Armitage Gone! Dance will revisit two pieces from the '80s at Abrons Arts Center on Sunday and Monday (photo © Paula Court)
Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St. at Pitt St.
Sunday, October 17, free, 3:00
Monday, October 18, $10, 8:00
212-352-3101
www.abronsartscenter.org
www.armitagegonedance.org
Last year New York City choreographer Karole Armitage revisited two of her groundbreaking works, 1981’s “Drastic-Classicism,” featuring an original score by Rhys Chatham, and 1985’s “The Watteau Duets,” set to a score by David Linton. Armitage’s Gone! Dance company will be performing excerpts from the two pieces as part of “Think Punk!” at the Abrons Arts Center on the Lower East Side on Sunday and Monday, with live music by Steve Gunn and TALIBAM! Get ready for a powerful experience, as the combination of Armitage’s aggressive, very physical choreography and the very loud live music should be exhilarating. The Sunday afternoon program is free; on Monday night, the excerpts will be accompanied by a a salon-style panel discussion involving the audience and special guests, including Armitage, composer Chatham, and artist James Nares, talking about the punk and art scene that took off in the 1970s ($10).