tuesday, june 3rd, 2008
I'm wondering who could be singing this song...
a workshop led by Nancy Garcia
10am – 2pm
judson memorial church meeting hall, $20, register online
Garcia's choreographic practice involves scores created for dancers drawing from her own background in experimental music. Approaching dance composition as an expanded act, the dancer is considered as an expanded artist, who, even without previous musical training, has the potential to sing and make music. This potential is explored through vocalizing lyrics and melodies from remembered songs, working with set sound and movement phrase material, and creating/performing short improvisational scores.
Silent Ride II/ In Travel
an outdoor group event organized by Melanie Maar
12pm – 3:30pm
meet at battery park labyrinth, free
This year’s Silent Ride focuses on quiet perception of the body in travel. Maar leads a meditative series of movements through The Battery Park Labyrinth for an hour. Then, in silence, participants merge with passengers of the Staten Island Ferry for a round trip crossing of New York Harbor, reassembling later for dinner to break the silence (See Potluck Dinner below).
A meeting of minds, ears, and appetites. Join us for informal discussion on the state of music in the dance world, continuing an online discussion from MR Critical Correspondence. Why is the default soundtrack for dance not silence or ambient sound, but in fact canned music? And how did we come to think of dance and music as separate disciplines to begin with? Participants in Silent Ride II (see above) add insight into movement and listening gleaned from their experiences earlier in the day. Bring food or drinks to share.
Nate Wooley/Newton Armstrong/Jennifer Mesch, Brian Eubanks/Jessica Ray, Jessica Pavone/Rachel Bernsen, David Luther/Melinda Myers
Several composers/musicians are invited to perform with choreographers/dancers of their choice, subversively reversing the familiar situation in which dance artists perform with musicians of their choice. Then saxophonist David Luther, on break between international tours with rock icon Meat Loaf, presents his new band The Stick-ups: rhythm-and-blues-inspired contemporary strip music featuring burlesque dance organized by Melinda Myers (Trisha Brown Company).
humansacrifice presents reverse futility in the immediate landscape
curated by Fritz Welch
10pm
judson memorial church gym, $5
Mark Beasley & Rose Kallal, Bil Bowen, Michael Mahalchick, Paige Martin, MICO, MV Carbon, Maarten Seghers/OHNO COOPERATION, Tom Slater
A concert/party/nonevent organized around collected performances and installations floating on simultaneous plateaus. Participating artists bring together a wide range of practices sharing connections in noise, actionism, dance, and psychogeographical transplantation. Utilizing an open-ended program, all activity and image are flattened to allow an intestinal tectonic overlay. The coincidental and intentional results stretch a membrane of liberation over the collected manifestations.