Event - Dance Performance:

Dance Performance:

12.04.16, 12:30 pm

Join us for an afternoon featuring two new contemporary dance pieces organized by the dancer and choreographer Kensaku Shinohara. The same program will be presented at 12:30pm and repeated at 3pm. Additional performances also occur at 12:30pm and 3pm on Dec 3. Additionally, from 1-2:45pm guest artist, Gabrielle Revlock will be situated at a table by the front desk and available to answer any questions you may have about dance. Free & Open to All, no RSVP required.

monster
NY Premiere
Choreographed by Kensaku Shinohara
Music by Viera Janárceková, Crazy Wisdom (year unknown)
Costume Designed by Athena Kokoronis
Performed by Courtney Barth, Nola Sporn Smith, Mei Yamanaka and Kensaku Shinohara

monster is a 17-minute dance to Crazy Wisdom by Viera Janárčeková, a Slovakian contemporary experimental composer. monster is based on Trio, a dance piece created in 2014. Both works used recorded music, seeking narrative through a series of abstract movements, but monster requires a stronger and more unique expression from each dancer. Now we do not just follow the structure of the music score because I have become more sensitive to the sound dancers make–  the slashy sound of costume, or breath, or foot steps. I am rewriting and reconstructing the original score with these sounds and visual rhythms. Since its start, this work has been presented in New York, Pittsburgh, and Akita (Japan). For more information visit: kensakushinohara.com

This work is made possible by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

Fish Tank
Choreographed by Gabrielle Revlock
Performed by Mei Yamanaka and Gabrielle Revlock
A new duet choreographed by Gabrielle Revlock. Using Tolstoy’s War and Peace as source material, this dance is dense with evocative imagery, emotions, shifting relationships and seemingly endless dramatic arcs and falls. For more info visit: GabrielleRevlock.com

Featured Image: ©Kelly Strayhorn Theater

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