Avodah's EIGHTH residency at York was very beautiful this year. Connie Procopio led the residency with thoughtfulness and artistry. The team was Newman Taylor Baker, Julie Gayer Kris, Connie Procopio, Stephanie Miracle, and Sarah Zitnay. The women responded deeply to the theme of Seasons and performed a finale dance (choreographed by Connie) to Beyonce's "Ave Maria" that was stunning and emotional. The Young Adults performed a Hip Hop dance that they created themselves with passion and talent, and the women responded to the "youngens" with admiration and words of encouragement such as "Follow your dreams, you have a bright future in front of you. You can go for it!"
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Monday, April 6, 2009
The Body Project - LABA festival
The Body Project is an intergenerational dance piece to be performed as part of the LABA festival (a festival of arts birthed from LABA the National Laboratory for New Jewish Culture). www.labafestival.com
The festival will include works of art based on the theme of the body by visual artists, musicians, filmmakers, choreographers and will be exhibited at the 14th Street Sol Goldman Y (344 East 14th Street between 1st and 2nd Aves in the East village).
The Body Project was choreographed by me (Julie Gayer Kris) in collaboration with 16 beautiful women (some professionally trained dancers, most not) ages 24 - 83! The piece responds to the Biblical text about humankind being created in a divine image with our own reflections about our bodies and body image and questions about finding that divine quality within.
The piece asks the audience to think about body image by confronting our assumptions about who gets to dance.
THE BODY PROJECT WILL BE PERFORMED AT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:
Friday, May 1, 92nd Street Y 12pm
Fridays at Noon
LABA FESTIVAL performances at the 14th Street Y
Sunday, May 3rd, 3pm
Wednesday, May 6, 6pm
AVODAH COLLABORATES WITH MARK LAMB DANCE
AT Hebrew Union College
Thursday June 4, 7pm
1 West 4th Street
between Mercer and Broadway
WWW.LABAFESTIVAL.COM
WWW.AVODAHDANCE.ORG
AVODAHDANCE@GMAIL.COM
The festival will include works of art based on the theme of the body by visual artists, musicians, filmmakers, choreographers and will be exhibited at the 14th Street Sol Goldman Y (344 East 14th Street between 1st and 2nd Aves in the East village).
The Body Project was choreographed by me (Julie Gayer Kris) in collaboration with 16 beautiful women (some professionally trained dancers, most not) ages 24 - 83! The piece responds to the Biblical text about humankind being created in a divine image with our own reflections about our bodies and body image and questions about finding that divine quality within.
The piece asks the audience to think about body image by confronting our assumptions about who gets to dance.
THE BODY PROJECT WILL BE PERFORMED AT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS:
Friday, May 1, 92nd Street Y 12pm
Fridays at Noon
LABA FESTIVAL performances at the 14th Street Y
Sunday, May 3rd, 3pm
Wednesday, May 6, 6pm
AVODAH COLLABORATES WITH MARK LAMB DANCE
AT Hebrew Union College
Thursday June 4, 7pm
1 West 4th Street
between Mercer and Broadway
WWW.LABAFESTIVAL.COM
WWW.AVODAHDANCE.ORG
AVODAHDANCE@GMAIL.COM
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