Norte Maar, a Brooklyn-dependent arts firm devoted to the development, marketing, and presentation of collaborations in the visual, literary, and the executing arts, presents Counterpointe9, March 11-13, a curated overall performance collection of recently commissioned choreographic works by feminine dance artists. Now in its ninth year, this is the longest standing functionality output solely showcasing collaborations involving feminine dance makers, the pointe shoe, and visible artists.
Returning to downtown Brooklyn’s The Mark O’Donnell Theater at the Actors Fund Arts Heart immediately after a 1-calendar year hiatus because of to the COVID-19 pandemic, 8 women choreographers have been paired with 8 girls visual artists to collaborate and generate equally a new bodily and visible function by each individual – investigating the system of generation, inspiration, and enhancement in reside performance. New this 12 months, in addition to live effectiveness, is an installation of will work by the visible artists, which will include a commissioned electronic movie collaboration in the lobby of the theater by a Philippine collaborative workforce.
Released in 2012, CounterPointe has been celebrated for breaking new ground in expanding the ballet live performance vocabulary, investigating new and historic territory, encouraging discussion, and producing a forum for women of all ages to take creative hazards. This winter season the sequence will existing collaborations by Julia K Gleich with artist Sharon Butler JoVonna Parks with artist Noël Hennelly, Eryn Renee Youthful with artist Elizabeth Riley Sarah Marazzi-Sassoon with artist Sophia Chizuco Charly Santagado with artist Barbara Weissberger Joan Liu with artist Traci Johnson and Kathryn Roszak with artist Anna Sidana. The entire system will be lit by designer Saúl Ulerio. Exclusive to this version of CounterPointe, choreographer Tiffany Mangulabnan is paired with filmmaker Madge Reyes, the founder of Fifth Wall Fest the Philippines’ very first international system for dance on digital camera. This Philippine group will generate a digital set up perform making use of pointe. A full record of bios can be observed at: https://www.nortemaar.org/news/fulfill-the-choreographers-and-artists-of-counterpointe9
“Our software is made to persuade and in truth press choreographers and artists to discovering new techniques of earning and viewing their have art,” points out Julia Gleich, co-founder of Norte Maar and originator of the CounterPointe Sequence. “By developing a limited deadline, the hope is to limit the alternatives for “second-guessing” so that new will work evolve spontaneously, possibly chaotically,” she proceeds. “We feel there need to be no hierarchy of artwork sort in these processes, and that neither creator ought to inherently direct the collaboration. So with minimal interference we allow just about every group finds its possess route–generally encouraging intrepid adventures into unidentified territory.”
“Counterpointe was these a excellent, collaborative, enjoyable, finding out practical experience–from doing the job with contemporary talent, to checking out new motion, themes and props, to collaborating with badass feminine visible artists, and then participating in a completely generated, offered out demonstrate,” adds past CounterPointe artist Mari Meade, Co-Founder, Moulin Belle Choreographer, Creative Director Mari Meade Dance Collective. “What far more can you check with for?”
This software, which commenced in partnership with Lynn Parkerson and Brooklyn Ballet is supported, in component, by community funds from the New York Metropolis Department for Cultural Affairs in partnership with the Metropolis Council.
Basic admission tickets are $25, Students and seniors, $20. Tickets can be bought at https://nortemaar-counterpointe9.eventbrite.com and will be offered at the door.
In compliance with demanded regional overall health orders,
- Attendees ages 12 and older will need to have to be thoroughly vaccinated (as outlined below) with an Food and drug administration or WHO licensed vaccine AND existing a governing administration-issued picture ID this kind of as a driver’s license or passport. (Company 12-18 may well use a governing administration-issued ID or college ID, with or with no a image.)
- Friends ages 5 to 11 could enter the theater furnishing proof of vaccination of a person dose of an Fda or WHO authorised vaccine.
- Friends are required to put on a mask at all moments in just the creating.
