Laboration Art and Caterina Rago Dance Companies Set for Take Root at Green Space Next Month

Green Space is pleased to offer a diverse roster of new/emerging artists in September.

Fertile Ground will present new work by various artists and Take Root will present an evening of work by Laboration Art Company and Caterina Rago Dance Company.

Take Root performances are set for September 18th & 19th and Fertile Ground New Works Showcase is slated for September 20th at Green Space, 37-24 24th St., (bet. 37 & 38th Ave.), Long Island City, NY 11101.

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TAKE ROOT, now in its 7th season, aids in the continued development and performance of new dance work of various aesthetics by providing choreographers with the opportunity to be produced in a paired evening of work. This once a month series supports dance makers by providing our venue, Green Space, with full technical and marketing support.

September 18th & 19th 2015
8:00pm
Admission: $15
Tickets are available at the door or online at www.GreenSpaceStudio.org

About the Work

Laboration Art Company: "Do you know you have been recorded?" is a multidisciplinary constant work-in-process. Thinking how do our bodies and minds react knowing that someone is watching them? Without personal approval, someone, somewhere is observing the way we are breathing, talking and getting inspired. Without any political engagement but more as anthropologist, the three performers are exploring, reacting and digging into our natural reaction towards an invisible camera constantly turning on oneself.

Caterina Rago Dance Company: The labyrinth is a disorienting journey that leads within, hiding the most mysterious self. An inner maze that is projected outwardly. A complex path that never seems to end. The maze is a figurative representation of abstract and intriguing reality. A journey over the limits into a dimension yet to be explored. An adventure that will transport you from the darkness to the light. The maze is in man! He is forced to explore it to find himself, the center, the core of his being.

"Fall in Autumn", the new, evening-length work - both stirring and full of emotional momentum. I can attest to Rago's knack for creating an unrelenting environment in her dances. For the dance aficionados of New York and the dance laymen, her work will have an equally valuable impact." - Jennifer Thompson. NY Dance Examiner

Company/ Choreographer Biographies

Laboration Art Company: Laura graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de danse (CNSM). After three years of study, Laura received the National Conservatory Diploma which led her to join the Jeune Ballet of the CNSM. The year after, she joined Judith Sanchez Ruiz Company in NYC, first as a trainee, then as a dancer and finally became her choreographic assistant. Together they worked for the Guggenheim Museum of New York City and the Hispanico Ballet, among others. In New York City, Laura worked with choreographers Dai Jian, Korhan Basaran, Kristie Spessard, with the artist Mikael Alan. Always creating, the mythic Judson Church selected her work "Nervosa" to be part of their spring season and she created her first full evening performance called "Le pli" supported by the Centre National de la Danse and Scène Nationale du Carreau (France). While starting her choreographic process, Laura Arend was a member of the well-known Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company II in 2012 as well as the French dance company: F521.i. Today, Laura Arend keeps performing as a free-lance performer for independent choreographers such as Oz Mulay or Laura Lipko. Laboration Art Company became her priority in 2013. In 2014, the Artstation Gallery in Tel-Aviv presented her site-specific performance. Her first video dance, "83 Snakes", was shown in the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, Greece, France, US among others. Fascinated by the fusion between Arts, 2015 marks her collaboration with Sharon Glazberg at the Ein Harod Museum. After training in India at the Sampporna Yago School, Laura is now a yoga teacher certified by Yoga Alliance US and UK.

Caterina Rago Dance Company: Originally from Italy, Caterina Rago, obtained her B.F.A. from l'Accademia Nazionale di Danza in Rome. She completed the Professional Training Program at Martha Graham Center. In 2009 she joined the Martha Graham Dance Company in "Clytemnesta" and touring in Italy in the original cast of "Cercando Picasso","Baccanti" and "Prometeo". Principal Dancer of the Off-Broadway Show "Spider Dance", directed by Jeff Whiting. Ms. Rago officially founded the Caterina Rago Dance Company in 2007. Ms Rago is also a guest teacher in numerous dance centers in Italy and New York City.

FERTILE GROUND is a monthly new works showcase for emerging and established artists now in its 10th season, producing the work of over 50 choreographers each year. This non-curated performance event features five or six choreographers each evening and includes a post-performance discussion with wine and cheese, moderated by Green Space's Artistic Director, Valerie Green.

September 20th, 2015

7pm

Admission: $12

Tickets are available at the door or online at www.GreenSpaceStudio.org

Featuring:

East Rock Dance Theater

Johnnie Cruise Mercer and TheREDProject

Kelley Donovan

Mook Dance Company

Rhythmic Synergy

Sapphire Squirrel Productions

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Dance Entropy Inc. created its company home base, Green Space, in Long Island City, in November 2005. Green Space is a spacious 2000 sq. foot venue housed in a former silk factory with magnificent views overlooking Manhattan. Green Space offers choreographers, dancers and the local community an affordable professional dance rehearsal, class, and performance space in New York City.

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.)

Photo Credits: Christina DeRoos and Federica Dall'Orso