Dance New Amsterdam Fall 2007 Season
Dance New Amsterdam's Fall 2007 Season is made possible by funds from
the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts
and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
DNA PRESENTS DNA PRESENTS
Splice: Alexandra Beller/Dances &
Adele Myers and Dancers Thursday · October 18 · 8pm
*Friday · October 19 · 8pm
Saturday · October 20 · 8pm
Sunday · October 21 · 3pm *Q&A moderated by Lisa Race
Tickets: $20 ($15 members, $17 students)
See slideshow with photos by Steven Schreiber from dress rehearsal 10/17/2007. All rights Reserved
Alexandra Beller's unique blend of passionate movement and demanding text is performed by a startling, multifaceted and multicultural company. The premiere of a new company work, what comes after happy, challenges the American obsession with happiness, deconstructing self-help manuals, spiritual guidance, and children's television in an effort to find out why we must be so happy.
"A lush and hurtling force of nature with a brain"
-Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
Combining humor with robust athleticism and social commentary, Adele Myers transforms the theater with her dance for six women into an intimate and accessible space. Myers' satirical premiere of Is That All There Is, exposes the cracks of the happily-after-after, pushing the performers to extremes and asking, Do you lose it, or keep it together?
"[Myers' Slipline is] a rich little world"
-Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice
Listen to Alexandra Beller, artistic director of Alexandra Beller/Dances and DNA faculty, speak about happiness and her new piece in an interview by Armand DiMele, host of The Positive Mind on WBAI New York (October 3rd, 2007)
This production of SPLICE is made possible, in part, by a grant from Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
with the generous support of the September 11th Fund. ^ back to top
Alexandra Beller/Dances
Adele Myers and Dancers
DNA PRESENTS
DNA Performance Project Friday · October 26 · 8pm
Saturday · October 27 · 8pm
Sunday · October 28 · 3pm
Tickets: $17 ($12 members, $15 students) Choreographers: Dalia Carella, Rachel Feinerman, Isabel Gotzkowsky, Katiti King and Nia Love
The DNA Performance Project is a four-week workshop held twice a year and features the choreography
of distinguished faculty members and guest artists. Students of DNA and the choreographers work collaboratively
to create a brand new work that culminates in fully produced performances. Past choreographers have
included DNA Faculty Members Antolino Alvarez, Jennifer Archibald, Ezra Caldwell, Isabel Gotzkowsky,
Katiti King, Nia Love, Diane McCarthy, Benny Simon and Oliver Steele.
The Fall program will feature dancers of all levels, from beginner to advanced, in a variety of
genres that represent the diversity of DNA's school programming. click here for workshop info
See slideshow with photos by Steven Schreiber from dress rehearsal 10/25/2007. All rights Reserved
DNA PRESENTS
Douglas Dunn & Dancers Nothing Further Thursday · November 8 · 8pm
Friday · November 9 · 8pm
Saturday · November 10 · 8pm
Sunday · November 11 · 3pm
Tickets: $25 ($20 members, $22 students) "Exquisite moves and gestures are tucked almost casually into the fabric of [Dunn's] dance."
-Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times
DNA is thrilled to present Nothing Further, a revival of Dunn's intricately agile and groundbreaking work from the 1970's, with
costumes and video presentation by Charles Atlas. Dunn presents a new company in a collage drawn from his signature works Time
Out (1974), Four for Nothing (1973), and One Thing Leads to Another (1971), and concludes the program with a revival
of his celebrated Coquina (1979). This revival of Coquina was commissioned, in part, with public funds from the New York
State Council on the Arts, a state agency. DNA's collaboration with Charles Atlas was funded, in part,
by the support of New York State Assemblymember Deborah J. Glick through a grant from the NYS Office of
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Schedule of Events:
Gallery Exhibition of Costumes with Video by Charles Atlas: Monday, October 29th, Sunday, November 11* Douglas Dunn Composition Workshop: Monday, Tuesday & Thursday, October 29, October 30 & November 1, 2:00 - 4:00 PM Performance Preview of Douglas Dunn and Dancers: Saturday, November 3rd, 1:00 - 2:00 PM DNA's Opening Night Reception for Douglas Dunn and Dancers: Thursday, November 8, 7:00 PM Screening of "Secret of the Waterfall" by Charles Atlas (Susan Dowling, producer of the video for WGBH Boston, will participate):Thursday, Friday & Saturday, November 8, 9 & 10, 6:30 PM Conversation: New York Dance in the 70's w/ Douglas Dunn, Charles Atlas and Deborah Jowitt: Sunday, November 11, 1:30 PM
See slideshow with photos by Steven Schreiber from dress rehearsal 11/07/2007. All rights Reserved
DNA PRESENTS
everything smaller The Map and The Machine Thursday · November 29 · 8pm
Friday · November 30 · 8pm
Saturday · December 1 · 8pm
Sunday · December 2 · 3pm
Tickets: $20 ($15 members, $17 students) Performance preview: Tuesday November 20th from 4:30-5:30pm. "Watching their movement is like watching confetti fly and unfold in the wind." -The Brooklyn Rail The Map and The Machine launches us into a world where two brothers simply survive,
despite the challenges of daily life. Imagination and unconditional love inform the characters'
actions and is the driving energy of the story. Is it courageous to function, quietly coping or
can they turn their fears into flight and be able to rise out of the ordinary into the extraordinary?
See slideshow with photos by Steven Schreiber from dress rehearsal 11/28/2007. All rights Reserved
DNA PRESENTS
Rebecca Stenn Company Blue Print Redux and Periphery Thursday · December 6 · 8pm
Friday · December 7 · 8pm
Saturday · December 8 · 8pm
Sunday · December 9 · 3pm
Tickets: $20 ($15 members, $17 students) "Wit, concision and gutsy passion" -The New York Times
Rebecca Stenn Company celebrates their 12th year by revisiting their critically acclaimed
work Blue Print alongside the world premiere of Periphery. Both pieces utilize Stenn's signature
technique of bringing together live music, rock, jazz and classical with evocative, athletic dance
to create distinctive pieces that challenge the ways these two mediums interact.
Blue Print Redux was commissioned, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council
on the Arts, a state agency.
See slideshow with photos by Steven Schreiber from dress rehearsal 12/5/2007. All rights Reserved
DNA PRESENTS
RAW Material Thursday · December 13 · 8pm
Friday · December 14 · 8pm
Saturday · December 15 · 8pm
Tickets: $18 ($13 members, $15 students)
Diverse in content, style and medium, RAW Material is a juried performance series that encourages artists to bring new work
to a live audience, and to experiment with new ways of crafting their work.
A Showcase of New Work from Five Contemporary Choreographers
Amanda Waal
Julie Fotheringham
Version Originale / Christina Towle
MELINDA LEE / to think the thought
Regina Nejman & Company
See slideshow with photos by Steven Schreiber from dress rehearsal 12/12/2007. All rights Reserved
Works in Progress Performances: Saturdays in Studio 2 October 20th · 5:30pm
Andrea Gise, Kang Sang Cheung, Jerboa Dance, Marie-Christine Giordano,
compani javedani, Kristin McDonald, small apple November 17th · 5:30pm
Antonia Katrandjieva, Matthew Westerby, Stephanie Blackmon / Labor Force Dances, Barbara Mahler, Marissa Wiseman-Maples, Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama, Cindy B. Reed December 8th · 5:30pm
Isabel Andreu-Burillo, Chris Ferris, Sin Ae Park, Julia Ritter, ellen stokes shadle/DanceWorks, Catey Ott Dance Collective, Judie Clark/Clark Dance Suggested donation: $10 at the door
Works in Progress provides choreographers with the opportunity to present new work in any style and at any stage of development.
Audiences are asked to take notes (paper and pencil come with event programs) and to contribute to a freewheeling commentary
at evening's end. ^ back to top
Artists Present @ DNA
Overground Dance Company BLUEPRINT Saturday · October 6 · 8pm
Tickets: $15 Blueprint reveals the quest for original expression. Based on the concept of divine geometry inherent in nature
and replicated in our human design system, the dance traces common geometric relationships between architectural forms and
our innate DNA blueprint. A string of dynamically pulsating, expanding and shrinking kinetic sculptures snakes through
a pagoda-shaped structure, creating a somewhat encapsulated choreography, radiating rays of angularity and roundness,
of abundance and austerity, of gravity and levity. The juxtaposition of sparse "butoh-esque" vocabulary from within
the structure and a free flowing bodily movement on the outside creates fluctuating contrast of conflict and reconciliation. ^ back to top
CT Meets NY Dance Fest
Presented by Bernier Dance Friday · November 2 · 8pm
Saturday · November 3 · 8pm
Tickets: $20
Come Laugh, come cry. Come join the celebration as the third annual CT MEETS
NY DANCE FEST presents two exhilarating programs by a new generation of movers
and shakers for the 21st century. This years' programs will feature works by Karen Arceneaux / Genesis Dance Company,
Cindy Bernier / Bernier Dance, Nelly van Bommel / Noa Dance, Rob Davidson / KineticArchitecture,
Kathleen Dyer / KDNY, Courtney Ffrench / Vissi Dance Theater, Sue Hogan, Miral Kotb / Miral and
Friends, Kate Mehan and Lynn Peterson / Syren Modern Dance, Lynn Neuman / Artichoke Dance Company,
Jessica Noe and Kate March / NoeMarch Dance Company, Tony Olivares, Daniela Hoff / HoffTanzt, James
Robey / Barebones Dance Project, Mary Seidman / Mary Seidman and Dancers, Tze Chun / Tze Chun Dance Company. ^ back to top
Brooklyn Mecca Dance Showcase Vol. 2 Saturday · November 17 · 8pm
Tickets: $20
Featuring Dance Warrior Project
Ase Dance Theater Collective
Monstah Black
+ more Brooklyn Mecca, a monthly dance event that advances the cultural
heritage of Africa through House Music, hosts its second annual dance
showcase on Saturday, November 17 and Sunday, November 18, 2007. The
showcase will continue to highlight a new art form, known as Afro-House
Dance, which has evolved out of the fusion between traditional African
dance forms and the freestyle movements of House Dancers. Brooklyn
Mecca Dance Showcase will feature the most influential companies and
soloists emerging from New Yorks's underground scene, as well as
established acts that are firmly rooted in the African dance tradition. ^ back to top
Photo Credits Adele Meyers
Lois Greenfield Adexandra Beller
Bruno Gaget Performance Project
Steven Schreiber Douglas Dunn and Dancers
Nathaniel Tileston Rebecca Stenn Company
Jeffery Machtig RAW Material
Steven Schreiber Works in Progress
Steven Schreiber Chase Brock Experience
Sarah Small Overground Dance Company
Kalin Ivanov Brooklyn Mecca Dance Showcase
Khalid Bey
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