Solo Me is a solo for two performers – a performance in which two different choreographic solo materials, opinions, processes come in touch with each other. Although both solos were made separately and can be performed as such, the performance focuses on the idea of juxtaposition, adjoining and refraction of one material in another.
Category: Performance
A Dream Deferred
Niles Ford’s unique hybrid of ballet, modern, jazz and street dance has earned him a reputation as an extraordinarily dynamic dancer/choreographer. A Dream Deferred unfolds like a hip, smooth and effervescent Marvin Gaye album, revisiting the questions posed in the Langston Hughes poem of the same name. This show investigates the cyclical patterns of war and racism through the lens of popular culture. Featuring music by Bjork, Marvin Gaye and Nina Simone as well as original spoken word, Niles Ford and his ensemble embark on a journey that inspires and celebrates new possibilities for the future.
Placid Baby
Smart, sympathetic and ensconced in plaid, Placid Baby refuses to take itself too seriously. Jennifer Allen, Sam Kim and Tania Varela Ibarra move to the riffs of Japanese pop, 70’s Kraut rock, and other musical surprises without inhibition, managing to cover a colossal range of action and reaction. With unflappable vitality, this show keeps on moving and developing into one gigantic THING in which irony and sincerity conspire to evoke empathy.
Paradise?
A frenetic meditation on the greener grass at the other side of some fence…
Paradise? explores the constant longing for human connection in an age of emotional isolation.
By recontextualizing the generic physical vocabulary of the mass media it explores the myths of a consumerist utopia through a fragmented structure, humor and a repetitive and disconnected movement language.
Choreography: Kari Hoaas
Original Music: Laurent Cosani
Additional Music: Vincenzo Bellini, Ruben Gonzalez, Gotan Project, Walter Kolomoku
Lighting Design: Joe Levasseur
Set Design: Kari Hoaas
Costume Design: Kari Hoaas
Photocredit: Dona Ann McAdams
Performers: Lara Benusis, Alberto Denis, Kari Hoaas, Mei-Yin Ng, Antonio Ramos
Length: 55 minutes
PARADISE? was commissioned by P.S. 122, New York City, with funds from the JeromeFoundation, additional funds were provided by The American Scandinavian Foundation. Development of the work was made possible with a Space Grant from the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center. Additional development funds where provided by Arts CouncilNorway and The Norwegian Audio and Visual Fund. The performances in Norway were made possible, in part, with support from The Norwegian Audio and Visual Fund.
The Courtesan Tales
Nicole Blackman
The Courtesan Tales
Pushing open a door visitors find themselves in a den with dim red lighting. A young mademoiselle serves mint tea and asks each visitor separately what he/she desires the courtesan to perform that night.
Each visitor can order her services a la carte or request one of the special menus. Then the visitor enters the real performing space, close the door, sit down on a rocking chair, blind fold his eyes and…