Critical Correspondence
Meg Stuart and Trajal Harrell in conversation with Cristiane Bouger
Auf den Tisch! Download this interview as PDF Thumbnail photo: Paula Court, courtesy of Performa Cristiane Bouger: I would like to start by asking you to talk about the improvisational score and more specifically about how you establish the sequence of the improvisation. How do you work on that structure? Meg Stuart: For this table […]
Michelle Boulé and Tarek Halaby in conversation with Abby Crain
Last Meadow Download this interview as PDF Abby Crain: Did you guys improvise a lot? Or not so much? Michelle Boulé: Yes. The James Dean stuff came into the process on maybe the second week, but definitely not the first week. Tarek Halaby: Yeah, not right away. Miguel didn’t want to build anything. He wanted […]
Neal Medlyn in conversation with Adrienne Truscott
Her’s a Queen Download this interview as PDF Listen to an excerpt of Prologue Paparazzi Party Adrienne Truscott: We don’t have to start officially. I thought I’d turn it on in case you say something smart. Neal Medlyn: Okay. Adrienne: Just on accident. Neal: It’s the only way I will say anything smart. Adrienne: Wait, […]
Raimund Hoghe in conversation with Lili Chopra
Boléro Variations Download this interview as PDF Lili Chopra: So Raimund, you just had your first tour in the US. You presented Boléro Variations at TBA [Time Based Art Festival, presented by Portland Institute for Contemporary Art], it also opened the Walker Arts Center, and you just had your week in New York with Boléro […]
Donna Faye Burchfield, Lindsay Clark, Diana Crum, Gina Kohler, Jesse Zaritt in conversation with Levi Gonzalez
Fantasy Generator Download this article as PDF Fantasy Generator was a 2-week residency that took place at Hollins University in the Summer of 2009. The residency was free and open to anyone who expressed an interest. The participating artists shaped the structure of the residency through email exchanges and group conversations, with Hollins University and […]
Lucy Guerin in conversation with Luciana Achugar
Corridor and Structure and Sadness Download this interview as PDF Luciana Achugar: You’re showing two pieces: Corridor at Baryshnikov Arts Center, which is from last year, and Structure and Sadness, from 2006, which you’re showing at Dance Theater Workshop. Do you want to start speaking a little bit about Corridor? Lucy Guerin: The spatial set […]
Megan Byrne, Michael Mahalchick, Will Rawls, and Regina Rocke in conversation with Levi Gonzalez
MR Spring Festival 2009 – Roll Call Listen to this interview Download this interview as PDF Levi González: I’m here with the Movement Research Festival Curatorial Team from Spring 2009 – Roll Call: Regina Rocke, Will Rawls, Michael Mahalchik and Megan Bryne. I’m curious about what your ideas of the Festival were and why it […]
Simon Whitehead in conversation with Melinda Buckwalter
SEEDS Festival, Ointment, SEEDS network Melinda Buckwalter: This interview is in anticipation of your trip to the States in June to co-teach with Jennifer Monson at the SEEDS festival (Somatic Experiments in Earth, Dance + Science) at Earthdance in Plainfield, Massachusetts, starting June 14th, 2009. How about a bit of background to start. Are you based […]
Sam Kim in conversation with Milka Djordjevich
Darling Thumbnail photo: Ryan McNamara Milka Djordjevich: You have a show coming up at PS 122 and I know you’ve been working on some material for a while—since dumb dumb bunny, which you did at the Kitchen in 2007. Sam Kim: October 2007. You were in it. Milka: What have you been up to since […]
Melanie Maar and Kenta Nagai in conversation with Ana Isabel Keilson
Phenomenal Bodies Listen to the first interview, recorded on 3/26/09 Listen to the second interview, recorded on 4/18/09 Thumbnail photo: Ian W. Douglas
Justine Lynch in conversation with Beth Gill
Middle of Man Download this interview as PDF Thumbnail photo by Sarah H. Paulson Beth: I’m going to read these last 2 sentences, just as a place to start. You wrote: “Without trying to recreate old images of ritualistic movement, my aim is rather to use the powerful structure of ancient alchemical paradigms to free […]
Jodi Melnick in conversation with Jean Butler
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Anna Sperber in conversation with Juliette Mapp
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Sasa Asentic and Ana Vujanovic in conversation with Milka Djordjevich
My private bio-politics Listen to this interview Thumbnail photo: Courtesy of Sasa Asentic and Ana Vujanovic
Jonah Bokaer in conversation with Alejandra Martorell
Center for Performance Research Download this interview as PDF Thumbnail photo: Michael Hart Alejandra Martorell: How does the Center for Performance Research relate to your personal artistic work, and the work you have done with Chez Bushwick? In what ways is it an outgrowth of those projects and it what ways does it diverge from […]
