CALENDAR » DANCE
Nejla Yatkin
Dancing with the Berlin Wall
November 9, 2009
Monday at 6:00pm
The Berlin Wall, courtesy of NY2Dance
Presented by the Goethe-Institut New York
Dancing with the Berlin Wall is a site-specific project by choreographer Nejla Yatkin. A Berlin native with Turkish roots, Yatkin grew up with The Wall. While for most of the world it was a striking symbol, for her it was a daily reality. With this project, Yatkin reflects on her own experiences, and also larger issues of boundaries and openness, constriction and freedom. The performance, which incorporates dance and film, will begin at Ludlow 38 and make several stops as it moves to the Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building.
Ludlow 38
38 Ludlow Street (between Hester and Grand Streets)
Goethe-Institut New York Wyoming Building
5 East 3rd Street (between 2nd Avenue and Bowery)
FREE
Information: 212-439-8700
www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/enindex.htm
Györ National Ballet from Hungary: Petrushka and the Fall of Communism
Lecture by Linda Szmyd Monich
Thursday, January 7, 2010, 6pm
Presented in collaboration with the Joyce Theatre.
Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, 111 Amsterdam Avenue (at 65th Street)
Admission is free and first-come, first-served
Information: 212-870-1700
www.nypl.org/research/lpa
Győr National Ballet from Hungary
January 26–31, 2010
Tuesday–Wednesday at 7:30pm, Thursday-Friday at 8:00pm
Saturday at 2:00 and 8:00pm, Sunday at 2:00 and 7:30pm
Győr National Ballet from Hungary in Rite of Spring. Photo by Béla Szabó
Presented by The Joyce Theater
Györ National Ballet, one of Europe’s most respected contemporary ballet companies, returns to The Joyce with the U.S. premieres of Rite of Spring (choreographed by Atilla Kun) and Petrushka (choreographed by Dmitrij Simkin). The all Stravinsky program commemorates the fall of the Communist regimes in Eastern Europe; both ballets explore the sacrifices of personal freedom and individual expression that occur under a totalitarian government.
The Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue (at 19th Street)
$49; $35; $19; $10 (ticket prices subject to change)
Tickets/Information: 212-242-0800
www.joyce.org
Polish Dance in the 1980s: Silence or Revolution?
January 2010
Panel Dates and Times TBA
Polish Dance Theater in Etiuda b-moll (Etude b minor), Choreographed by Conrad Drzewiecki
Presented by Dance New Amsterdam
Dance New Amsterdam presents three panels intended to provoke discourse about Poland’s revolution in dance during the late 20th century. The first panel will focus solely on Poland, while the others will be a roundtable format with representatives from other Performing Revolution festival countries. With Roman Pawlowski (chief theater and dance critic for Gazeta Wyborcza), Roman Arndt (dance historian), Dr. Agnieszka Jelewska (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań), and Dr. Jacek Łuminski (Founder/Executive Director of Silesian Dance Theatre and Dean Dance-Theater Department State Drama School in Krakow), George Jackson (critic and dance historian), Prof. Anna Peterson Royce (Indiana University at Bloomington), and Prof. Alan Kucharski (Swarthmore College). The panels will be simulcast online with a live blog for offsite audience interaction.
Developed in conjunction with the 2009 Understanding Dance conference in Poland, and supported by the Trust for Mutual Understanding, American Express, Polish Cultural Institute in New York, and Silesian Dance Theatre.
Dance New Amsterdam
280 Broadway, 2nd Floor (enter on Chambers Street)
FREE
Information: 212-625-8369
www.dnadance.org
Poland in the 1980s: Searching for Revolution in Dance
January-February 2010
Gallery Hours: Daily 9:00am-9:00pm
Polish Dance Theater in Ostatnia niedziela (The Last Sunday), Choreographed by Conrad Drzewiecki
Presented by Dance New Amsterdam
This multi-media exhibition features Polish dance documented through historical video, film, and photography. Curated by Dr. Jacek Łuminski, Founder/Executive Director of Silesian Dance Theatre, and Dr. Agnieszka Jelewska, professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, with advisors Roman Arndt (Poland) and George Jackson (U.S.).
Developed in conjunction with the 2009 Understanding Dance conference in Poland, and supported by the Trust for Mutual Understanding, American Express, Polish Cultural Institute in New York, and Silesian Dance Theatre.
Dance New Amsterdam
280 Broadway, 2nd Floor (enter on Chambers Street)
FREE
Information: 212-625-8369
www.dnadance.org
Yoshiko Chuma & The School of Hard Knocks
Hold the Clock
March 19-21, 2010
Friday-Saturday at 8:00pm, Sunday at 3:00pm
Ursula Eagly of Yoshiko Chuma & The School of Hard Knocks. Photo by Yi Zhao.
Presented by the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center and GOH Productions
Yoshiko Chuma was the first Western artist invited to work with dancers in Budapest, Hungary in 1986. Since that landmark project, she has spearheaded residencies and toured extensively throughout the region. Using a combination of text, movement, and media in a live installation, Chuma challenges her collaborators—including choreographers Ursula Eagly and Jon Kinzel, and lighting designer Rie Ono—to co-create this world premiere that questions the ‘revolutions’ in East Central Europe via the personal histories of The School of Hard Knocks.
Commissioned in part by the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Festival for its 75th Anniversary Season: Past-Future-Now. Funded in part by the Harkness Foundation for Dance, Jody and John Arnhold, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, among others.
Buttenwieser Hall, 92nd Street Y
1395 Lexington Avenue (at 92nd Street)
$15
Tickets/Information: 212-415-5500
www.92Y.org/Harkness
SAMETOVÁ - VELVETY
Directed by Pavel Dobruský
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
March 25-28, 2010
Thursday-Sunday at 7:30pm
Hana Kalouskova, courtesy Agentura Dell’Arte
Presented by Agentura Dell'Arte and The Tank
Set in the Communist Ministry of Culture, a lonely young janitor daydreams while cleaning up the excrement of the regime. In her fantasy, the Velvet Revolution happens and she is selected to be the new minister. Using classic Czech cynicism and humor, this dance theater work utilizes an interactive set of panels that chronicle the events of the Velvet Revolution, and draws on influences from Hasek, Kafka, Kundera, and others. Performed by Hana Kalouskova, with an installation by Milan David, and documentary materials and projection by Pavel Stingl.
The Tank
354 West 45th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues)
$15
Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com
www.thetanknyc.org
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