Performed May 6, 2015 Choreography by Marjani Forté Gibney Dance’s Agnes Varis Performance Center New York, NY Where to begin recounting Marjani Forté’s being Here…/this time, the last chapter in a three year series of dance works exploring the nexus of racism and public drug policy? It is undeniably heavy stuff – it’s doubtable that…
Speaking Up for the Community: Marjani Forté performs at GibneyThe final part of a three-year-long project, “being Here…this time” is Marjani Forté’s investigation into the intersection of mental illness, addiction, and systemic poverty. Forté is known for her projects that bridge performance and community activism, and this time around she has partnered with composer and…
The Median Movement Performed April 15, 2015 GAP Presents! at The Green Building Brooklyn, NY In a place like the Green Building, it’s hard not to think about the transformation of space. Tucked away on the upper bank of the Gowanus Canal, this former brass foundry has found new life as a performance venue with…
If you missed my weekly recommendations, you’re in luck – they’re back with a renewed sense of purpose. I want Point of Contact to support the great dance community we have here in NYC, so if you know of a dance event (lectures or panels count, too) that you’d like to see listed in a…
Yesterday morning, the news broke that after May 1, 2015, Time Out New York will no longer publish a standalone Dance section in its weekly magazine. Instead, dance coverage will be greatly reduced and integrated into a new Theater and Dance section. This change coincides with the resignation of TONY’s Dance Editor Gia Kourlas; a replacement…
Ori Flomin, choreographer Performed March 11, 2015 Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center New York, NY A lot can happen to a dancer over the course of 20 years. Physically speaking, the personal narrative is, for most, an amalgam of classes, auditions, rehearsals, and performances. Emotionally speaking, there is no requisite story – passion…
Out of the hundreds of tweets that flood my Twitter feed daily, I was lucky enough last Wednesday afternoon to catch a 140-character dance battle developing before my eyes. The exchange, between venerable New York City-based dance critic Claudia La Rocco, student blogger Alexandra Villarreal, and eventually, Katherine Brooks, Senior Arts & Culture Editor of…
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