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Koosil-ja presents her latest technological innovations at DTW

BLOCKS OF CONTINUALITY / BODY, IMAGE, AND ALGORITHM
Dance Theater Workshop
219 West 19th St.
March 3-6, $15, 7:30
212-924-0077
www.dtw.org
www.dancekk.com

Born in Osaka to Korean parents and based in New York City for many years, dancer, composer, and choreographer Koosil-ja has staged such intriguing productions as mech[a]OUTPUT at the Japan Society, DANCE WITHOUT BODIES and memoryscan at the Kitchen, a shadow of forgotten ancestors at SummerStage, deadmandancing EXCESS at the Performing Garage, and deadmandancing HOTEL 2005 in a room at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Tower. Her works incorporate technological innovation with noh elements and cutting-edge music and sound, making every performance unique. “I can listen to my mind. You can see my body,” she writes obsessively on her Web site. Audiences will be able to see her body and more at Dance Theater Workshop, as Koosil-ja and her company, danceKUMIKO, present the New York premiere of BLOCKS OF CONTINUALITY / BODY, IMAGE, AND ALGORITHM, her latest examination of movement and the human body utilizing live processing, interactive computer programming, and 3D imaging, influenced by the conceptual theories of French philosopher and self-described “pure metaphysician” Gilles Deleuze. While that might sound like a lot to take in at one time, it has the potential to be one helluva mind-blowing experience. (The opening-night performance, March 3, will be preceded by a Coffee and Conversation gathering at 6:30, while the March 5 show will be followed by a talk with members of the cast and crew.)

ARMORY ARTS WEEK: VERGE

Irish-born New York City artist Nuala Clarke scored the caboose at Fountain and a shiny hotel room at Verge (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Dylan Hotel
52 East 41st St. between Madison & Fifth Aves.
March 5-7, $10 (March 4 VIP preview $20)
www.vergeartfair.com

Verge concentrates on emerging international artists, displaying cutting-edge work from approximately two dozen galleries from France, Japan, Canada, and the U.S.—mainly from Brooklyn—during Armory Arts Week. Verge, whose mission is “to establish boundaries of the extraordinary as a counter to the natural compulsion towards stagnation in the way art is evaluated and delivered to the public,” will be held in the Dylan Hotel, with installations in various rooms, lobbies, and other locations throughout the hotel, including site-specific pieces by Zachary Fabri, Sculpture Space, NURTUREart, and Artists Meeting Art Machine. In addition, the American Society of Media Photographers has teamed up with Doctors Without Borders to raise money for Haitian relief by selling prints for $100, curated by Elizabeth Avedon. And if you bring another twenty bucks, you can buy an object from the Artist Meeting Art Machine, which its creators describe as an anarchist automat. If the selection committee is any barometer, Verge should have some cool art on view; among the committee members are Richard Feigen, Carrie Springer, Dan Cameron, and Edouard Steinhauer.

ARMORY ARTS WEEK: RED DOT ART FAIR

Red Dot will take place at Skyline NYC during Armory Arts Week

Skyline NYC
500 West 36th St. at Tenth Ave.
March 4-7, Day Pass $10, Week Pass $20
www.reddotfair.com

Named for the little red dot that accompanies displayed works of art that have been sold, the Red Dot Art Fair features nearly three dozen international exhibitors showing off their wares at Skyline NYC on West 36th St. Galleries from Brazil and Argentina join those from New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, Massachusetts, California, and other states, right near four other concurrent fairs. In fact, there will be free shuttle bus service that will take fairgoers from Red Dot to the Armory Show and Pulse.

WALES WEEK USA

Dylan Thomas celebration is at center of 2010 Wales Week in New York

EXPERIENCE DYLAN THOMAS IN NEW YORK
Multiple locations
March 2-7, free – $150
www.wales.com
www.dylanthomas.com

Wales Week USA celebrates Welsh culture and history with special presentations across the country March 2-7. Here in New York, Wales Week focuses on poet Dylan Thomas, who spent a lot of time in the city, including dying at St. Vincent’s in 1953 at the age of thirty-nine. The Morgan Library will be displaying rare manuscripts and other artifacts in addition to serving a special Welsh afternoon tea March 3-7. On March 6, Dr. Rhian Davies and pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips honor composer Alec Templeton at the New York Library for the Performing Arts at 3:00, followed by the Music Masters of Wales concert at Carnegie Hall, guest-conducted by 2010 William R. Hopkins Bronze Medal recipient Dr. Karl Jenkins. On March 7 at 9:30 am, you can learn all about Thomas’s relationship with New York City on the Dylan Thomas Walking Tour of Greenwich Village, put together by scholar Peter Thabit Jones and Aeronwy Thomas, the poet’s daughter ($25, advance RSVP required at catrin.brace@wales-uk). Wales Week concludes that afternoon at 4:00 with David Enlow playing “The Organ Works of Cesar Franck” at Rutgers Presbyterian Church on West 73rd St.

ARMORY ARTS WEEK: THE ART SHOW

artshow2010

Park Avenue Armory
643 Park Ave. at 67th St.
March 3-8, $20
www.artdealers.org/artshow

The Art Dealers of America have selected seventy galleries to take part in the twenty-second annual Art Show, benefiting the Henry Street Settlement. Among the participants are many New York City galleries, including such favorites as Tanya Bonakdar, Cheim & Read, DC Moore, Galerie St. Etienne, Tibor de Nagy, Luhring Augustine, PaceWildenstein, and Friedrich Petzel. We’re particularly looking forward to seeing works by William Kentridge at the Marian Goodman booth, Roxy Paine at James Cohan, Martin Kippenberger at David Nolan, Alighiero e Boetti at Sperone Westwater, street photography at Pace / MacGill, and a tribute to the late Nancy Spero at Galerie Lelong. The Art Show is one of thirteen art shows taking place during Armory Arts Week; keep watching this space for more info.

THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE

Walter Matthau tries to get to the bottom of a bizarre subway heist in THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE

THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (Joseph Sargent, 1974)
92YTribeca
200 Hudson St. at Canal St.
Wednesday, March 3, $12, 8:00
212-415-5500
www.92YTribeca.org/film

Loosely adapted from the book by John Godey, THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE wonderfully captures the cynicism of 1970s New York City. Four heavily armed and mustached men — Mr. Blue (Robert Shaw), Mr. Green (Martin Balsam), Mr. Gray (Hector Elizondo), and Mr. Brown (Earl Hindman), colorful pseudonyms that influenced Quentin Tarantino’s RESERVOIR DOGS — hijack an uptown 4 train, demanding one million dollars in one hour from a nearly bankrupt city or else they will kill all eighteen passengers, one at a time, minute by minute. The hapless mayor (Lee Wallace) is in bed with the flu, so Deputy Mayor Warren LaSalle (Tony Roberts) takes charge on the political end while transit detective Lt. Zachary Garber (a great Walter Matthau) and Inspector Daniels (Julius Harris) of the NYPD team up to try to figure out just how in the world the criminals expect to get away with the seemingly impossible heist. Directed by Joseph Sargent (SYBIL), the film offers a nostalgic look back at a bygone era, before technology radically changed the way trains are run and police work is handled. The film also features a very funny, laconic Jerry Stiller as Lt. Rico Patrone and the beloved Kenneth McMillan as the borough commander. The film was remade as a television movie in 1998, starring Edward James Olmos, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Lorraine Bracco, and as an embarrassingly bad big-budget bomb in 2009 by Tony Scott, who we’re hoping won’t ruin his upcoming remake of THE WARRIORS as well. The March 3 screening of the original TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE at 92YTribeca will be hosted by Elliot Kalan and feature special guest Wyatt Cenac from THE DAILY SHOW.

ARMORY ARTS WEEK: PULSE NEW YORK 2010

Laurina Paperina shares her views on the state of the art market at Pulse (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

330 West St. at West Houston St.
March 4-7, $20
www.pulse-art.com/newyork

The Pulse art fair, which is held annually in Miami and New York City, is regularly the best of the Armory Arts Week shows, concentrating on cool contemporary art from around the world, this year from approximately fifty galleries. Among this year’s site-specific installations, always a highlight of Pulse, are works by David Abir, Diane Tuft, Alexandre Arrechea, Agustina Woodgate, and Pulse standard-bearer Julian Lwin, who specializes in colorful walk-in environments. Pulse always includes a focus on video art and technology as well, with this year’s Pulse Play curated by El Museo del Barrio’s Deborah Cullen. And Pulse Performance consists of live music and dance, with the 2010 roster yet to be announced.