Critical Correspondence
Victoria Marks in correspondence with Daniel Linehan
Not About Iraq Thumbnail photo: Steve Gunther Daniel Linehan | 2.22.08 Hi, it’s Daniel, and I’m very excited to be doing an email interview with you for Critical Correspondence. Let me start by saying that I am not very familiar with your work (although I do remember seeing a very beautiful dance film that you […]
Lisa Nelson in conversation with Lisa Nelson
The following is a self- interview by Lisa Nelson originally published in ballettanz, April 06 as “Composition, Communication, and the Sense of Imagination: Lisa Nelson on her pre-technique of dance, the Tuning Scores.” Thumbnail photo: Courtesy of Lisa Nelson What do I teach? Laboratory: Tuning Scores—Composition, Communication, and the Sense of Imagination. This research focuses […]
Charlotte Gibbons in conversation with K.J. Holmes
Disappearing, Never Ending, Return Download this conversation as PDF Thumbnail photo: Zach Zieman K.J. Holmes: Hi, Charlotte Gibbons. Charlotte Gibbons: Hi, K.J. Holmes. K.J.: So, I’m here to interview you and we’ve had a couple of conversations, which came after I saw you perform. One was a performance that you did at AUNTS [Blood], and […]
Maria Hassabi in conversation with Cristiane Bouger (via email)
GLORIA Download this interview as PDF Thumbnail photo: Justin Bernhaut Cristiane Bouger: After Still Smoking, what were the driving elements in the creation of this piece and how did you come up with them? Maria Hassabi: I began working on GLORIA immediately after Still Smoking premiered in NY in April ‘06 because I had a […]
Larissa Velez in conversation with Hilary Clark
Making Ends Meet Thumbnail photo by Robert Nieves Download this interview as PDF Hilary Clark: Hi Larissa. It’s nice to be talking with you. You just performed Making Ends Meet at Food for Thought at Danspace Project and Dixon Place on the Brink Series. What are some of the ideas behind Making Ends Meet? Larissa […]
Yvonne Rainer in conversation with Laura Diffenderfer
RoS Indexical Download this interview as PDF Laura Diffenderfer: So, I am hoping you can tell me a little bit about the creation of RoS Indexical. How did the piece come about? What was the process of creating it like? Yvonne Rainer: It came about when I was in England and I saw a film […]
Beth Gill in conversation with Yasuko Yokoshi
Eleanor & Eleanor Download this interview as PDF Beth Gill: I was going to say that I think this work is bringing up a lot that I feel I need to be doing with my work, but that probably won’t get done for this project. Yasuko Yokoshi: Where do you think you’re heading to? Beth: […]
David Neumann, Karinne Keithley, and Ruthie Epstein in conversation with Alejandra Martorell
feedforward Download this interview as PDF Listen to this interview Thumbnail photo by Richard Termine Alejandra Martorell: One question I have is what does the process of working on this piece talk about to the artist in you? How did it fit with you as an artist, and as a person, as a thinker? Where […]
Jérôme Bel in conversation with Becky Hilton
Pichet Klunchun and Myself Download this interview as PDF Thumbnail photo by Jerome Bel Becky Hilton: So Jerome, your trip was good? Jerome Bel: Bangkok was all right. Becky: Were you doing Pichet in Bangkok? Jerome: Yeah we did a new version of Pichet with eight Thai dancers performing onstage with costumes and music. Becky: […]
Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad in conversation with Justin Jones
Holdiay House #2 Listen to this interview Holiday House #1 interview by Justin Jones Thumbnail photo: Sean Smuda Justin Jones: Hi, this is Justin Jones sitting down with Olive Bieringa and Otto Ramstad of the Body Cartography Project and we’re here talking about Holiday House #2, which is taking place in their home in Minneapolis. […]
Artists/Curators Series: Chase Granoff and Chris Peck in conversation with Levi Gonzalez
Live Sh– Thumbnail photo by Chris Peck Download this interview as PDF Levi: Okay! So I’m here interviewing Chris Peck and Chase Granoff, who are the organizers of “Live Shit”—that’s the name you prefer, right? Chase: No, we don’t really have a preference for the name. Levi: But you prefer “Live Shit” to “Live Sh—”? […]
Artists/Curators Series: Rebecca Brooks, Beth Gill, and Isabel Lewis in conversation with Levi Gonzalez
Movement Research Festival 2007 Download this interview as PDF Listen to this interview Levi Gonzalez: Four choreographers sitting in a room! [laughter] So, I’m sitting with Isabel Lewis, Rebecca Brooks, and Beth Gill—three of the four people involved in the curation/ production group for the Movement Research Festival 2007 [Erika Hand is the fourth]. First, […]
Levi Gonzalez in conversation with Heather Olson
Clusterfuck Download this interview as PDF Thumbnail photo: Tasha Roth Heather Olson: Okay, Levi… Levi Gonzalez: Yes. Heather: You just had a show, Clusterfuck. What ideas are you working on in it? Levi: It sort of had a long meandering process in terms of where it started from conceptually and where it ended up. I […]
Jennifer Allen in conversation with Jeff Larson
Open Thumbnail photo: Jennifer Allen Jeff Larson: Okay, here we go! So, to begin with, very broadly, what would you say you are working with in this process? Jennifer Allen: I started with this idea of the title, “Open,” which was the first thing that came to me a couple of years ago, and that’s […]
DD Dorvillier and Zeena Parkins in conversation with Danielle Goldman, Trajal Harrell, and Alejandra Martorell
Nottthing Is Importanttt Listen to Part 1 of this interview Listen to Part 2 of this interview Listen to Part 3 of this interview Listen to Part 4 of this interview Download Part 1 as a Podcast Download Part 2 as a Podcast Download Part 3 as a Podcast Download Part 4 as a […]
