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
I am new to modern dance. Last Thursday’s shared evening with David Thomson and Shelley Senter is only the third modern dance performance I’ve seen in my life, ever. For me, it was an excellent introduction to this art, as… Read more
Wow – Danspace Project has set the bar for New York dance programming incredibly high with its fantastic PLATFORM 2010 program, in which two remarkable artists – Ralph Lemon and Juliette Mapp – were invited to curate a series of… Read more