Nicole Beutler at EMPAC

Nicole Beutler in 1: Songs. Photo: Anja Beutler

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 + Thursday, April 1, 2011 at 7:00 PM

'2: Dialogue with Lucinda' (based on Radial Courses + Interior Drama by Lucinda Childs)

EMPAC Studio 1, Goodmen - Troy, NY

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Thursday, March 30, 2011 + Thursday, April 1, 2011 at 9:00 PM

'1: Songs' (ft. Sanja Mitrovic and Gary Shepherd)

EMPAC Studio 2 - Troy, NY

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The dialogue with Lucinda Childs covers the underlying choreographic scores and fiendishly complex performances of the dancers. Radial Courses is based on three movement sequences in a constantly shifting, circulatory composition. In Interior Drama, five dancers conform to an apparently perfect system, moving in repetitive and hallucinatory patterns. Childs describes her own work as an "intense experience of intense looking and listening." Beutler's reinterpretations focus on the individual dancer's roles and actions within the group patterns, revealing parallel realities and the ritualistic qualities of both dances.

'1: Songs' is a dramatic solo performance in the style of a rock song-cycle that crosses rough terrain. Performer Sanja Mitrovic channels the final words of tragic female protagonists from the history of theater, including Antigone, Medea, and Gretchen, allowing their timeless cries of suffering to enter her body and distinctly contemporary voice. As she shouts, speaks, and sings, she violently shifts between characters, at times fragile, raw, calculating, or emotional. Created by director and choreographer Nicole Beutler, with electronic music by DJ/composer Gary Shepherd, 1: Songs asks us to reconsider the words of these classic literary heroines (and anti-heroines) in the here and now.

Nicole Beutler works with the tension between intense emotionality and cool calculation while also reflecting on the history of theater. How do we look at emotions - what moves us and what doesn't? How does the past resonate in our contemporary reality? These are issues that are at stake in Nicole Beutler's work. Always searching for new forms, she currently is drawn to working with existing texts or dances.

Nicole is a choreographer, curator and performer based in Amsterdam. Her work is situated on the threshold of dance, performance, and visual arts. She seeks to precisely articulate sense and experience through performances, installations, and books. Her performances are composed musically, and suffused with subtle humor. They are characterized by minimal stage sets and a focus on the performer as a human being.

Exceptional Dutch line up at SXSW

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Friday, March 18, 2011 - Sunday, March 20, 2011

SXSW Music - Austin, TX

For complete line up and ticket info: SXSW

For a review of SXSW 2011 by Arjen Davidse (March 17, 2011 - in Dutch)
For interviews with SXSW (audio)

The Netherlands is coming to South by Southwest (SXSW) and they are looking to make an impact on one of the largest festivals the U.S. has to offer. The Dutch Impact party will offer an exceptional line up of Dutch artists including including, Laura Jansen, The Black Atlantic, Death Letters, Go Back to the Zoo and De Staat (Mascot Music). Also three other Dutch bands from The Hague will be there to perform: Pitch Blond, Pop Up Animal Kids and The Deaf. 

The SXSW Music and Media Conference celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2011. Reaching a quarter of a century of being the biggest and most anticipated convergence of all things music, SXSW is ready to keep the reputation alive by programming the best event yet.

APAP Conference

The next APAP (Arts Presenters Conference) will kick off at the 6th of January. During this event there will be delegations of the Theater Institute of The Netherlands (TIN) and the Music Center of The Netherlands (MCN).Their delegations will include several artists and arts organizations. Also taking place during APAP is the Under the Radar Festival.

Some of the Dutch artist performing during the APAP and Under the Radar Festival:

Theatergroup Space will perform the 7th of January at the Speed Dating Series Under the Radar

Tineke Postma (jazzsaxophonist)performing the 8th of January at Zinc Bar, New York, 8:30pm













Amina Figarova (Jazz Pianist/Composer) performing the 7th of January at Zinc Bar, New York, 6:30pm











The Cultural Section of the Consulate General of New York will have its Specialist in the Performing Arts: Gabri Christa-Reid and Erwin Maas in attendance

For further information about APAP,Under the Radar,TIN, MCN and the artist being showcased go to:
http://www.theaterinstituut.nl/
http://www.muziekcentrumnederland.nl/
http://www.apapnyc.org/
http://www.undertheradarfestival.com/
http://www.aminafigarova.com/
http://www.spaceworld.nl/
http://www.tinekepostma.com/

Dutch bands at CMJ

CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival dominates New York City with 5 nonstop days and nights of over 1,200 live band performances and dozens of films from October 19 - 23. This year there are four Dutch bands invited to play.

De Staat                 October 21 at Ace of Clubs
The Black Alantic    October 22 at The Living Room
Daily Bread             October 23 at Arlenes Grocery
Moss                      October 23 at Bowery Poety Club

More info: http://cmj2010.com/