Elliot Reed: Profanity Only Upsets The Living
Thursday, October 2 | 7:30PM
Friday, October 3 | 7:30PM
Saturday, October 4 | 7:30PM
Open Dress Rehearsal*
Tuesday, September 30 | 7:30PM
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Elliot Reed (he/they) is a director, performer, and visual artist whose art starts from the body, making a choreographic language through objects, installation, and sound. They have previously shown work-in-development in Danspace’s DraftWork series.
Performed by Nadira Foster-Williams, Reed’s new commission Profanity Only Upsets The Living is a world-premiere solo that celebrates the gift of mourning—the universal yet profoundly isolating experience. Reed writes, “No word will take us there but I’m willing to try.”
*About Open Dress Rehearsal: Tuesday evening’s dress rehearsal will be free with RSVP and open to the public at limited-capacity. Open dress rehearsals are a mask-required, community-minded program prioritizing our immunocompromised and low-income audiences. Staff and audiences will be required to wear masks (N95 or KN95) and performing artists (if unmasked) will be required to test for COVID-19 (rapid tests provided by Danspace Project). This is a first-come-first-served event. Danspace will not hold late seating or a waitlist during Open Dress Rehearsals. Thank you for your understanding.
Tickets
$10 Members
$20 Regular Price
$30 A little extra
$40 A little more!
$50 Celebrating 50 years!
$100 Here’s to the next 50!
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Elliot Reed is an artist, based in New York working across video, dance, performance, and sculpture. He received his MA in Choreography from Master EXERCE ICI-CCN in Montpellier, France, and is a member of The Whitney Museum ISP 23-24 cohort.
Elliot is a 2019 danceWEB scholar, 2019–20 Artist in Residence at the prestigious Studio Museum in Harlem and part of the museum’s permanent collection. Reed was also the recipient of the 2019 Rema Hort Mann Emerging Artist Grant. Recent gallery and museum exhibitions include Kinshasa Glarus, Lucerne Festival with JACK Quartet, Metro Pictures, MoMA PS1, OCD Chinatown, The Getty Center, Hammer Museum, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, The Broad, and performances in Tokyo, Osaka, London, Mexico City, Vienna, and Hamburg.