this week in dance

YOSHIKO CHUMA & THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS: A-C-E- ONE

Yoshiko Chuma will present the world premiere of A-C-E- ONE at LentSpace this week

RIVER TO RIVER FESTIVAL: LMCC SITELINES
LentSpace
Between Canal, Varick, Grand, and Sixth Ave.
Wednesday, July 7, and Thursday, July 8, 5:30 & 7:30
Admission: free
212-219-9401
www.lmcc.net
www.yoshikochuma.org

Japanese-born, New York City-based choreographer Yoshiko Chuma and her collaborative group, the School of Hard Knocks, will be presenting a site-specific piece on July 7 & 8 as part of this summer’s Sitelines program, sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Dancers Ursula Eagly, Aaron Mattocks, Yuko Mitsuishi, Ryuji Yamaguchi, and Chuma will move in and around the unique architecture of LentSpace, to a score by John King, with costumes by Gabriel Berry, and live music by Genghis Barbie, Rachel Drehmann, Danielle Kuhlmann, Jacquelyn Adams, Ann Ellsworth, and Eric John Eigner. Among the props involved are a limousine and shredded paper. Also at LentSpace is the sculpture exhibit “Avenue of the Americas,” with works by Julieta Aranda, Judi Werthein, Carla Zaccagnini, and Carlos Motta with David Sanin Paz.

undergroundzero festival

A FESTIVAL OF THEATER ARTISTS
P.S. 122
150 First Ave. at East Ninth St.
Tuesday, July 6, through Sunday, July 25
Tickets: $15-$20
212-352-3101
www.ps122.org/undergroundzero

The fourth annual undergroundzero festival, presented by East River Commedia as a place where artists are encouraged to experiment as part of a creative summer lab experience, returns to P.S. 122 on July 6 for three weeks of innovative, unique, and rather strange theater. Adding an international flavor, this year’s productions come from Australia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Romania, Wales, and New York. Among the shows are Fabiana Iacozilli’s ASPETTANDO MIL (WAITING FOR NIL), a wedding drama inspired by WATING FOR GODOT; Alexandru Mihaescu’s futuristic THE CONCRETES (AFTER VLADIMIR SOROKIN); Dermot Bolger’s timely THE PARTING GLASS, about Ireland’s attempt to qualify for the 2010 World Cup; John Wesley Zielmann playing Andy Warhol in FOREVER ART; Eliza Bent, Jasmin Hoo, and Elizabeth Stevenson’s multimedia BLUE DRESS REDUCTION; FROM DAWN TILL NIGHT (THE EARTH IS UNINHABITABLE LIKE THE MOON), Dangerous Ground’s adaptation of Fassbinder’s apocalyptic IN A YEAR WITH 13 MOONS; and Performance Lab 115’s THE RING CYCLE: Part 1, set in the world of professional wrestling. You’ll also be able to find Butoh, Henry Miller, magic, James Dean, suicide clubs, Jean Cocteau, a vegan’s foray into the world of meat, Jayne Mansfield, burlesque, Dwight Eisenhower, a Zen garden, and other interesting and unusual themes and characters. In addition, the festival includes three “playgroundzero” staged readings, the most intriguing being Saviana Stanescu’s POLANSKI, in which Grant Neale plays the controversial Polish film director interviewing himself. Every Tuesday night will feature a “commonground” theatrical cultural talk show, and on Fridays at 11:00 the “latenightzero” dance party gets the weekend going in style.

WARM UP

Prepare for some massive crowds at weekly PS1 Warm Up (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

MoMAPS1
22-25 Jackson Ave. at 46th Ave.
Saturdays from 2:00 to 9:00, July 3 – September 4
Tickets: $15 (free for Long Island City residents)
718-784-2084
www.ps1.org/warmup

One of the hottest, sweatiest weekly dance parties of every summer will get people moving and grooving beginning on July 3 when Warm Up returns to PS1 in Queens. The series features live bands and DJs from all over the world, including Spain, Sierra Leone, France, Sweden, Canada, and Brooklyn, playing in the shadow of Solid Obectives — Idenburg Liu’s “Pole Dance,” winner of the annual Young Architects Program and displayed in the courtyard. The opening-day lineup is a mere taste of things to come, with live sets from Delorean, Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang, and Glasser, with John Talabot and Korallreven manning the turntables. On the horizon are Kalup Linzy and JD Samson on July 24, Animal Collective DJ’ing on July 31, a DFA showcase with James Murphy and Pat Mahoney on August 7, DJ ?uestlove and These Are Powers on August 14, and Holy Ghost!, House of House, and DJ Mehdi on closing night, September 4. And don’t forget to check out the expansive “Greater New York” exhibition. PS1 is one of the treasures of New York City, with something to see and do in every little nook and cranny, so be prepared for anything and everything.

NYC PRIDE

Even dogs can get in on the action at the inaugural PetPride festivities, part of the PrideFest street fair on Sunday at 12:30 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)


Multiple venues
Saturday, June 26, and Sunday, June 27
Free – $100
www.nycpride.org

The annual Gay Pride celebration shifts into high gear this weekend with several of its signature events. On Saturday night, the seventh annual “Rapture on the River: A Women’s Dance” takes place at Pier 54, featuring music by Susan Morabito ($25 in advance, $35 day of show). The 2010 NYC LGBT Pride March gets under way Sunday at noon, beginning at 36th St. & Fifth Ave. This year’s grand marshals are Dan Choi, Judy Shepard, and Constance McMillen, with Frank DeCaro, Bruce Vilanch, and Romaine Patterson among the reviewing stand judges. The PrideFest street fair, on Hudson St. between Abingdon Sq. & West Fourteenth on Sunday, includes emcees Hedda Lettuce, Vanessa Valtre, and Kiiara Monteiro, with a special performance by Antigone Rising in addition to Nikki Exotika, Justin Utley, London Bridgez, Sprio, Melinda Hansen, and many others. And things come to a rousing conclusion Sunday night with “Dance on Pier: Dance 24,” a hot party on Pier 54 with DJs Steven Oliveri and Freemasons ($100).

NORTHSIDE FESTIVAL: ROB LIST PERFORMANCES

Tjebbe Roelefs and Olivia Reschovsky perform Rob List’s “Injerto/Greffe” at Parker’s Box (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Parker’s Box
193 Grand St., Brooklyn
June 24-27, 1:00 – 12 midnight
Admission: free
718-388-2882
www.parkersbox.com
www.ozu.nl

American-born European-based performance artist Rob List has been creating unique pieces built around silence, natural light, everyday clothing, and minimal movement primarily in nontheatrical spaces for a quarter century. For example, in “Injerto/Greffe,” two male dancers stand face-to-face for an extended period of time, their hands grasped together, only their fingers moving, weaving in and around each other. This month List has been presenting several of his works in the all-white front room of Parker’s Box in Williamsburg, a melding of art, sculpture, and dance that places performer and viewer on equal footing. Joined by Melissa Cisneros, Diego Gil, Constance Neuenschwander, Olivia Reschovsky, Tjebbe Roelefs, and David Weber-Krebs, List will be staging “On the Balcony” (1:00 – 4:00), “Natura Morta” (4:00 & 6:00), and “Engrave” (11:00) in his final weekend in New York, as well as five-minute personal-request dances.

NORTHSIDE FESTIVAL

We Are Country Mice are among the growing lineup of excellent bands hitting Williamsburg this week for the Northside Festival (photo by twi-ny/mdr)

Multiple locations throughout Williamsburg & Greenpoint
June 24-27
Admission: free – $19, badges $50
www.thelmagazine.com/blogs/NorthsideFestivalNews

The second annual Northside Festival is like a mini-CMJ, featuring a great lineup of mostly local bands — including the Fiery Furnaces, Takka Takka, Au Revoir Simone, Savoir Adore, Pillow Theory, Grooms, We Are Country Mice, Wavves, White Hills, High Places, Titus Andronicus, Ribbons, the Black Hollies, Les Savy Fav, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Harper Blynn, and Islands, among dozens of others — packing them in at Coco 66, Europa, Glasslands Gallery, the Knitting Factory, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Pete’s Candy Store, Public Assembly, Red Star Barn, Shea Stadium, Spike Hill, the Trash Bar, Union Pool, and Warsaw. In addition, Northside Film at IndieScreen will show such works as Zeina Durra’s THE IMPERIALISTS ARE STILL ALIVE, Ry Russo-Young’s YOU WON’T MISS ME, Todd Solondz’s LIFE DURING WARTIME, James Franco’s THE FEAST OF STEPHEN, and Neil Marshall’s CENTURION as well as host an animation block party, shorts programs, and more. And Arts at Northside includes exhibitions and special events, including Conrad Ventur’s “Screen Tests Revisited” at Momenta Art, Rob List’s collaborative dance at Parker’s Box, and live music by Party of Virgins and Live Footage at the opening of Liubo Borissov’s “Crowdsource” at Eye Level BQE. Expect massive crowds, an unusually high hipster quotient even for Williamsburg, and lots of awesome music. Keep watching twi-ny for specific recommendations and must-sees over the next few days.

EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY

Evidence will be looking back at a quarter-century of dance at Harlem Stage

Harlem Stage Gatehouse
150 Convent Ave. at 135th St.
June 17-20, $35
212-281-9240 x19 or 20
www.harlemstage.org
www.evidencedance.com

Celebrating their twenty-fifth anniversary, Ronald K. Brown and his immensely talented troupe, Evidence, a Dance Company, will look back at its history in two special programs during its four-day run at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse June 17-20. Friday and Saturday will feature “For You,” “Better Days,” “Incidents,” and “To Harm the Dangerous,” while Thursday and Sunday will consist of 2007’s “One Shot: Rhapsody in Black and White” and 2008’s “Two-Year Old Gentlemen.” Over the decades, Brown has traveled the world seeking new and traditional forms of dance, so his pieces incorporate music and movements from West Africa, Cuba, and throughout the African diaspora, leading to thrilling works that are both emotionally and spiritually energizing and uplifting.