Gabri Christa Photo: Maria Baranova Gabri Christa’s MAGDALENA
Theaterlab
September 12 – 22
Written, choreographed and performed by Gabri Christa, directed by Erwin Maas, with design and dramaturgy by Guy de Lancey, MAGDALENA is “…a family story of love and dementia– is an intimate multimedia solo performance by the award-winning filmmaker and a Guggenheim Fellow Gabri Christa. This work is a deeply personal account of experiencing Christa’s Dutch mother’s dementia, and an effort to piece together her past, marked by struggles with war, interracial marriage and unconventional motherhood. Born to a modest Dutch family, Magdalena survived the bombing of her hometown of Rotterdam during WWII and eventually married a middle-class Black man from the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao. When her memories started to fade, Christa took on the task of rebuilding her mother’s life through stories, dance, and images. The resulting 60-minute multimedia piece is part family album, part story of love and race, but above all, a reckoning with the harrowing consequences of a devastating illness that affects an increasing percentage of the world’s population,” according to the release. Find out more here
Tiffany Mills Company
September 12 – 15
The Flea Theater
Mills presents the world premiere of Blue Room, “… an evening-length work that explores connections and boundaries created by various modes of human interaction,” notes the release. Find out more here
binbinFactory/Satoshi Haga & Rie Fukuzawa
September 15
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)
Haga and Fukuzawa performs as part of the "Crossings Boundaries -Echoes of Korea” concert series Vol. 2, an evening of music with visual art created by composer/pianist Hyo Jee Kang, and curated by the musician Gamin. Find out more here
Satellite Collective
September 14 - 15
BAM Fisher
Satellite Collective brings Echo & Narcissus an interdisciplinary work with original music, live chamber performance, visual art, ballet, digital multimedia, opera, and lighting design. Find out more here
Fadi J. Khoury’s FJK Dance
September 15
John Jay College
For their fifth anniversary season, FJK Dance will present three premieres plus repertory including the premiere of “UnTold” and more. Find out more here
Fly-by-Night Theater’s Airborne Festival
Manhattan Movement Arts Center
September 15 - 16
Encouraged by their mentor, the late aerial performer, Robert Davidson, who died in 2016, this festival will offer some dance and theater history by six international Aerial artists who were mentored by Davidson including: Jayne Bernasconi, Anne Bunker / O-T-O Dance, Nathan Dryden, Melissa Noble, Nancy Smith, Frequent Flyers® Aerial Dance, Eileen Little & Dan Loeser / Fight or Flight Theater and more. Find out more here
Theaterlab
September 12 – 22
Written, choreographed and performed by Gabri Christa, directed by Erwin Maas, with design and dramaturgy by Guy de Lancey, MAGDALENA is “…a family story of love and dementia– is an intimate multimedia solo performance by the award-winning filmmaker and a Guggenheim Fellow Gabri Christa. This work is a deeply personal account of experiencing Christa’s Dutch mother’s dementia, and an effort to piece together her past, marked by struggles with war, interracial marriage and unconventional motherhood. Born to a modest Dutch family, Magdalena survived the bombing of her hometown of Rotterdam during WWII and eventually married a middle-class Black man from the Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao. When her memories started to fade, Christa took on the task of rebuilding her mother’s life through stories, dance, and images. The resulting 60-minute multimedia piece is part family album, part story of love and race, but above all, a reckoning with the harrowing consequences of a devastating illness that affects an increasing percentage of the world’s population,” according to the release. Find out more here
Tiffany Mills Company
September 12 – 15
The Flea Theater
Mills presents the world premiere of Blue Room, “… an evening-length work that explores connections and boundaries created by various modes of human interaction,” notes the release. Find out more here
binbinFactory/Satoshi Haga & Rie Fukuzawa
September 15
CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)
Haga and Fukuzawa performs as part of the "Crossings Boundaries -Echoes of Korea” concert series Vol. 2, an evening of music with visual art created by composer/pianist Hyo Jee Kang, and curated by the musician Gamin. Find out more here
Satellite Collective
September 14 - 15
BAM Fisher
Satellite Collective brings Echo & Narcissus an interdisciplinary work with original music, live chamber performance, visual art, ballet, digital multimedia, opera, and lighting design. Find out more here
Fadi J. Khoury’s FJK Dance
September 15
John Jay College
For their fifth anniversary season, FJK Dance will present three premieres plus repertory including the premiere of “UnTold” and more. Find out more here
Fly-by-Night Theater’s Airborne Festival
Manhattan Movement Arts Center
September 15 - 16
Encouraged by their mentor, the late aerial performer, Robert Davidson, who died in 2016, this festival will offer some dance and theater history by six international Aerial artists who were mentored by Davidson including: Jayne Bernasconi, Anne Bunker / O-T-O Dance, Nathan Dryden, Melissa Noble, Nancy Smith, Frequent Flyers® Aerial Dance, Eileen Little & Dan Loeser / Fight or Flight Theater and more. Find out more here
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