Who: Jacob’s Pillow
What: Virtual gala and dance party
Where: Jacob’s Pillow online and Zoom
When: Saturday, June 12, free with RSVP, 7:00 (available through June 19 at 7:00)
Why: Evolving from “Tea Lecture Demonstrations” begun in 1933 by Ted Shawn’s Men Dancers on a farm in Becket, Massachusetts, Jacob’s Pillow developed into one of the most important places for dance in the world. The annual gala is being held virtually on June 12 at 7:00, with performances by New Zealand’s Black Grace, England’s Candoco Dance Company, Brazil’s Companhia Urbana de Dança, Senegal’s Germaine Acogny, Hong Kong’s Hong Kong Ballet, the Netherlands’ Nederlands Dans Theater, India’s Nrityagram Dance Ensemble, and France’s Paris Opera Ballet in addition to a premiere from 2021 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award winner Dormeshia. The gala, which will be available on demand through June 19 at 7:00, will be followed by a live Zoom dance party at about 8:20 hosted by Christal Brown and DJ DP One. Donations will be accepted to continue the Pillow’s mission and to renovate the Ted Shawn Theatre; sadly, the Doris Duke Theatre was destroyed in a fire in November. Part of the proceeds will also go to the Ohketeau Cultural Center in Ashfield.
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DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL 2021
DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL
June 10-13, $15 unless otherwise noted
www.whitewavedance.org
The twentieth annual Dumbo Dance Festival will be celebrated virtually, with dance companies streaming in from around the country as well as from Hungary, Mexico, and South Korea. Hosted by White Wave Dance, which was founded in Brooklyn in 1988 by Young Soon Kim, the festival features eight programs in addition to a family-friendly presentation, a workshop for kids, and a virtual gala. “This is a festival about opportunities,” Kim said in a statement. “The Dumbo Dance Festival provides an opportunity for over 350 performing artists to showcase their work. Further, it offers New York and global audiences the chance to experience one of the most diverse displays of leading-edge choreography and excellence at an affordable price.” Below is the full schedule; VIP tickets to the gala include an in-person open bar at White Wave Dance.
Thursday, June 10
Virtual gala, with Gerald Appelstein, Danni Gee, Jennifer Muller, Ludo Scheffer, Thera Marshall, Pascal Rekoert, Young Soon Kim, including keynote speeches and filmed performances by Jennifer Muller | The Works, Obremski/Works, Daegu City Dance Company, collective A |Jinyeob Cha & Theatre Mucheon|Ara Kim, and White Wave Dance (iyouuswe II), with VIP open-bar after-party at White Wave Dance, $100-$250, 7:00
Friday, June 11
Program 1: RAD | Renay Aumiller Dances; Jessica Michal / Moves; Yu.S.Artistry; UB Theater and Dance; Olivia Passarelli; Napolitano Dance; Can Wang; Daegu City Dance Company, 7:00
Program 2: Alison Cook Beatty Dance; Janos Feledi — Feledi Project; Won Kim; Sam Lobel; East by North Dance Theatre; sk|dancers; collective A/Jinyeob Cha; Obremski/Works, 9:00
Saturday, June 12
Program 3: Alessandra Corona Performing Works; Dual Rivet; Obremski/Works; Autumn Eckman; L Squared Dance Theatre; Kit Modus; Anthony Alterio; TheCo (Tec Dance Company), 2:00
Program 4: Elizabeth Shea Dance; Soluq Dance Theater; So Young Park; Meta Dance/Jeonga Hong; Alex Mitchell Choreography; shawnbibledanceco.; Meg Kirchhoff; Theatre Mucheon/Ara Kim, 4:00
Program 5: TalCual Dance Projects; Sean Howe Dance; Marlene Skog Dance; Meta Dance/Youngeun Kwak; New Breed Dance; Valerie Green/Dance Entropy; Biodance; Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, 6:00
Program 6: Dance Theatre of New Jersey; Company | E; Forza Dance Company; Inclined Dance Project; Meta Dance/Sungok Choi; Stephanie Avila; Seop Dance Company/Yongchul Kim; White Wave Young Soon Kim Dance Company, 8:00
Sunday, June 13
Kids Can Dance, hip hop/b-boy and modern dance classes over Zoom, led by Katie Garcia, free with RSVP, noon
Family-Friendly Show, with Alison Cook Beatty Dance; Janos Feledi — Feledi Project; Anthony Alterio; Seop Dance Company/Yongchul Kim; Inclined Dance Project; Alex Mitchell Choreography; Sam Lobel; Daegu City Dance Company, 1:30
Program 7: CrossMove Lab; Amos Pinhasi; TheCo (Tec Dance Company); Erika Gilmor; Dance/Tharin; Spark Movement Collective; Guidong Zhou; Dancing Wheels Company, 4:00
Program 8: Grand finale with LeeTaeSang Project; Company | E; Dance Theatre of New Jersey; Alex Mitchell Choreography, Meta Dance/Youngeun Kwak; collective A/Jinyeob Cha; Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre; White Wave Young Soon Kim Dance Company, 6:00
YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR: THE CLEVER CHEMIST MATTER
Who: Santino Fontana, George Abud, Ali Ewoldt, Ted Koch, Susan Malloy, John-Andrew Morrison, Steven Ratazzi, Jay Russell
What: Keen Company all-star benefit audio drama
Where: Keen Company website
When: Thursday, June 10, pay-what-you-can ($1-$21), 7:00 (available through June 14 at 7:00)
Why: Keen Company concludes its excellent twenty-first season, chock-full of outstanding livestreamed programs, with the audio play Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Clever Chemist Matter, one of 809 episodes starring insurance adjuster Johnny Dollar produced by CBS Radio from February 1942 to September 1962. Originally aired on March 17, 1957, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Clever Chemist Matter, written and directed by Jack Johnstone, involves murder and blinding after an insurance policy is changed. The title character was voiced by Bob Bailey; Dick Powell, Charles Russell, Edmond O’Brien, John Lund, Gerald Mohr, Bob Readick, and Mandel Kramer also played “the man with the action-packed expense account” in this popular series.
Keen’s forty-minute show will feature Tony, Drama Desk, and Obie winner Santino Fontana as Dollar; the supporting cast consists of George Abud, Ali Ewoldt, Ted Koch, Susan Malloy, John-Andrew Morrison, Steven Ratazzi, and Jay Russell. The play is directed by Keen artistic director Jonathan Silverstein, with live foley effects by Nick Abeel, original music by Billy Recce, and audio engineering by Garrett Schultz. “Throughout the past year, we have been revisiting some of the most iconic titles from the Golden Age of Radio through starry benefit broadcasts. For our last fundraising event of the series, we are thrilled to present one of the most successful serial mystery programs, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar,” Silverstein said in a statement. “It’s been an utter pleasure and honor to delve into the fascinating history of radio drama while working alongside some of the best talents in the theater.” Keen’s previous “Hear/Now” audio broadcasts include Kate Cortesi’s Radio Nowhere, James Anthony Tyler’s All We Need Is Us, Pearl Cleage’s Digging in the Dark, Howard Koch’s War of the Worlds, and Lucille Fletcher’s Sorry, Wrong Number. The benefit reading will premiere June 10 at 7:00, followed by a live talkback with members of the cast and crew; the presentation will be available online through June 14 at 7:00.
THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC IN BRYANT PARK
The New York Philharmonic will perform in front of a limited audience in Bryan Park June 9-12 (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Who: The New York Philharmonic
What: Four live and livestreamed concerts
Where: Bryant Park Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
When: June 9-12, free, 7:00
Why: The New York Philharmonic is not yet ready to play live to an audience at its David Geffen Hall home at Lincoln Center, but the classical music company is continuing its outdoor pandemic appearances with four concerts in Bryant Park, June 9-12 at 7:00. The free tickets have all been scarfed up, but the shows will be streamed live over Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube so you can enjoy them from your own home. These picnic performances, with twenty-five members of the orchestra, will be conducted by Lina González-Granados in her NYPhil debut and will feature works by Mozart and Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, in addition to a new piece by NYPhil Very Young Composer Ilana Rahim-Braden. Upcoming shows in Bryant Park include New York City Opera on June 18 and July 2, New York Chinese Cultural Center on June 25, Joe’s Pub: Mykal Kilgore on June 26, Carnegie Hall Citywide: Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely on July 9, Spanish Harlem Orchestra on July 16, the Knights on July 23, Adrienne Warren & Friends on July 31, and Greenwich House Music School: Riley Mulherkar and Ella Bric on July 31. Free tickets become available for each show about ten days in advance.
DAVID ZWIRNER: PROGRAM
Kerry James Marshall, detail, Black and part Black Birds in America (Red wing Blackbirds, Yellow Bellied Sapsucker, Scarlet Tanager), 2021 (© Kerry James Marshall)
PROGRAM
David Zwirner Online
Thursday, June 10, free, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
www.davidzwirner.com
One of the most popular and innovative galleries in New York City, David Zwirner, will be kicking off its new online Program with an all-day global livestream event on June 10, consisting of six talks with thirty-five artists in four cities. The festivities begin at ten o’clock in the morning with a video walkthrough of Zwirner’s global galleries, led by directors and partners. At eleven, award-winning director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, The Underground Railroad) will discuss Kerry James Marshall’s “Black and part Black Birds in America” series. At one, Pulitzer Prize winner Hilton Als delves into Alice Neel’s figuration. At two-thirty, designers Emily Bode of BODE and Aaron Aujla and Benjamin Bloomstein of Green River Project LLC will explore conceptual art and appropriation. At four, 2020 Hugo Boss Prize recipient Deana Lawson examines the legacy of Diane Arbus. And at six, New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl will talk about the state of the art world today. All interactive conversations will be moderated by writer and curator Helen Molesworth.
“Over the last year we realized the traction and engagement that we could create on our own website, without an art-fair moment attached to it,” Zwirner said in a statement. “Because of this, we are establishing Program, a new event series that culminates the art calendar and brings together the energy and excitement we have seen in June, but on a global scale. It will mimic the in-person dialogue and discovery you would experience at a physical opening or an art fair through global livestreaming sessions. For the inaugural presentation of Program, our artists have created significant new artworks that will be seen for the very first time.”
Program will take viewers inside Zwirner’s galleries in New York, London, Paris, and Hong Kong, highlighting historic and brand-new works by such artists as Josef Albers, Francis Alÿs, Carol Bove, Raoul De Keyser, Stan Douglas, Marlene Dumas, Isa Genzken, Barbara Kruger, Yayoi Kusama, Sherrie Levine, Nate Lowman, Kerry James Marshall, Juan Muñoz, Oscar Murillo, Alice Neel, Chris Ofili, Sigmar Polke, Neo Rauch, Thomas Ruff, Dana Schutz, Wolfgang Tillmans, Luc Tuymans, Franz West, and Lisa Yuskavage; Christopher Williams helped design the stream with Deliverable: Video Asset nos. 1–10. To see the works in person, you can make appointments here; currently on view in New York City are Rose Wylie’s “Which One” and Bove’s “Chimes at Midnight,” with Kusama’s “I Want Your Tears to Flow with the Words I Wrote” opening June 17, followed June 24 with “More Life,” solo exhibits from Mark Morrisroe, Silence=Death, Derek Jarman, and Marlon Riggs in conjunction with the fortieth anniversary of the ongoing HIV/AIDS crisis.
PERFORMANCE MIX FESTIVAL 2021
Lisa Parra and Daniel Pinheiro’s LAND Project kicks off Performance Mix Festival
PERFORMANCE MIX FESTIVAL
122 Community Center courtyard and Movement Research
150 First Ave. at Ninth St.
June 10-13, suggested donation $15 per event
newdancealliance.org
The thirty-fifth annual Performance Mix Festival, hosted by New Dance Alliance at Movement Research at 122 Community Center and the Courtyard at 122CC, will be a hybrid of live and filmed experimental dances with immersive installations and a ritualistic happening in Prospect Park. Running June 10-13, the festival features such creators as Lisa Parra and Daniel Pinheiro, Dana Michel and Tracy Maurice, Johnnie Cruise Mercer/TheREDprojectNYC, Degenerate Art Ensemble, and Anh Vo; tickets are a suggested donation of $15. Sari Nordman’s Tower will be on view all four days, a multimedia installation that explores climate change and the tower of Babel. All COVID-19 safety protocols will be observed; below is the complete schedule.
Thursday, June 10
Lisa Parra and Daniel Pinheiro, LAND Project, live and virtual, with Parra in New York and Pinheiro in Portugal using video-conferencing, 7:00
Anh Vo, non-binary pussy, live, 8:30
Friday, June 11
Andrew Tay, livestreamed performance of queer moments of reflection, transformation, dream, and perversion, 3:00
Dana Michel and Tracy Maurice, Lay them all down (video installation), 7:00
Shared program: Videos and films by Camilo Godoy (lecture-demonstration from What did they actually see?), Jil Guyon (Widow’s End and Coda), Rosy Simas (yödoishëndahgwa’geh [a place for rest]), and Andrew Tay, 8:00
Saturday, June 12
Johnnie Cruise Mercer/TheREDprojectNYC, Baptism (Part I), part of Process memoir 6: thenowlater (HEART), ritualistic happening, Prospect Park, noon
Looking Back: Highlights from the Performance Mix Festival 1986-2020, 7:00
Shared program: Degenerate Art Ensemble (new work performed by director/dancer Haruko Crow Nishimura, composer/musician Joshua Kohl, and video artist Leo Mayberry, with costumes by Wyly Astley) and Johnnie Cruise Mercer/TheREDprojectNYC, Baptism (Part II), 7:30
Sunday, June 13
Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez,” A Garden in the Shape of Dreams, noon
Shared program: Co-creation Hadley Smith/Johanna S. Meyer, Rachel Thorne Germond Performance Collage (Enigma of an Afternoon), we are: anna, Kimiko, s., Symara, Tara, Taylor, Ogemdi and marion (to love the rise/pt 2), and Yvonne Meier (Phantasiewelt, with music by Zeena Parkins and Ikue Mori), 2:00
Shared program: Alethea Pace (excerpts from Here goes the neighborhood), Leslie Cuyjet, MOLLY&NOLA, and Nami Yamamoto (powerless creature keeps going . . . [working title]), 4:00
CELEBRATING SERGE GAINSBOURG
Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Rebecca Marder will celebrate the life and legacy of Serge Gainsbourg in live FIAF event
Who: Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rebecca Marder, Michael Cooper
What: Virtual talk
Where: FIAF online
When: Thursday, June 10, free with RSVP, 6:30
Why: Thirty years ago this past March, French singer-songwriter, actor, filmmaker, and bon vivant Serge Gainsbourg died of a heart attack at the age of sixty-two, leaving behind a beloved legacy that has only grown since. On June 10 at 6:30, FIAF will host the live online discussion “Celebrating Serge Gainsbourg,” with the engaging model, actress, and singer-songwriter Jane Birkin, his personal and professional partner from 1968 to 1980; their daughter, actress and singer-songwriter Charlotte Gainsbourg; and actress and musician Rebecca Marder, one of six performers in the concert film La Comédie-Française chante Gainsbourg; the event will be moderated by New York Times deputy culture editor Michael Cooper. Admission is free with advance RSVP.
The hourlong film, adapted from Stéphane Varupenne and Sébastien Pouderoux’s Les Serge (Gainsbourg Point Barre), directed by Julien Condemine, and featuring Varupenne, Pouderoux, Marder, Benjamin Lavernhe, Noam Morgensztern, and Yoann Gasiorowski, will be streaming exclusively by FIAF from June 10 to 30; virtual tickets are $15.