Fall 2011/Winter 2012
September 28
Underground Citizen
Organized by Luis Lara Malvacias
Greenspan Center, 7:00 pm
39 Ainslie St (between Rodney & Keap St)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
Artistic Underground Movement Today: Does it exist? What it is? How does it relate to the social and political changes occurring in the world today? This event is part of the Not Festival: On horns, hair, hens, haze and other (Orgi)anics things The participants in both Not Festival Studies Projects include artists from different cultural backgrounds who live and work in New York as well as guest artists from abroad; among others Jeremy Nelson, Jon Kinzel, Melanie Maar, Mariangela Lopez, Laborgras (Berlin), My Lindblad (Sweden), The Mob (Copenhagen-Sweden), The TRANSART collective Ãâ✠an international collective of artists from around the world Ãâ✠and artists from the Gallery Galou.
October 5
Public Criticism
Organized by Luis Lara Malvacias
Greenspan Center, 7:00 pm
39 Ainslie St (between Rodney & Keap St)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
The importance of Social Media for the transformation of Criticism: How the internet has shifted the cultural authority of traditional critical opinion. This event is part of the Not Festival: On horns, hair, hens, haze and other (Orgi)anics things The participants in both Not Festival Studies Projects include artists from different cultural backgrounds who live and work in New York as well as guest artists from abroad; among others Jeremy Nelson, Jon Kinzel, Melanie Maar, Mariangela Lopez, Laborgras (Berlin), My Lindblad (Sweden), The Mob (Copenhagen-Sweden), The TRANSART collective Ãâ✠an international collective of artists from around the world Ãâ✠and artists from the Gallery Galou.
October 6
Conversation on Dance and Consciousness
Conceived of and Moderated by Vanessa Justice
Gibney Dance Center, Studio 4, 6:00 pm
890 Broadway, 5th Floor (between 19th & 20th St)
New York, NY
A conversation among choreographers, philosophers and performers on the nature of consciousness and how dance as an artistic practice acts as experiential research into this fundamentally human yet indeterminate and far-ranging territory. In addition to gathering different perspectives on the subject, some questions will be considered: How does dance affect current philosophical thinking on consciousness? How do choreographers and performers engage with theory on the subject? How have personal experiences and artistic practices contributed to private and collective understanding and development of consciousness? How can these experiences enter into broader discourse on the subject? Participants in this conversation include Alva NoÃÂ (philosopher and author of Out of Our Heads), Michelle BoulÃÂ (dance artist), Miguel Gutierrez (choreographer), RoseAnne Spradlin (choreographer), Daria Fain (choreographer) and others. Thanks to Gina Gibney Dance Center for the donation of space.
October 22
Integrating Parenthood and Art Practice
Conceived of and Organized by Anna Azrieli and Rebecca Davis
A.R.T./New York S. Oxford Space, Great Room, 3:00 pm
138 S. Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY
Please join us for a discussion on the topic of parenting and its influence on one's creative life. How can the journey of parenthood inspire and be additive to an artist's lifestyle? Are there parenting challenges specific to the dance community? Is there anything we can do as a community to better support one another? We will share tips on how to find balance between our professional and private lives. Participants include new and veteran parents as well as those contemplating parenthood or simply interested in this topic. On-site childcare will be provided.
November 15
Town Hall Meeting
Moderated by Kyle deCamp
Michelle BoulÃÂ, Becky Hilton, Matthew Rogers, Becky Serrell Cyr
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 7:00 pm
125 Maiden Lane, 2nd Floor
New York, NY
Last year's revival of the Movement Research Town Hall meeting dove into the nature and manner of movement research being conducted by our present-day artists community. Join Movement Research and its Artist Advisory Council for a follow-up discussion regarding sustainability as it relates to research, career, value and time.
November 30
When the Creation Changes Its Creator
Moderated by Sondra Loring and K.J. Holmes
Panelists include Julie Carr, Danielle Goldman, Julyen Hamilton, Miguel Gutierrez, and Jodi Melnick
Jimmy's no. 43, 7:00 pm
43 East 7th Street (b/w 2nd & 3rd Ave)
New York, NY
5 talkers tackle the ticklish subject of terpsicorian investigation. Is there room for passion and discipline? What part does courage and patience play in the connection between an artist and their work?
January 18
Curatorial Approaches to Presenting Time-Based Art
Moderated by Sam Miller
Judy Hussie-Taylor, Jaamil Kosoko, Doryun Chong, Ben Pryor
Gibney Dance Center, Studio 6, 6:30 pm
890 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY
Join faculty and students from the Institute for Curatorial Practice in Performance (ICPP) at Wesleyan University in a discussion about curatorial approaches to presenting time-based art. Founded in 2010, the ICPP brings together artists, curators, scholars, presenters and cultural leaders for an intensive, nine-month, low-residency academic program with instructors from Wesleyan, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Danspace Project, and the Walker Art Center. Panelists include Doryun Chong (Faculty, ICPP and Curator, MoMA) Judy Hussie-Taylor (Faculty, ICPP and Executive Director, Danspace Project), Jaamil Kosoko (Student, ICPP and Artist based in Philadelphia), and Ben Pryor (Student, ICPP and Curator/Producer based in New York). Moderated by Sam Miller (Founder, ICPP and President, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.) For more information about the program and how to apply, please visit www.wesleyan.edu/icpp.
January 25
Dance and the Occupy Movement
Organized by Abigail Levine
Barbara Browning, Paloma McGregor, Clarinda Mac Low, Edisa Weeks, and Daniel Lang-Levitsky
Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, 7:30 pm
20 Cooper Square
5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
ÃâÅ“Exploring an expanded notion of choreography and how it is related to our social and political organization and discovery of ourselves as individuals working within a temporary collectiveÃâ circling and questioning around ideas of a moving community.Ãâ --Movement Research Festival Spring 2011 brochure ÃâÅ“Exercise your right to peaceably assemble; occupy public space; create a process to address the problems we face, and generate solutions accessible to everyone.Ãâ --Declaration of the Occupation, NYC General Assembly What are the points of contact between experimental, contemporary dance and the Occupy Movement? As spatial and embodied practice? As social investigation and organization? As improvisation and movement? As agents of change? How do and might these moving communities interact? How do we approach (public and private) space in New York City? Barbara Browning, Paloma McGregor, Clarinda Mac Low, Edisa Weeks, and Daniel Lang-Levitsky open a conversation about this creative political moment.
