PLATFORM 2011: Body Madness is being documented by photographer-in-residence Ian Douglas and two writers-in-residence: Huffa Frobes-Cross, who will cover Part 1 – Absurdity & Wit, and Ana Isabel Keilson, who will cover Part 2 – Rhythm & Humor. Their words and images will… Read more
MIT Professor of Theater Arts Thomas DeFrantz speaks with New York choreographer Cori Olinghouse. Cori discusses VOIX DE VILLE, which premieres at Danspace Project February 3-5 as part of Platform 2011: Body Madness – Absurdity & Wit, curated by Judy Hussie-Taylor. Interview date:… Read more
Danspace Project announces our action-packed Winter 2011 season, which includes the latest installment in our acclaimed PLATFORM series. Body Madness, the fourth in a series of Danspace Project platforms, is organized in two parts: Absurdity & Wit (February 3-March 5, 2011), curated by Danspace… Read more
Jean Butler in Conversation with Jen Rosenblit 10.14.10 Movementresearch.org Jean Butler, who is renowned for her work as a practitioner of Irish dance, talks with choreographer Jen Rosenblit about DAY, the evening-length solo that she commissioned choreographer Tere O’Connor to create for… Read more
11.1.2010 Panel discussion for Para-dice (Stage 1) with Patricia Hoffbauer, George Emilio Sanchez, André Lepecki, Randy Martin, and May Joseph (Wednesday, 27 October 2010) Para-dice (Stage 1), Patricia Hoffbauer (2010) The Adventure Performs The Adventure? (2010) What is the choreographic role of the critical… Read more
10.22.2010 DD Dorvillier/human future dance corps, No Change or “freedom is a psycho-kinetic skill” (2005) “…this state of insecurity is not natural but constructed—a political condition produced by a power on whose favor we depend and which we can only petition. To… Read more
10.8.2010. Blog 3 Cecilia Bengolea & François Chaignaud, Sylphides (2009) and Pâquerette (2006, revised 2007, 2008) “The sublime is a feeling, and yet, more than a feeling in the banal sense, it is the emotion of the subject at the limit. The subject of… Read more
10.1.2010 DARIA FAÏN, Working with Stockhausen’s Stimmung 1968 (2010) AITANA CORDERO, Solo…? (2008) “…with you or alone no languages only grunts moans murmurs chattering teeth shuffling only sounds no languages with meanings no words or signifying gestures…” —DD Dorvillier, Choreography, a Prologue for the… Read more
Blog entry. 9.27.10. certain difficulties, certain joy What do we know when we approach dance? What are the certainties that lie in wait when we arrive? What are the specific kinds of joy or pleasure in dance, in dancing, in… Read more
After seeing many of the performances during Ralph Lemon’s Platform I get Lost I was struck by how distinctive Ralph & Juliette’s presence feels on the vision of their platforms. Of course these are the two curators and their choices… Read more