The Invisible Dog Announces Winter Program Exhibitions And Performances

The Board of Directors of The Invisible Dog & Lucien Zayan Director announce the winter program of performances and exhibitions at #51Bergen street.

THE REHEARSAL ARTIST BY MICHELLE ELLSWORTH
JANUARY 9-11
A small group of audience members surveils a dancer who is simultaneously: 1) watching reenactments of scenes from 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2) participating in a mash-up of some of the most canonical social science experiments of the last 50 years. Occasionally, an eight-foot-high wooden wheel assists dancers as they rotate in the sagittal plane with their nose as the axis. Each rotation tests the viability of the constructed environment the dancers inhabit and allows the audience to reconsider the nature of stability. Knee aprons, one-way surveillance glass, Mormon temple rituals, and a wooden bikini help prepare the audience for shifts in perspective and other revelations related to death.

Co-Presented by The Invisible Dog Art Center and Gibney Dance
Part of American Realness 2018
Single Ticket $25, Festival Pass $20, $10 suggested donation
Booking Tickets (coming soon)
Multiple performances per day more info
Performances of The Rehearsal Artist for American Realness 2018 are made possible with support from The Invisible Dog Art Center, Performance Space 122, and Gibney Dance.

DISPLACEMENT BY MITHKAL ALZGHAIR
January 14-15
How does a body react when its movement is forced or it is halted? Which physical and cultural knowledge do people internalize in a country that is characterized by turmoil? With Displacement, Syrian dancer and choreographer Mithkal Alzghair examines the Syrian body in the context of war, migration and revolution.

Presented by The Invisible Dog Art Center
No Admission Fee, $10 suggested donation
Reservation required (coming soon) more info
The US tour of Displacement is generously supported by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in NYC. US Premiere at CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, Cincinnati, OH. January 11 & 12, 2018

SEED / POND BY HALSEY CHAIT MARCH 10 - APRIL 22
The oldest bridges were logs and stepping stones. Balancing across them allowed a traveler to pass from one side to another. SEED / POND is an exhibit that seeks to bridge the divide between internal and external perception by offering large-scale algorithmic ink drawings to ponder as well as the opportunity to physically navigate through a gallery-wide floor drawing installation.

Presented by The Invisible Dog Art Center
Opening Reception
Saturday March 10th, 6-9PM
Free admission more info

THE FLOATING WORLD BY EMMA SULKOWICZ MARCH 10 - APRIL 22
Ukiyo, or "the floating world," describes the hedonistic culture of kabuki theater, geisha, bath houses, and pleasure quarters in Japan's Edo period. It is homophonous with the Buddhist term for "this world of sorrow and grief." The Floating World is an exploration of the meaning of support. When people experience pain or trauma, their loved ones "hold them together" and "lift them up." The installation consists of a series of glass orbs, suspended and connected in a hybrid style of shibari and ukidama, or Japanese fishing floats. Each orb holds a floating artifact of the artist's relationship with a member of their community.
Presented by The Invisible Dog Art Center
Opening Reception
Saturday March 10th, 6-9PM
Free admission more info

MAJOR SUPPORTERS
Gisela Blanc, Mr Helpful, Mamie Kanfer & Justin Stewart, Elizabeth Krief & Jacques Manardo, Joseph V. Melillo, Sylvie Piquet-Damesme & Pierre Rougier, Marie & Hervé Tullet, Risa Shoup & Di Glazer, Emmanuèle & Bruno Vinciguerra, Anonymous (2)
Marc & Nathalie Berrebi, Nina Essman, Grunberg & Zayan Family, The Kindle Project of the Common Counsel Foundation, Steven & William Ladd, Terryl Simeina, Constance and Larry Slaughter, Anonymous (1)

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