US Premiere: REIGEN ad lib by Dood Paard

Dood Paard, REIGEN ad lib. Photo: Sanne Peper

Thursday, April 28 and 29, 2011 at 8:00 PM
Peter B. Lewis Theater, Solomon R. Guggenheim - New York, NY
For tickets on April 28 / April 29
Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 3:00 PM and 8:00 PM
Peter B. Lewis Theater, Solomon R. Guggenheim - New York, NY
For tickets at 3:00 PM / 8:00 PM

For article by Nicole Estvanik Taylor in the American Theatre (March 2011)

Dood Paard, an Amsterdam-based theater collective without a director or set designer, performs REIGEN ad lib, a verbatim and uniquely contemporary staging of playwright Arthur Schnitzler’s Reigen (Full Circle, 1897). Scandalous during its time, Reigen was banned for more than 20 years, with only one unauthorized performance in Budapest in 1912. Performing on vintage mattresses, Dood Paard members are costumed in underwear and gaudy attire while sexual acts are intimated through stroboscopic projections of artist Marco Brambilla’s video Sync from Destricted (2006), a collection of short erotic films by various artists. This program is supported in part by public funds from the Netherlands Cultural Services.

Dood Paard presents REIGEN ad lib - GUGGENHEIM New York

Nederlands Dans Theater US Tour

Nederlands Dans Theater I. Photo: Joris-Jan Bos

Friday, March 18, 2011 at t.b.a.

Berkeley Zellerbach Auditorium - Berkeley, CA

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Saturday, March 19, 2011 at t.b.a.

Berkeley Zellerbach Auditorium - Berkeley, CA

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 7:30 PM
LA Music Center - Los Angeles, CA

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Thursday, March 24, 2011 at 7:30 PM

LA Music Center - Los Angeles, CA

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at t.b.a.

The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC

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Wednesday, March 30, 2011at t.b.a.

The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC

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For a special to the Los Angeles Times by Victoria Looseleaf (March 20, 2011)

Never before did Paul Lightfoot and Sol León make a piece this long, 45 minutes, and hardly ever was the result so compelling and well-balanced. “Silent Screen” is set to the abstract and yet emotional music of Philip Glass (“Glassworks” and the soundtrack of “The Hours”). The piece is made for Nederlands Dans Theater I and it begins with a fascinating duet against the background of a solitary man vanishing into the sea. When the dancers disengage themselves from the images, they display harmony and happiness. Then the sea transforms into a forest and the atmosphere changes. Despite its high degree of technicality, the ballet refers to great themes of life and has a profound emotional overtone.  

The other piece that will be performed is Jiří Kylián's ''Whereabouts Unknown''. Kylián: "There is a line in my work, which always traces back to the 'whereabouts' of our existence. The dances of the Australian Aborigines or rhythms, rituals, masks of African people - the point of his interest is the same: It is the traces old civilisations have left. Artifacts, materials, traditions speak by themselves, show the way back into a living past. The attempt is to journey into their world to discover our world  - by trying to read the controversial messages of the conscious and unconscious, the visible and hidden, to uncover those above and those under the ground."

Nederlands Danstheater's (NDT) dancers display virtuosity and unparalleled expression while performing a challenging repertoire; the company performs much-praised works by former house choreographer Jiří Kylián and the present house choreographers Paul Lightfoot and Sol León, as well as new creations by established choreographers and upcoming talent from inside and outside the company.

NDT originated in 1959 when 22 people broke free from the Nederlands Ballet. These rebels were impassioned by dance and the desire to give it a style all their own. Under the direction of Carel Birnie and Benjamin Harkarvy, they steadily built a different repertoire of modern dance. Fifty years later Nederlands Dans Theater has become one of the leading dance companies in the world. A rich repertoire has been built up with works from master choreographers Jiří Kylián and Hans van Manen, as well as from resident choreographers Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, associate choreographers Crystal Pite and Johan Inger and many other guest choreographers like Ohad Naharin, Nacho Duato and William Forsythe. Under the direction of artistic director Jim Vincent, Nederlands Dans Theater attracts full houses world-wide. 

Giulia Mureddu 2 weeks Residency at Dance New Amsterdam

Giulia Mureddu. Photo: www.dnadance.org

Modern Guest Artist Classes

Monday Feb 28 - Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 2:00-4:00 PM

DNA's Theatre - New York, NY

Public Residency Showing

Friday, March 11, 2011 at 2:00 PM

DNA's Theatre - New York, NY

Admission: free

 

DNA is pleased to host choreographer Giulia Mureddu, from The Netherlands, for a two-week creative residency in March 2011. DNA first presented Mureddu in the OBject.obJECT series in February 2011. DNA is thrilled to not only welcome her back, but also to provide their community with the unique opportunity of working with an international artist of this caliber and to continue their relationship with The Netherlands through the Netherlands Cultural Services and the Netherland-America Foundation.

The work of Giulia Mureddu (IT/NL) is characterized by multilayered performances in which disarming humor, theatrical and physical dance intermingle. Mureddu is a dance theatre artist whose priority is to act beyond the borders of already known forms and aesthetics. Her performances consistently build a close relationship with the viewer through provocation and play. Also, Mureddu aims to initiate possibilities of exchange and discussion within the performing field, crossing the borders between makers, performers, specialists and public by way of linking performances, workshops and encountering.

De Stilte at IPAY Showcase in Tampa

 
Wednesday January 19, 2011 - Saturday January 22, 2011
International Performing Arts for Youth SHOWCASE 2011

Tampa, FL

An adventurous journey through Alice's dream world, with exciting pursuits and unexpected turns. Doors of all shapes and sizes offer a peek into the kitchen of our fantasy, where the strangest dishes are prepared. Alice transforms into different characters, growing and shrinking while chasing the rabbit, running into creatures she wishes she'd never met.
"Alice" is a dance about big and small, for the young and old.

De Stilte is the only professional dance company in the Southern region of The Netherlands, that focuses entirely on developing and producing performances for children. Established in 1990, De Stilte has thus far launched 24 performances and 12 special projects. Over a period of fifteen years (1994-2009) there have been 1,800 performances, attended by over 280,000 visitors. Since 2006, De Stilte has witnessed a tremendous international growth and has become an important ambassador of Dutch youth dance abroad. Performances are regularly danced in Belgium and Germany, but De Stilte has also been a guest in Turkey, Scotland, Latvia, Lithuania, Spain, Hungary, Finland, Marocco, Austria and Curaçao.

International Performing Arts for Youth (IPAY) is the premiere membership organization in the world today servicing and supporting the professional community of performing arts for young audiences. Our membership is comprised of a growing worldwide network of artists, producers, presenters, agents, educators and students that are dedicated and involved in producing, presenting and promoting all forms of theatre, music, dance, circus, puppetry and more.

Noord Nederlandse Dans at Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York

December 2 - December 3, 2010

Baryshnikov Arts Center

450 West 37th Street, Suite 501
New York, NY 10018

'Tidal' is a combination of dance and live singing in which the makers have explored new artistic boundaries together. Singer Nynke Laverman, known for great versatility from pop to orchestra and electronic music, takes on the musical execution. In this performance you will experience the magic of dancer and singer together on stage. An adventurous journey in which choreographer Stephen Shropshire, singer Nynke Laverman and musical composer Anne Parlevliet stretch their creative boundaries within an arrangement of contemporary music.

Noord Nederlandse Dans operates under the artistic directorship of Stephen Shropshire. With Shropshire at the helm, the company -which has long been known for its athleticism, musicality and virtuosity- continues to present programs that are both emotionally and intellectually engaging as well as physically thrilling. His work, along with the work of a new generation of young international choreographers, re-confirms the company's position as one of the most exciting and original modern dance companies working in the Netherlands today.

Slow Dancing at Lincoln Center

November 20, 2010

Slow Dancing is a series of 43 larger-than-life, hyper-slow-motion video portraits of dancers and choreographers from around the world, displayed on multiple screens. Each subject's movement (approximately 5 seconds long) was shot on a specially constructed set using a high-speed, high-definition camera recording at 1,000 frames per second (standard film captures 30 frames per second). The result is approximately 10 minutes of extreme slow motion. The trio of portraits will be randomly selected for each cycle, allowing viewers to simultaneously compare dancers from different styles and cultures.

What at first appears to be a series of still photographs unfolds gesture by barely perceptible gesture -a motion portrait in which each dancer's unique artistic expression and technique are revealed. Viewers can choose to focus on one dancer's complete performance or observe the interplay among the screens. The extreme slow motion enables the viewer to share privileged information about the complexity of the simplest gestures, catching details that would normally escape the naked eye.

Robert Steijn performs at Danspace Project - New York, NY (April 15-17, 2010)

April 15-17, 2010 at 8PM

In April, Danspace Project return for the final performance of Ralph Lemon' s i get lost Platform, Robert and Maria, created and performed by Maria Hassabi and Robert Steijn. "You dance inside my chest where no one sees you, but sometimes, I do, and this sight makes our dance."

Maria Hassabi has been performing shows since childhood, and Robert Steijn began dancing rituals at forty-five. In this first duet they dance together, they ask themselves where outside differences meet inside similarities. They desperately want to know when opposites become the two sides of the same coin, called love.

PLATFORMS 2010 is a component of Danspace Project's Choreographic Center Without Walls (CW2), a multi-year commissioning and presentation research and development project which has received major support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. As part of Platforms 2010, Robert and Maria is made possible with funds from the 2009-2010 Danspace Project Commissioning Initiative with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York.

Tickets

$18/$12 for members

Danspace Project

131 East 10th Street

New York, NY 10003

http://www.danspaceproject.org/