy as recipients of City Center’s 2019 Choreography Fellowships. Initiated in 2011, the New York City Center Choreography Fellowship provides choreographers with 150 hours of free studio space, a generous stipend, and administrative support from the City Center staff in areas such as fundraising, marketing, and touring—essential components to their continued success. “Over the past 75 years, City Center has been a home for dance masters, including George Balanchine, Merce Cunningham, and Robert Joffrey. This season's Choreography Fellows represent the future of dance and City Center’s next 75 years, and we are honored to add them to the growing list of influential dance makers who count City Center among their creative homes,” said President and CEO Arlene Shuler. “We know that space, time, and administrative support are vital for busy artists and we’re thrilled that City Center can provide these resources and serve as a creative home for them throughout the year.” Past City Center Choreography Fellows include Gemma Bond, Brian Brooks, Camille A. Brown, Ronald K. Brown, Liz Gerring, Beth Gill, John Heginbotham, Jessica Lang, Gabrielle Lamb, Emery LeCrone, Pontus Lidberg, Rashaun Mitchell, Silas Riener, Pam Tanowitz, Shen Wei, and Reggie Wilson. City Center’s Choreography Fellowship program is supported by the Mertz Gilmore Foundation and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Queer|Art, NYC’s home for the creative and professional development of LGBTQ+ artists, is pleased to announce the new Mentors for the 2019-2020 program cycle of Queer|Art|Mentorship (QAM). Applications open May 12th.The Mentorship program is the cornerstone of Queer|Art’s activity, providing a platform of support for LGBTQ+ artists focused on creative issues and long-term sustainability of artistic practice. Over the course of a year-long exchange, the program helps to forge new relationships between early-career and established LGBTQ+ artists and curators, bridging professional and social thresholds that often isolate artists by generation and discipline. This year Queer|Art proudly welcomes Thomas Lax, Curator of Media and Performance at the Museum of Modern Art (Judson Dance Theater: The Work is Never Done), asMentor for Curatorial Practice; and legendary gender theorist, author, and activist Kate Bornstein (Gender Outlaw; My Gender Workbook) as Mentor for Literature. Other new Mentors joining the program include: photographer and activist Lola Flash; choreographer and community organizer Maria Bauman-Morales; documentary filmmakerHao Wu (People’s Republic of Desire); and writer and scholar Gayatri Gopinath (Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures and Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer Diaspora). Queer|Art is also proud to introduce two Mentors this year who are themselves alumni of the Mentorship program: visual artist Yve Laris Cohen (who was previously mentored by cabaret performance artist Justin Vivian Bond in the inaugural year of the program); and filmmaker, playwright, and producer Rodrigo Bellott (who was previously mentored by filmmaker Silas Howard). Returning Mentors include: author and organizer Charles Rice-Gonzalez (Co-founder of BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance) and playwright Mashuq Mushtaq Deen(Draw The Circle). |
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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." |