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ALL the VIOLENCE of WATER in fact

ALL the VIOLENCE of WATER in fact

KIMBERLY BARTOSIK/ daela "The Materiality of Impermanence" Dance Theater Workshop Feb 3 – 6 at 7:30pm In Kimberly Bartosik’s impressionistic and gorgeous-looking new work, “The Materiality of Impermanence,” she and Marc Mann explore [...]

DECONSTRUCTING RECONSTRUCTION

DECONSTRUCTING RECONSTRUCTION

Bill Clinton's pronouncement in the debris field of opportunism disguised as disorganized relief sparked first suspicion and then confirmation of the (continuing) exploitation of Haiti and its people by charitable organizations, corporations, and [...]

SOUL PROJECT

SOUL PROJECT

David Zambrano Danspace Project Through January 23 Performances at Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church are always a community event; the intimacy of the space and its mission to present international avant-garde dance practically [...]

HAITI

HAITI

"There is a multitude of ways to deal with death, sisters and brothers, is there not? There are valiant youths who go face to face with death, and battle it with their poor rocks; there are men and women, full of courage, who come from the wings [...]

TREACHERY OF IMAGES

TREACHERY OF IMAGES

Another response to the "Christmas Terror Plot" that draws on Rene Magritte's famous original painting "The Treachery of Images" that comments on the same conflation of sign, signifier, and signified as the original, with the added twist that refers [...]

STYLIN’ PROFILIN’

STYLIN’ PROFILIN’

Following the failed attempt of a Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, to detonate an explosive device on a plane flying from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas day, the United States added 11 countries to the TSA's list of those that  will [...]

THE 10 BEST DANCE EXPERIENCES OF 2009

THE 10 BEST DANCE EXPERIENCES OF 2009

Sasa Asentic @ Dance Theater Workshop My Own Private Bio-Politics March 5-7 Smart and affecting praxis-performance delivered by a delightful, self-reflexive new artist. Ivy Baldwin @ Dance Theater Workshop Bear Crown Dance March [...]

THE GOOD DANCE*

THE GOOD DANCE*

REGGIE WILSON/ FIST & HEEL PERFORMANCE GROUP and COMPAGNIE 1ER TEMPS “The Good Dance –– Dakar/Brooklyn” BAM Howard Gilman Opera House Dec. 16, 18 & 19 at 7:30 p.m. Choreographer Reggie Wilson has long been engaged in [...]

TRUE SOUTH

TRUE SOUTH

Paul D. Miller / DJ Spooky TERRA NOVA Sinfonia Antarctica BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (Next Wave) December 5, 2009 Between BAM’s awful marketing copy (Hip-hop savant cum shrewd cultural critic) and the New York Times snarky review (a [...]

BLACK LACQUER DISPARITY

BLACK LACQUER DISPARITY

Jeremy Wade “there is no end to more” @ Japan Society through December 5, 2009 In Jeremy Wade’s brilliant mash-up send-up of Japanese manga and kawaii (cute) culture, a voiceover describes colorful and bizarre scenes and behaviors as [...]

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