NEW YORK LIVE ARTS presents Rashaun Mitchell's Studio Series Showing
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NEW YORK LIVE ARTS
NEW YORK LIVE ARTS
2013-2014 Studio Series showings continue with
Rashaun Mitchell’s
Untitled
May 9 & 10 at 6:00pm
New York, NY, May 2, 2014 – New York Live Arts presents the Studio Series showing of Rashaun Mitchell’s Untitled, Friday, May 9 and Saturday, May 10 at 6:00pm in the third floor studios at New York Live Arts.
Mitchell’s newest work (shown through the Studio Series as a work in progress of a piece scheduled to premiere in spring 2015) is an exploration of the invisible, lost memories and entanglements of culture through four distinct solos. The solos, for performers Silas Riener, Cori Kresge, Hiroki Ichinose and Melissa Toogood, were each created through a process of both improvisation and responses to text-based stimuli. Throughout the work, inquiries of lineage, preference, history and the accumulation of physical information come into play, ultimately provoking questions like: how can the memory systems that exist within the accomplished dancers’ bodies be molded into new ideas and movement pathways, and is it possible to progress without rejecting the past? Eventually, these solos will be combined into one group piece, seeking to build a new fantastical world for expansive modes of representation and new possibilities for transformation.
Studio Series is supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Jerome Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts.
Studio Series work-in-process showings will take place in New York Live Arts’ studios. Tickets are $5. There will be free in-process talks after each showing with an array of moderators. Tickets are available online at newyorklivearts.org/tickets, by phone at 212-924-0077 and in person at the box office. Box office hours are Monday to Friday from 1 to 9pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 12 to 8pm. New York Live Arts is located at 219 West 19th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues. There will be no late seating.
*** Studio Series work-in-process showings are not open for review. ***
Listing info:
Rashaun Mitchell
Fri, May 9 at 6:00pm (in-process talk moderated by Claudia La Rocco)
Sat, May 10 at 6:00pm (in-process talk moderated by Claudia La Rocco)
3rd Floor Studios, New York Live Arts
Tickets: $5
T: 212-924-0077 | www.newyorklivearts.org
219 W 19th Street, New York, NY 10011
Box Office hours:
Monday-Friday 1 – 9pm | Saturday-Sunday 12 – 8pm
About Rashaun Mitchell:
Rashaun Mitchell started his dance training at Concord Academy and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 2000. Since then he has worked with many dance artists including: Chantal Yzermans, Donna Uchizono, Pam Tanowitz, Risa Jaroslow, Sara Rudner, Jonah Bokaer, Richard Colton, Deborah Hay, Rebecca Lazier and Silas Riener. He has received numerous awards: a 2014 Guggenheim Fellowship; a Princess Grace Award: Dance Fellowship (2007); a New York Dance and Performance "Bessie" Award for sustained achievement in the work of Merce Cunningham 2004 2012 (2011); a Bessie for “Outstanding Emerging Choreographer” (2012); and a Foundation for Contemporary Art "Grant to Artists" (2013). He is a Cunningham Fellow and licensed stager of the repertory. His choreography has been presented in New York City by Danspace Project, Baryshnikov Arts Center, La Mama Moves Festival, Mount Tremper Arts, Skirball Center at NYU, Museum of Arts and Design and at numerous venues and universities throughout the East Coast. With Silas Riener, he was listed in Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" for 2013. He is currently on faculty at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and is a member of LMCC's inaugural Extended Life Dance Development Program.
About the Studio Series:
Created in 2005 by Dance Theater Workshop and continued by New York Live Arts, the Studio Series residency program uses a strong focus on creative process to encourage artist’s examinations of movement-based art. Each Studio Series artist receives a commission, 100 hours of creative residency time and is invited to conduct two informal showings. These in-process showings create a framework for the artist to share ideas with an audience in the intimate working space of the studio. Each year, a select number of mid-career artists are given a Studio Series residency as part of a one- to two-year program of support, leading up to a commission and season presentation. Studio Series artists are curated by Artistic Director Carla Peterson in conjunction with Benjamin Kimitch, Producing Associate/Assistant to the Artistic Director, and Marya Wethers, former Studio Series Program Manager (current International Project Director).
ABOUT NEW YORK LIVE ARTS
New York Live Arts is an internationally recognized destination for innovative movement-based artistry offering audiences access to art and artists notable for their conceptual rigor, formal experimentation and active engagement with the social, political and cultural currents of our times. At the center of this identity is Bill T. Jones, Executive Artistic Director, a world-renowned choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer.
We commission, produce and present performances in our 20,000 square foot home, which includes a 184-seat theater and two 1,200 square foot studios that can be combined into one large studio. New York Live Arts serves as home base for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, provides an extensive range of participatory programs for adults and young people and supports the continuing professional development of artists. Our influence extends beyond NYC through our international cultural exchange program that currently places artists in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Funding Support for New York Live Arts
Major support for New York Live Arts is provided by: The Brownstone Foundation; The Robert Sterling Clark Foundation; Con Edison; The Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts; Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art; The Ford Foundation; The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation; Florence Gould Foundation; Japan Foundation; Jerome Foundation; Lambent Foundation; MAP Fund, a program of Creative Capital; The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Mertz Gilmore Foundation; Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation; New England Foundation for the Arts; Robert Rauschenberg Foundation; The Rockefeller Foundation NYC Cultural Innovation Fund; The Jerome Robbins Foundation; The Scherman Foundation; The Shubert Foundation; and the Trust for Mutual Understanding. New York Live Arts is supported by public funds administered by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
