Spring 2013
March 2
Mårten Spångberg Workshop Presentation: The Nature
A dance with and by: Nicole Daunic, Susanne Grau, Madeline Hollander
Movement Research at Eden's Expressway, 6:00 pm
New York, NY
The Nature A dance with and by: Nicole Daunic, Susanne Grau, Madeline Hollander Saturday March 2 6pm Movement Research at Eden's Expressway FREE RSVP required to info@movementresearch.org The Nature, real demons don't need us to carry out their acts of ill will - in fact, it is the height of vanity to suppose that we human beings are in any way necessary for them. Movement Research and MÃÂrten SpÃÂngberg invites you to the workshop presentation The Nature, a dance for three women, beautiful music, objects and some phantastical movements. The workshop focused on dance that is, that exists on its own terms, that appears to express not human consciousness but dance plain and simple. The Nature is a dance organized through methods of breaking with anticipation, dramaturgy and interpretation aiming at a dance that shows up. Not really funny or mind blowing but you know just a dance. This small society has during a few weeks channelled demons in order to become obsessed. In any particular order Linda Blair, Balanchine, Kubelka, Chakra breathing, disco, Dennis Hopper, Kraken - the giant squid, Sutter Cane, Coke Zero and others has been called in order to enter shady, out of focus landscapes, blurry color fields, cosmic minefields and the atomic swing. And those places were kind enough to lend us some dances, come and have a look.
March 11
Overlapping Circles
A conversation with Nancy Stark Smith, K.J. Holmes, Jennifer Monson and Jen Rosenblit
Gibney Dance at 890 Broadway, 5:30 pm
890 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
RSVP encouraged to info@movementresearch.org. Improvisation as a practice, and particularly the rich history of CI, has spread throughout the world in various permutations and with multiple offshoots, evolutions, hybrids, specializations, etc. With improvisation in some form or another as a now ubiquitous presence in much of contemporary dance, how are people grappling with the various practices of improvisation in the context of contemporary performance? How do we situate our dancing in the larger world? Is it performance? Practice? Who is it for and how does it serve and/or inspire us and others? What tools and materials are we using Ãââ and toward what ends?
March 19
Performing the Changing City
Organized by Abigail Levine and Paloma McGregor
With panelists luciana achugar, Randy Martin, Jenny Romaine, and Niegel Smith
Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, 7:00 pm
20 Cooper Square
5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
"...careening astronauts and bank clerks glancing at the clock before lunch; actresses cowling at light-ringed mirrors and freight elevator operators grinding a thumbful of grease on a steel handle: student riots; that dark women in bodegas shook their heads last week because in six months prices have risen outlandishly; how coffee tastes after you've held it in your mouth, cold, a whole minute." --Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren Hurricanes, transit strikes, planned and unplanned explosions, occupations... Bike lanes, bus lanes, protest pens, command centers... Pedestrian zones, redevelopment zones, disaster zones... How is the landscape of our city changing and what are the possibilities for creative response? Looking at the shifting social, economic, and literal topography of our city through the frame of transformative events and policy decisions, we ask the question: what is the role of artists, activists, and all citizens in conceiving, creating, and defending (a notion of) public space? And conversely, what is the role of public space as a partner in creative expression and action? luciana achugar, Randy Martin, Jenny Romaine, and Niegel Smith reflect on our shifting urban landscape and offer opportunities to imagine how we might enact our city in the future.
April 17
“Pushing Boundariesâ€
Moderated by Moira Brennan
Conceived by Ori Flomin. With panelists Arthur Aviles, Jennifer Wright Cook, Colleen Thomas, Larissa Velez-Jackson and more
Gibney Dance at 890 Broadway, 6:15 pm
890 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Much value is placed on the idea of artwork that is at the cutting edge, with the words ÃâÅ“pushing boundariesÃâ emphasized in grants, applications and curating language. This conversation examines what might be meant by "pushing boundariesÃâÂ? How important is it in the creative process and its outcome? Is the point of view of the artist different from the one of the audience when determining something as ÃâÅ“pushing boundariesÃâÂ? What assumptions or cultural contexts are assumed to establish these boundaries? Are there other ways to value contemporary work?
May 5
Dramaturgy as Practice/Dramaturgy in Practice
Conceived by Amanda Loulaki and Susan Mar Landau
Center for Performance Research, 2:30 pm
361 Manhattan Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
A Roundtable discussion with Thomas F. DeFrantz, Susan Mar Landau, AndrÃÂ Lepecki and Katherine Profeta. The dramaturg as an active participant in the conceiving and making of movement based works is a relatively new and evolving phenomenon, as well as one that can be both mysterious and suspect. Conceived as a two-part event, Dramaturgy as Practice/Dramaturgy in Practice will explore both the ontology and the workings of dance dramaturgy today. Precluded by a short history of the topic, the first event will bring together a diverse group of working dramaturges to discuss their experiences and the possible implications of their role in the choreographic process. The second event, to take place in the fall, will open the conversation to include choreographers in an in depth discussion on the practice of dramaturgy.
May 9
Chez Bushwick Presents: Movement Research AIRs
Cristiane Bouger, Marjani FortÃÂ, Rebecca Patek, Michal Samama, Katia CastaÃÂeda UrzÃÂa and Larissa Velez-Jackson
Center for Performance Research, 7:30 pm
361 Manhattan Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
Featuring Movement Research Artists-in-Residence: Cristiane Bouger, Marjani FortÃÂ, Rebecca Patek, Michal Samama, Katia CastaÃÂeda UrzÃÂa and Larissa Velez-Jackson
May 10
Chez Bushwick Presents: Movement Research AIRs
Cristiane Bouger, Marjani FortÃÂ, Rebecca Patek, Michal Samama, Katia CastaÃÂeda UrzÃÂa and Larissa Velez-Jackson
Center for Performance Research, 7:30 pm
361 Manhattan Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
Featuring Movement Research Artists-in-Residence: Cristiane Bouger, Marjani FortÃÂ, Rebecca Patek, Michal Samama, Katia CastaÃÂeda UrzÃÂa and Larissa Velez-Jackson
June 25
Town Hall Follow-Up: Alternative Economies
Moderated by Kathy Westwater
With panelists Tamara Greenfield, Ilona Bito and more.
Josie's, 6:15 pm
520 E. 6th St.
New York, NY 10009
WeÃââre not done yet! In a follow-up discussion to the 2012 Movement Research Town Hall, we will look deeper into structures and alternatives that have manifested within the recent and current dance economy. Join panelists, who have been involved in splinter conversations that began after the November 5 Town Hall meeting, as they share some of their groupsÃââ discussions. We will peek into the different ongoing conversations to glean further insights and understandings on the topics of value, money, time and dance-making.
July 11
MELT "Movie Night" with Donna Uchizono
Jimmy's no. 43, 6:45 pm
43 East 7th Street (b/w 2nd & 3rd Ave)
New York, NY
This summerÃââs MELT will include a special weekly "movie night" hosted by MELT teaching artists. These events feature work that inspires, influences, engages and/or represents the teaching artist's current creative process and artistic concerns. The screenings provide an opportunity for a more in-depth dialogue between students and teachers beyond the workshop setting, as well as a chance to connect in a more social environment.
July 15
MELT Reading Group: Tremulous Histories
A Discussion with Jenn Joy
Jimmy's no. 43, 8:00 pm
43 East 7th Street (b/w 2nd & 3rd Ave)
New York, NY
A one night stand. You. Me. Reading Walter Benjamin, Georges Didi-Huberman, Anne Carson. Together we will discuss these many tremulous histories as fascia touches bone, investigate the pressures of memory on desire or desire on memory, ask how these many choreographies of thought and sensation bleed into dancing, writing, thinking, living. Or perhaps we will speak of something completely else. (Readings available on MR website.)
July 16
MELT "Movie Night" with Dean Moss
Under St. Marks, 6:30 pm
94 St. Marks Place
New York, NY 10009
This summerÃââs MELT will include a special weekly "movie night" hosted by MELT teaching artists. These events feature work that inspires, influences, engages and/or represents the teaching artist's current creative process and artistic concerns. The screenings provide an opportunity for a more in-depth dialogue between students and teachers beyond the workshop setting, as well as a chance to connect in a more social environment.
July 23
MELT "Movie Night" with Tere O'Connor
Jimmy's no. 43, 6:45 pm
43 East 7th Street (b/w 2nd & 3rd Ave)
New York, NY
This summerÃââs MELT will include a special weekly "movie night" hosted by MELT teaching artists. These events feature work that inspires, influences, engages and/or represents the teaching artist's current creative process and artistic concerns. The screenings provide an opportunity for a more in-depth dialogue between students and teachers beyond the workshop setting, as well as a chance to connect in a more social environment.
July 24
MELT Reading Group: Blood and Ketchup
A Discussion with Susan Mar Landau
Jimmy's no. 43, 6:30 pm
43 East 7th Street (b/w 2nd & 3rd Ave)
New York, NY
ÃâÅ“Performance ArtÃâÂ, which in the 20th century originated as the ÃâÅ“wild childÃâ of the visual art world, is in the 21st century ÃâÅ“coming of ageÃâÂ. Perhaps the ultimate evidence of this can be found in the admission of performance art works into the archives and permanent collections of museums. A development which is giving rise to both intense discussion and discord on the issues of the value and authenticity of ÃâÅ“reenactmentÃâ as both document and/or artwork. Coinciding with this moment we are witnessing a new (or one might argue renewed) interest in dance in the field of the visual arts. Here too this trend is evidenced most significantly by the interest and support of fine art institutions and museums. Together we will look to works by Plato, Walter Benjamin and Peggy Phelan to provoke our discussion and questioning as to the possible relationships these phenomena hold to one another. How does the inclusion of dance, an art form that is historically both ephemeral and reenacted, affect the identity of the museum? How might it disrupt ÃâÅ“performance artÃâ and the art worldÃââs historically complicated and contradictory relationship to the mimetic? What implications might this have to the definition and currency of performance across disciplines? (Readings available soon on MR website.)
July 29
MELT "Movie Night" with DD Dorvillier
Jimmy's no. 43, 6:45 pm
43 East 7th Street (b/w 2nd & 3rd Ave)
New York, NY
This summerÃââs MELT will include a special weekly "movie night" hosted by MELT teaching artists. These events feature work that inspires, influences, engages and/or represents the teaching artist's current creative process and artistic concerns. The screenings provide an opportunity for a more in-depth dialogue between students and teachers beyond the workshop setting, as well as a chance to connect in a more social environment.
August 6
MELT "Movie Night" with Neil Greenberg
The New School, Room 464, 6:45 pm
65 W 11th St
New York, NY 10011
This summerÃââs MELT will include a special weekly "movie night" hosted by MELT teaching artists. These events feature work that inspires, influences, engages and/or represents the teaching artist's current creative process and artistic concerns. The screenings provide an opportunity for a more in-depth dialogue between students and teachers beyond the workshop setting, as well as a chance to connect in a more social environment.
