January at Green Space to Feature FERTILE GROUND & TAKE ROOT
By: Julie Musbach Dec. 18, 2017
Green Space is pleased to announce a diverse roster of new/emerging artists for its signature programs this September. Take Root will present an evening of work by Kaoru Ikeda/MoustacheCat Dance and Xiang Xu Dance Theater on November 10th and 11th, and Fertile Ground showcases the creative output of multiple dance artists.
"With a backdrop of the Manhattan skyline twinkling through the tall, dusty windows of a former silk factory, both established and emerging NY choreographers show off their most recent works." -Queens Chronicle
TAKE ROOT, now in its 9th season, cultivates dance of varying aesthetics by producing choreographers' work in a full-length or paired-work evening. This monthly series supports dance makers by providing our venue, Green Space, along with full technical and marketing support to present their work to the NYC public.
8pm
Advance sale tickets: $15 online at www.GreenSpaceStudio.org
Tickets purchased at door: $20 cash, $22 credit card
About the Work
Subject to Change questions the notion of artistic devotion by excavating the dances that exist in our dreams, the ones that have yet to be realized. Part opera, part confessional, the performance acts as an ontological study of connection, commitment, and resilience, and follows individuals as they uncover the deeper currents of their artistic motivations and values. Navigating through the past, present and future in order to arrive at a new space of devotion, the work explores the beauty in being in the 'middle' for the post-emerging artist.
Subject to Change was supported by Movement Research (NY), Dragon's Egg Arts Residency (CT), Performance Mix Festival (NY), and the Mertz Gilmore Late-Stage Stipend Grant via Green Space. Additional support was provided by BkSD (NY), Hellerau (DE), La Visiva (SP), and Middlebury College (VT).
Company/ Choreographer Biography
Born in Tokyo, Japan and raised in Northern California, Julian Barnett lives in New York and works frequently in Europe and abroad. As an artists, he creates performances that explore the socio-political possibilities for transformation and empathy, through the lenses of philosophy, musicology, science, visual art, and the supernatural. His works have be commissioned and presented by Danspace Project, PS 122, AUNTS at American Realness, Joyce Theater (NY), Hubbard Street (Chicago), Tangente (Montreal), Performatica (Mexico), Kampnagel (Hamburg), Dansateliers (Rotterdam), Dansehallerne (Copenhagen), i-Dance Festival (Hong Kong), and more. Julian has been a US/Japan Creative Artist Fellow in Tokyo and an artist in residence at K3 Zentrum für Choreographie in Hamburg. He is currently on faculty at Middlebury College, and has taught, lectured and mentored at Princeton, Juilliard, NYU, and others. As a performer, Julian has had the privilege of working with Jeanine Durning, Steve Paxton, Wally Cardona, Daria Fain, Johannes Wieland, and Benoit Lachambre, as a danceWEB scholar at Implustanz in Vienna.
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FERTILE GROUND has supported the emerging and established artists' community for 12 seasons, showcasing the work of over 50 choreographers each year. The non-curated program features five dance makers each evening and includes a post-performance discussion with wine, moderated by Green Space's Artistic Director, Valerie Green.
January 21, 2017
7pm
Advance sale tickets: $13 online at www.GreenSpaceStudio.org
Tickets purchased at door: $13 cash, $15 credit card
Featuring:
Alexandria Giroux
AR Movement Design
Bethany Logan
BOM DIGGS
Jordyn Kahler
Lianna E. King
DANCE ENTROPY / GREEN SPACE
Dance Entropy Inc. created its company home, Green Space, in Long Island City in 2005. Housed in a former silk factory with magnificent views overlooking Manhattan, the lofty 2000 square foot space offers an affordable venue for the creation and practice of dance. Green Space and Dance Entropy are committed to accessibility, diversity, education, and collaboration, providing dance artists and their work space to grow in New York City through monthly performance platforms and year-round class and rehearsal space.
DIRECTIONS
By Subway: N, Q, or the 7 to Queensboro Plaza, the first stop outside Manhattan. Take the North pedestrian bridge to the street. Look to your right, you will see Crescent St., turn right on Crescent and walk to 38th Ave. Turn left on 38th Ave. Walk one block to 24th street. Green Space is in the red brick, four-story building. (Approximately a ten-minute walk.)
SPONSORS FOR DANCE ENTROPY / GREEN SPACE
Green Space is supported, in part, by public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, NYC Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and The Mertz Gilmore Foundation.
Photo credit: Jocelyn Tobias
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