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Site-Specific 4CHAMBERS Begins July 6 on Governors Island

By: May. 21, 2013
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Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects invites audiences to experience their hearts from the inside out with the world premiere of 4CHAMBERS. Created, directed and choreographed by Jody Oberfelder, this site-specific blend of dance, theater, film and visual installation runs July 6 - 21 at Officers House 15 on Governors Island.

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4CHAMBERS is a sensorial journey into the human heart. Officers' House 15 on Governor's Island has been transformed into an intimate performance space with corridors that function as arteries and veins leading to four discrete performance chambers. Guided by six cast members, an audience of 12 circulates through the space, monitoring their own hearts throughout this interactive multimedia performance.

4CHAMBERS features live performances by Michele Jongeneel, Mary Madsen, Zachary Denison, Jake Szczypek, Joey Kipp, Mercedes Searer and Edward Einhorn, with on-film performances by Ishmael Houston Jones, Kathryn Merry, Sarah Trignano, Lonnie Poupard, ChristinaNoel Reaves, Jessica Weiss, and Dr. Wendy Suzuki. The productions features video by Jason Bahling and Jake Witlen, lighting by Kathy Kaufmann, sets by Juergen Riehm, and music by Andy Akiho, Matt McBane, Richard Einhorn, and Jonathan Melville Pratt. Kryssy Wright is stage manager, Steven Cleveland is technical facilitator and Pele Bauch is dramaturg.

Recognized as "full of invention and wit," by The New York Times, Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects combines strength and virtuosic movement with levity and whimsical physical imagination. The company has found an international audience at venues in Europe and Asia, from the Centre National de la Danse in Paris, Die Werkstatt in Dusseldorf, The Pusan National Theater in Korea, The 20th Annual International Festival of Modern Dance in Seoul, to The Belgrade Dance Festival with performances at The Belgrade State Theater in Serbia and the State Theater of Montenegro in Podorica. The company has performed nationally at Jacob's Pillow, MASS MoCA, Washington College in Maryland, and The Yard in Martha's Vineyard and throughout New York City at venues including Abrons Arts Center, Michael SchimMel Center for the Arts, DNA, Lincoln Center's Clark Studio Theater, The Ailey Center, Dance New Amsterdam, Symphony Space, The Jewish Museum, The Flea Theater, Joyce SoHo, and PS 122. Jody has received commissions from The Orchestra of St. Luke's (Dido & Aeneas) and Brooklyn Philharmonic (Stravinsky's The Soldier's Tale)

4CHAMBERS runs July 6-21, Saturdays and Sundays at 11:30 AM, 1 PM, 2:30 PM, 4 PM & 5:30 PM. All performances are free with a suggested donation of $25. For reservations, email mercedes@jodyoberfelder.com on or after June 3. For more info visitwww.jodyoberfelder.com.

Performances take place at Officers House 15 on Governors Island. The free Governors Island Ferry departs from the Battery Maritime Building located 10 South Street, adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry in Lower Manhattan -- accessible from?1 to South Ferry; 4, 5 to Bowling Green; R to Whitehall St. Station. Ferries leave at 10 AM, 11 AM and then every half your. From Brooklyn, free ferries leave from Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 6 at the foot of Atlantic Avenue beginning at 11 AM. Ferries run every 20 minutes. Visitors to the Island can also take the East River Ferry Service for $4. For a full schedule of the East River Ferry and for fare information visitwww.nywaterway.com.




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