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Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith (NYC)
Rude World
 
Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith make dances together by constructing improvisational practices into a mutual experience of performance. Seemingly conjoined at times, or forcefully in opposition – this performance is a living, breathing, thumping manifestation of a profound and raw artistic collaboration.
 
As highly skilled improvisers, they often discover ideas first through feeling. Their artistic intimacy allows for a crafted wildness which is then honed into a performative specificity through the necessity of a dual consensus. Rude World is the final series in a triptych of works created over the course of three years.

Choreographed and Performed by: Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith
Lighting Designer: Madeline Best

“These women are tied together. One would carry the other across a desert, it seems, if they didn’t kill each other first.” – The New York Times

45 minutes

Co-commissioned & Co-presented with
The Chocolate Factory Theater

Jan 7 – 6pm
Jan 8 – 5pm
Jan 9 – 7pm
Jan 10 – 5pm
Jan 11 – 3pm
Jan 12 – 4pm

The Chocolate Factory
5-49 49th Ave, Long Island City, Queens
$20 / $15 Students & Seniors

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Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith have been collaborating in New York since 2006. Their current work, Rude World, is their third project together over the past three years and will premiere through PS122 in the COIL 2015 Festival. Recent works include Tulip (Roulette, 2013, Judson Now at Danspace Project, 2012), and Beautiful Bone (The Chocolate Factory Theater, 2012). Last year they were nominated for a 2013 New York Dance and Performance (BESSIE) Award for Emerging Choreographer and received the 2013 NYFA Fellow Finalist Award. They are currently a BAC Artist in Residence.
 
Molly Lieber lives in New York and dances for luciana achugar, Neil Greenberg, Maria Hassabi, Juliette Mapp, and Melinda Ring. She grew up in Pittsburgh and graduated from Connecticut College.
 
Eleanor Smith dances for Ivy Baldwin Dance and Katie Workum, and recently performed in works by Vanessa Anspaugh, Kim Brandt, Levi Gonzalez, Juliana F. May/MAYDANCE, and Molly Poerstel. Eleanor was a 2010 Fresh Tracks recipient at Dance Theater Workshop and a 2012 New York Live Arts Studio Series Artist.

 

 

Since its founding in 2005, The Chocolate Factory Theater has supported the development and presentation of new work by a community of local, national and international artists working in dance, theater, performance, and multimedia. The Chocolate Factory’s programs have drawn many thousands of new visitors to its 5,000 square foot industrial facility in Long Island City, Queens. The organization is currently planning for the purchase and renovation of a permanent facility in the neighborhood.
 
The Chocolate Factory is artist-founded and artist-led. It’s Artistic Director, Brian Rogers, continues to create and present his own work at The Chocolate Factory while providing support to a close-knit community of forward-thinking visiting artists working at all stages of their careers.
 
The Chocolate Factory received an Obie grant in 2009. It’s works have received Bessie and Obie Awards and have toured nationally and internationally.

 

 

 

The Chocolate Factory is located in Long Island City, at the first stop on both the 7 and G trains into Queens. L.I.C. is a waterfront neighborhood which in recent years has become known for its thriving arts community, and has among the highest concentration of art galleries, art institutions (among them MOMA’s PS1, the Institute of the Moving Image, Socrates Sculpture Park, Isamu Noguchi Museum) and studio space of any neighborhood in New York City.

 

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Rude World is co-commissioned and co-presented by PS122 and The Chocolate Factory Theater with support from the Jerome Foundation. Residency support provided by Baryshnikov Arts Center and through PS122’s inaugural RAMP Residency program with support from a 50th Anniversary Grant from the Jerome Foundation. Additional presentation support provided by Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, Jerome Robbins Foundation and in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Art Works.

Thank You For Coming: Attendance
Faye Driscoll (NYC)

Faye Driscoll’s Thank You For Coming series envisions a society in which performance is both a collective and political act. In Thank you for Coming: Attendance, the premiere iteration presented by Danspace Project in March 2014, performers pass through ever-morphing states of physical entanglement and scenes of distorted familiarity, building new bodies, new stories, and new ways of being around a constantly constructed and re-imagined group experience. Intimately staged in the round, Driscoll crafts a heightened reality of observation, invitation and interdependence. As audience and performers increasingly find themselves becoming one, a beautiful and chaotic shared identity emerges, culminating in a dynamic ritual of action and transformation.

Created by: Faye Driscoll

In collaboration with the company:

Performed by: Giulia Carotenuto, Sean Donovan, Alicia Ohs, Brandon Washington & Nikki Zialcita
Visual Design: Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin
Sound Design: Michael Kiley
Lighting Design: Amanda K. Ringger
Artistic Advisor: Jesse Zaritt
Choreographic Assistant: Nadia Tykulsker

“Ms. Driscoll is fascinating in that she makes such utterly original work. It doesn’t look like anything you’ve ever seen before, nor can you imagine thinking it up.” -The New York Times

90 minutes running time

Commissioned by Danspace Project and
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Co-presented with Danspace Project and
Faye Driscoll Group

Jan 6 – 8pm
Jan 8 – 8pm
Jan 9 – 8pm
Jan 10 – 5 & 9pm

Danspace Project
131 E. 10th Street, Manhattan
$20 / $15 Danspace Members

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Faye Driscoll is a Bessie Award-winning choreographer and director who strives to investigate new forms of theatrical experience in order to provoke feeling, stimulate the senses and activate the mind. Works include You’re Me (2012), There is so much mad in me (2010), 837 Venice Boulevard (2008), and Wow Mom, Wow (2007). Driscoll is the recipient of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2013 Creative Capital performing arts award, and a 2013 Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant. Her work is also supported by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Extended Life Dance Program (2013-14), New York State Council on the Arts (2013-14), NEFA’s National Dance Project production and touring award (2010-13), The Jerome Foundation (2012-14), Greenwall Foundation (2008-11), and a LMCC Fund for Creative Communities grant (2010). She was awarded a 2013 Alumni New Works award from Headlands Center for the Arts, where she was first in residence in 2011. She was a 2011 Choreographic Fellow at the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, and an artist­ in residence at Baryshnikov Arts Center, The 92nd Street Y, and Park Avenue Armory. Her own work has been commissioned by Danspace Project, The Kitchen, Dance Theater Workshop, and HERE Arts Center. and further presented at Wexner Center for the Arts, ICA/Boston, Fusebox Festival, UCLA, CounterPULSE, American Dance Festival, American Realness Festival, and The Yard. She has also collaborated extensively with theater and performance artists including Young Jean Lee, Cynthia Hopkins, Taylor Mac, Jennifer Miller, and NTUSA; and was one of the only dance artists exhibited in YOUNGER THAN JESUS, the first in a series of triennials at the New Museum.

 

Now in its fourth decade, Danspace Project has supported a vital community of contemporary dance artists in an environment unlike any other in the United States. Located in the historic St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, Danspace Project presents new work in dance, supports a diverse range of choreographers in developing their work, encourages experimentation, and connects artists to audiences through its Choreographic Center Without Walls. Through its acclaimed programming, including the PLATFORM series, Danspace Project commissions (over 450 new works since its inception in 1994) and explores models for public discourse and residencies for dance and performance. www.danspaceproject.org

 

 
 

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Thank You For Coming: Attendance was made possible by the Danspace Project 2013-14 Commissioning Initiative; Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; and Creative Capital with support from The Jerome Foundation, 92Y New Works in Dance Fund, a Headlands Alumni New Works Award and the assistance of New York State Council on the Arts, and is made possible through the sponsorship of The Field. Attendance received a production residency at Danspace Project’s venue, St. Mark’s Church, with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Faye Driscoll received residency support from Park Avenue Armory, and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Extended Life Dance Development program made possible in part by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Additional presentation support provided by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance and Jerome Robbins Foundation.

YOUARENOWHERE
Andrew Schneider (NYC)

A conjuror of futuristic shamanism, Andrew Schneider’s YOUARENOWHERE experiments with the virtues of sensory overload via quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and Craiglist’s “Missed Connections”. Battling glitchy transmissions, crackling microphones and lighting instruments falling from the sky, one guy on a mission and a tricked-out interactive new-media landscape merge to transform physical space, warp linear time and short-circuit preconceived notions of what it means to be here now.

Created by Andrew Schneider with
Peter Musante, Christine Shallenberg and Omar Zubair
Produced by Shelley Carter

“a frenetic, witty, disorienting explosion of linear time” – Culturebot

60 minutes.

Co-commissioned by PS122 and Mass Live Arts
Co-presented with The Invisible Dog Art Center

Jan 8 – 8pm
Jan 9 – 5pm
Jan 12 – 2pm
Jan 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 – 7pm
ADDED Show! Jan 16 at 10pm!

The Invisible Dog Art Center:
51 Bergen St., Brooklyn
$20 / $15 Students & Seniors

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Andrew Schneider has been creating original works for theater, video, and installation since 2003. Rooted at the intersection of performance and technology, Schneider’s work critically investigates our over-dependence on being perpetually connected in an always-on world. He creates and performs solo performance works, large-scale dance works, builds interactive electronic art works and installations, and was a Wooster Group company member (video/performer) from 2007-2014.
 
Recently, Andrew was the recipient of the Tom Murrin Performance Award, and will be creating a new experiential light and space performance piece (currently titled Unified Field Theory) as Artist-In-Residence at Dixon Place Theater and in cooperation with Abron’s Arts Center throughout 2015/16.
 
Andrew’s original performance work in NYC includes FIELD (2014), TIDAL (2013) curated by Laurie Anderson as part of the River to River festival; YOUARENOTHERE (work-in-progress, 2013) at the Performing Garage; WOW+FLUTTER (2010) at The Chocolate Factory Theater; five AVANT-GARDE-ARAMA! works (2005-2013) at PS122; PLEASURE (2009) at Issue Project Room; and resident artist (2006) at LEMURplex. His work in Chicago includes TRUE+FALSE (2007) and STRATEGIES AGAINST ARCHITECTURE (2008) among others, both at The University of Chicago as a resident artist.
 
Andrew creates wearable, interactive electronic art works such as the Solar Bikini, (a bikini that charges your iPod), and wireless programmable sound effect gloves. His interactive work has been featured in such publications as Art Forum and Wired, among others and at the Center Pompidou in Paris.
 
Andrew also works with various musical acts including Fischerspooner (projections/performer), Kelela (projections/lighting), and AVAN LAVA (lighting/percussion/vocals). Schneider has served as an Adjunct Professor at NYU and has taught courses on Technology and Performance at the Interactive Telecommunications Program and at Bowdoin, and Carleton Colleges. Andrew holds a BFA in Theater Arts from Illinois Wesleyan University and a Masters Degree in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU. He lives in New York City
https://andrewjs.com

 

 

The Invisible Dog Art Center The Invisible Dog Art Center is housed in a three-story former factory building in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Built in 1863, our 30,000 square foot facility has been the site of various industrial endeavors – most notably a belt factory that created the famous Walt Disney invisible dog party trick, from which they take their name. The building remained dormant from the mid 1990’s to 2009 when founder, Lucien Zayan, opened The Invisible Dog.
 
The Invisible Dog is dedicated to the integration of forward-thinking innovation with respect for the past. In 2009 the building was restored for safety, and has been maintained over the years, but otherwise preserved in tact from its original 1863 form. The rawness of the space is vital to the space’s cultural identity.
 
The ground floor is used for exhibitions, performances and public events, featuring artists and curators from round the world. This floor also includes a new pop-up shop, designed by artist-in-residence Anne Mourier, conceived as a new home for independent, commercial designers in various fields. The second floor and part of the third floor are divided into over 30 artists’ studios.The third floor, luminous and spacious is used for private events, exhibitions, performances and festivals. Finally, the Glass House is a brand new, seasonal exhibition space dedicated to featuring the work of female-identified artists.

 

 

 

The Invisible Dog Art Center is located in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn and is accessible by the F and G subways. This cool and calm region on the northwest side of Brooklyn is home to roughly 20,000 residents. Invisible Dog Art Center sits one block from Dean Street and two blocks from Atlantic Avenue, both boasting a plethora of bars and restaurants.
 
Boerum Hill claims a trendy stretch of Smith Street as its own, and small cafes and stores are dotted throughout the neighborhood’s interior, like the restaurant Building on Bond and the Brooklyn Circus boutique. Some staff picks include: 61 Local, just next door at 61 Bergen Street! Hancos, 85 Bergen St & 134 Smith Street (2 locations); Van Leeuwen, 81 Bergen Street; Bien Cuit, 120 Smith Street; Van Horn Sandwich Shop, 231 Court Street; Ki Sushi, 122 Smith Street.

 
 

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YOUARENOWHERE was commissioned by PS122 and Mass Live Arts with support from the Jerome Foundation, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts – Art Works, and was made possible in part by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. Development residency provided by Mass Live Arts, an AIRspace residency at Abrons Arts Center, and a space residency at The Bushwick Starr.

SORRY ROBOT
Mike Iveson (NYC)

Mike Iveson makes his debut as a playwright with SORRY ROBOT, a satirical, sentimental, song-studded spaz opera. Four performers and a piano create a haunting world where robots long to feel the same things that their embarrassing and sort-of-pathetic human masters feel, at a hotel that doubles as a software development facility in the dystopian state of Florida in the near future.

Beloved downtown performer and 2013 Ethyl Eichelberger Award winner Mike Iveson leads the charge with nine original perverse pop songs which provide a window into the hidden hankerings of robots and humans alike -and which just may convert every human in the room into a metallic automaton.

No robots were harmed in the making of this piece.

Writer and Composer: Mike Iveson
Director: Will Davis
Producer: Ariana Smart Truman
Stage Manager: Maurina Lioce
Set & Costume Design: Parker Lutz
Lighting Design: Lucrecia Briceno
Featuring Performances by Anthony R. Brown, Mike Iveson, Nicky Paraiso and Tanya Selvaratnam.

Mike Iveson is one “of Downtown’s ever shining lights” – Paper Magazine

“At the center of it all is Mike Iveson, whose Herculean performance … is a work of effortless charisma.” – Variety

90 minutes

 
Co-presented with The New Ohio Theatre

Jan 6, 7 – 7pm
Jan 8 – 7pm*
Jan 9 – 10pm
Jan 10 – 6pm
Jan 11 – 2pm
Jan 12 – 5pm
Jan 14, 15, 16 – 8:30pm
Jan 17 – 2pm & 8:30pm

New Ohio Theatre
154 Christopher St., Manhattan
$20 / $15 students, seniors

*Jan 8 Benefit Tix on sale at mikeiveson.com

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Mike Iveson has written music for the plays DOT by Kate E. Ryan (Clubbed Thumb/Ohio Theatre), POTATOES OF AUGUST by Sibyl Kempson (Dixon Place, Red Eye Theater/MN), and YOU FOR ME FOR YOU by Mia Chung (Woolly Mammoth), and is currently composing music for Kempson’s FONDLY, COLLETTE RICHLAND (Elevator Repair Service) and his own upcoming productions SORRY ROBOT (PS122/New Ohio Theatre) and THE TEAR DRINKERS (The Kitchen) to premiere in 2015. He has also composed music for many of choreographer Sarah Michelson’s dances, including commissions for France’s Lyon Opera Ballet (LOVE IS EVERYTHING) and for Mikhail Baryshnikov & the White Oak Dance Project (THE EXPERTS), as well as for many Michelson shows in venues ranging from PS122 (GROUP EXPERIENCE, for which he won a Bessie Award for music composition; SHADOWMANN; DAYLIGHT) to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (DOGS). As a performer he has appeared in many plays with Elevator Repair Service (ARGUENDO; THE SELECT; GATZ), in a number of Michelson’s dances, and with such artists as Richard Maxwell/NYC Players, Dancenoise, Charles Atlas, Aaron Landsman, Erin Courtney, Yvonne Meier, Kate Benson, Tom Murrin/Jack Bump, Mike Taylor, and many others.

 

New Ohio Theatre is a two-time OBIE Award-winning performance venue that serves the vast independent theatre community of New York and the adventurous audiences who love them. As a small, downtown, artist-run organization (with a 20+ year history as a beacon for bold and inventive work), we know the challenges and rewards of producing and presenting alternative, non-commercial theatre. In any given year, there are over 500 independent theatre companies working for opportunities to develop and present their work. We believe the best of this community operates at the core of the contemporary aesthetic conversation (in terms of both content and form) and acts collectively to expand the boundaries of the public imagination. From our new home on Christopher Street, we aim to establish a professional, high-profile platform that reestablishes the West Village as a destination for mature, ridiculous, engaged, irreverent, gut-wrenching, frivolous, sophisticated, foolish, and profound theatrical endeavors. Follow us online at newohiotheatre.org and on Twitter at @NewOhioTheatre.

 

 
 

The New Ohio Theatre is located in Greenwich Village, Manhattan and is accessible by the 1, A, C, E, B, D, F, M subways. This famous region on the west side of Manhattan is home to Washington Square Park, New York University, Cooper Union, St. Marks Place and a host of independent film houses and Off-Broadway theaters. The New Ohio Theater sits one block from Hudson River Park, close to Hudson Street where audiences can pick from a plethora of restaurants scattered between the New Ohio and Bleeker Street. Christopher Park is three blocks from the theater, surrounded by a variety of bars hosting live music every evening.

 

Aside from untold numbers of shopping and dining options, there are plenty of neighborly activities…for recreation-seekers without memberships to the area’s multiple gyms, the Hudson River and its well-traveled waterside trails are a short walk away. – The New York Times

 

 

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SORRY ROBOT was commissioned by PS122, the Jerome Foundation, in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts-Art Works, and the Ethyl Eichelberger Award with funding generously provided by the Gesso Foundation. SORRY ROBOT was developed, in part, with assistance from The Orchard Project, a program of The Exchange (www.exchangenyc.org), and made possible with the support of Collapsable Giraffe.