Ian RT Colless' Untitled|Collective, photo by Omar Balbuena

May 29 – June 5, 2011

Sunday May 29 at 5:30pm

Ian Colless (Australia)
Erick Montes (Mexico)
Luke Murphy (Ireland)
Crossing Jamaica Avenue(U.S.)/Sonoko Kawahara (Japan)
Surfacearea (UK)

Sunday June 5 at 5:30pm

Anagrama Collettivo Coreografico (Italy)
Ian Colless (Australia)
Erick Montes (Mexico)
John-Mario Sevilla (Philippines)
Luke Murphy (Ireland)
Crossing Jamaica Avenue(U.S.)/Sonoko Kawahara (Japan)
Surfacearea (UK)

Anagrama Collettivo Coreografico “Optico”

Anagrama Collettivo Coreografico

“Optico” is an hybrid work between abstraction of forms and colours and the materialization of human bodies and figures. It is open to different interpretations and points of view. Choreography is the art of giving strong narrows to the bodies so that they are driven to move. Pure movement, without preconceived meaning. The attribution of sense is only in the observers’ eye, in their sensorial perception. It is an illusion, an Optic(al) process. It is like identifying forms, while looking at clouds. Anagrama Collettivo Coreografico is the winner of last year’s RossoBastardo Festival in Umbria, Italy. Special thanks to Cantina Signae Cesarini Sartori for bringing them to New York.

Ian Colless “Meeting Place”

Ian Colles, dancer: Giogia Bravo

Traditionally many Australian Aboriginal tribal nations have a place were they gather. A ‘meeting place’, a culturally significant sacred site within a tribal boundary where Aboriginal men and women would gather. This work is a meeting place between Man (earth) and Women (water), between the Blue Mountains, Australia (A world heritage national park) and the New York City.

Crossing Jamaica Avenue/Sonoko Kawahara “Fan Macbeth”

Crossing Jamaican Avenue

A brief encounter with poetic movement. Centered around the relationship of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Fan Macbeth reveals the story of unceasing human desire and weakness by exploring the movement of the traditional Japanese fan. Its own language, it is a simple device with an untapped potential of expression. The performers manipulate the movement of the fans to express dramatic shifts of emotion.

Erick Montes “I almost expected to be remembered (Mexican Symphony #1)”

Erick Montes, photo by Julieta Cervantes

“Mexican Symphony” is a collection of thoughts that in a deconstructive way build the portrait of a young man that to the first impression just arrived home from a long day of work. The work play with the topics of nostalgia, time and culture.

Luke Murphy “Drenched”

Luke Murphy

A duet work for Luke Murphy and Carlye Eckert, Drenched focusses on the nature of desire, companionship, lust, intimacy, trust, vulnerability and the central question of where the gulf between our expectations and experiences of romance begins and ends.

John Mario Sevilla “Born Against / Elephant Funk Y Junk Y Puss Y Serenade”

John Mario Sevilla

A response to the question, “How do Republicans dance?”

Surface Area “Dust”

Nicole Watson, photo by Michael Halliday

A live performance of choreographed movement, performed by Nicole Vivien Watson and Molly Hodkinson. In essence Dust has been conceived as a response to themes of connection and purpose. When creating Dust thoughts were continually drawn to the work of philosopher Marshall McLuhan, who was responsible for developing the expressions “the medium is the message” and “the global village” Nicole repeatedly returned to Marshall McLuhan philosophies of hot and cold media, with specific interest in the television as a cold media. Dust is performed by engaging the entire body, the inner image and landscape is visualised as light, projected and then transmitted. A physical exploration of the body as one that is searching and connecting.