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photo: Risa Jaroslow & Dancers by Steven Schreiber LMCC’s Sitelines Series – 5th AnniversaryCelebrating its 5th anniversary, Sitelines 2008, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's annual site-specific dance performance series, brings to life a highly energized program of provocative dance, set to inspiring imagery and exquisite surroundings. Artists, Sites and Dates information are subject to change Sitelines is presented as part of the River To River® Festival. MAY 2008
photo: Kristin Lodoen Linder Buglisi Dance Theatre: Under the Buttonwood Tree.comMay 28–30, 12:30pm Outside the Stock Exchange at 18 Broad Street Subway: J, M, Z Broad Street or 2, 3 or 4, 5 Wall Street World Premiere LMCC’s site-specific performance series launches the summer and the River To River Festival with Buglisi Dance Theatre’s riveting world premiere Under the Buttonwood Tree.com (Frenzy on the Floor). This episodic, theatrical spectacle marries art and commerce by bringing to life touchstone moments in the history of the New York Stock Exchange. Former Martha Graham Dance Company dancer, Artistic Director Jacqulyn Buglisi is distinguished for her poignant, theatrical repertoire, which fuses classical sensibility with intuitive movement. Commencing with a resonating gong, the artists animate a sweeping, epic display that transforms the steps of Federal Hall and the New York Stock Exchange into a silken-sheathed proscenium depicting the early days of the NYSE, from the signing of the 1792 Buttonwood Agreement to the passionate frenzy on the Floor covered in ticker tape madness. The musical selections include Wynton Marsalis, Jelly Roll Morton and John Corglioni and a live performance by the Aeros Wind Quintet. JUNE 2008
photo: Steven Belkowitz Headlong Dance Theater: Hotel PoolJune 3–7, 8:00pm Location TBD RSVP required, (opens on May 20th at 12pm) New York Premiere Philadelphia-based Headlong Dance Theater is making waves, literally, diving into a swimming pool at a luxury residential building on Rector Place. Collaboratively helmed by Andrew Simonet, David Brick, and Amy Smith, the Bessie Award-winning troupe transforms the sanitized space of the building’s spa into a meditation on vulnerability, competition, and the power of memory over time. Nestled in the anonymous comfort of the modern life, the pool is a loaded site of interaction and exposure. Known for their vibrant wit and all-out physicality, Headlong Dance Theater takes a plunge, fashioning an oasis where bodies can float, temporarily freed from their own gravity. RSVP opens Tuesday, May 20 at 12pm.  photo: Steven Schreiber DOORKNOB COMPANY: The Miracle ShowJune 16–19 & 23–26, 12:30pm Bowling Green Park at Cobblestone Plaza Subway: 4, 5 Bowling or R, W South Ferry World Premiere Shannon Gillen and Elisabeth Motley DOORKNOB COMPANY’s The Miracle Show is an examination of the Littlewood Law which states that miracles happen about once a month. A live brass ensemble, three vocalists and ten dancers in bright yellow costumes create a world of deep physicality, optimism and miraculous happenings. Complex moving patterns, atypical full-bodied partnering, and movement scenes based on everyday experiences, produce a world of deep physicality and virtuosic extremes, exuding levity and vibrancy in movement. JULY 2008 photo: Steven Schreiber Risa Jaroslow & Dancers: 311July 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 12:00pm and 1:30pm Municipal Building at 1 Centre Street Subway: 4, 5, 6 Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall or R, W City Hall or 2, 3 Park Place or M, Z Chambers Street/Brooklyn Bridge World Premiere Risa Jaroslow’s new work, 311, will take place under the massive archways of the city’s Municipal Building. Eight dancers will engage in a range of interactions, including an interviewer who queries people, entering or leaving the building, about the city government. What will emerge when onlookers are asked to engage with these questions in the larger context of the Presidential election? Their taped responses build an additional layer to the dancers’ sound score.  photo: Kristin Lodoen Linder 360º Dance Company: MaktubChoreographed by Lauri Stallings July 21–23 & 28–30, 12:00pm and 1:00pm South Street Seaport - Pier 17 Subway: R, W Whitehall Street/South Ferry US Premiere Norwegian choreographer Martin Lofsnes, principal dancer with Martha Graham Dance Company and artistic director of 360º Dance Company, is joined by Graham principal Alessandra Prosperi, soloist Erica Dankmeyer and Milan Misko performing Maktub by Lauri Stallings (Hubbard Street Dance). Maktub is an exploration of speed and possibility; a study in the intricacy of community and a meeting of two very different worlds. It showcases raw energy and strong classical modern technique. AUGUST 2008 photo: David Wilson Barnes Monica Bill Barnes: Game FaceAugust 4–7 & 11–14, 12:00pm and 1:00pm Robert Wagner Jr. Park Subway: 4, 5 Bowling Green World Premiere Monica Bill Barnes’ Game Face compares the show business motto of “the show must go on” with the current day’s view of high-finance business as an all-consuming self-sacrificing endeavor. Exploring a performer’s endurance and “do or die” attitude as an illustration of Wall Street’s reputation for tireless work, this new work is bizarre, exhausting and boldly funny. A cast of eight dancers is decked out in costumes inspired by Broadway musicals and larger-than-life Vegas shows. The audience will witness the effort and fatigue that result from “performing” as the dancers fight against the odds with hilarious and heartbreaking results.  photo: MoveOpolis! Richard Move’s MoveOpolis!: Hostile TakeoverAugust 18–22, 2008 Location and times to be announced Surprise Performance Installations at Various Locations Downtown Monday, August 25, 6:00pm: Culminating Performance Event at 210 Front Street at Beekman Street Subway: 2,3 Fulton Street RSVP strongly suggested, (opens July 1 at 12PM) World Premiere Richard Move and MoveOpolis! present Hostile Takeover where elaborate live performance installations with performers dressed in lavish costumes occurs each day at a different Downtown location. The “sightings” are followed with an over-the-top performance event featuring the entire MoveOpolis! cast and an assortment of professional artists and DJs on August 25. This event is hosted by Seaport Marketplace. Hostile Takeover is a glamorous collision of sexual desire and violence, masculine and feminine, ethereal and concrete. Feminine beauty is placed upon a pedestal (literally) in the midst of the male-dominated world of high finance, with stunningly costumed, Butoh-inspired female dancers occupying six different locations. SEPTEMBER 2008 photo: Enric Catala Contreras Ofelia Loret de Mola's danscorcs: Available SpaceSeptember 8, 13, 14 & 15 at 8:00pm September 9–12 at 12:30pm City Hall Park: Intersections of Park Row & Center Street to Park Row & Broadway Subway: R, W City Hall, 2,3 Park Place, 4,5,6 Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall World Premiere Mexican choreographer Ofelia Loret de Mola’s Available Space explores how architectural design creates spaces for people to make social choices. Live musicians from Mexico perform Mexican punk rock, inhabiting an under-lit plaza on the east side of City Hall Park, while eight dancers create narrative-based vignettes beginning at chess tables on the west side of the park. The dancers travel through the park until their inevitable interaction with the band. 
Available Space is presented as part of Celebrate Mexico Now 2008, the 5th annual citywide festival of contemporary Mexican art and culture produced by CN Management. The festival closes on Sept. 15, celebrating Mexico’s Independence Day. LMCC Sitelines is made possible with support from Harkness Foundation for Dance, Morgan Stanley, and New York Mercantile Foundation. Additional support is provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) is the leading voice for arts and culture in downtown New York City, producing cultural events and promoting the arts through grants, services, advocacy, and cultural development programs. Produced in association with the River To River® Festival. The River To River Festival, presented by American Express, is a collaboration of Lower Manhattan’s major cultural event producers including the Alliance for Downtown New York, arts>World Financial Center, Battery Park City Authority, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Port Authority of NY & NJ, and South Street Seaport. These partners are firmly committed to using the arts as a tool for revitalization and the development of new audiences. Admission to all performances is FREE. Online RSVPs required for noted performances. Sites and dates are subject to change. No rain dates. For more information and directions contact LMCC at 212.219.9401 or log on to www.lmcc.net/sitelines. |
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