Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets Reunion
Saturday, April 12 | 4–8PM
Danspace Project’s Platform 2015: Dancers, Buildings and People in the Streets, curated by writer and critic Claudia La Rocco, explored the poet-as-critic tradition; the overlapping dance lineages of George Balanchine, Merce Cunningham, and Judson Dance Theater; and their continued and complicated influence on choreographic practice today
As La Rocco recently noted in an email to Judy and Seta: “One thing I am remembering…is the extent to which this Platform was inspired by Danspace’s beginnings out of the Poetry Project, with the Natural History of the American Dancer approaching [poet] Larry [Fagin], and him crediting [poet/dance critic] Edwin Denby as teaching him to see. It’s a nice answer to the question of why are we remembering this Platform in particular—it sprang from 50 years ago, so fits right into your anniversary celebrations.”
This special reunion program will include reflections and conversations with many of the original artists, including Kaitlyn Gilliland, Silas Riener, Sara Mearns, Rashaun Mitchell, Jodi Melnick, Jillian Peña, Troy Schumacher, Emily Coates, Yve Laris Cohen, and Pam Tanowitz. The day will feature excerpts from documentary footage by filmmaker Howard Silver and performances of the work of Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown, in addition to Sara Mearns of New York City Ballet.
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