Being born in Finland does not make me resistant to the cold weather.

I have started to get spontaneous images pop into my mind of warm places I have adventured to sometime in my life: bright blue skies, green grass, sand, sea water, soft caressing breeze on the skin.. -as if my mind was totally rejecting the present reality:

cold. rain. wind. snow. damp... Having random memories of places or…

photo by Laura Bartczak

Raul Zbengheci introduced me to Lindsey Drury after I had mentioned being interested…

In his workshop, Maximilian Balduzzi said something about giving oneself over to the Time in the Space. Something about how it had been a long, hard-fought battle to get to the point where he was able to accept the fact that, facing a rehearsal time, he would be in the Space for the next six hours. Being able to say, "Ok, I'm not gonna think about what…

José Hernandez (above) and Sofia Moreno (below). Photos by Tyler Kline

Ok so this is GARBAGE WORLD 5 (lite)! The advert gives a good sense of some of GW's past themes: there sits, among neon confetti, a hoagie full of processed meat and cheese, partially wrapped in tin foil. I attended Garbage World 2 or maybe 3 in Chicago, where the thing was born…

"Becoming-Corpus" plays with extreme states of the body.  At times we move as slow as we possibly can, other times we push ourselves to move as fast as we possibly can.  Sometimes our movements emphasize our muscular strength, sometimes we attempt to completely forget that we are made of muscle and bone.  Tension and softness are in constant dialogue.  Over the past few years I have discovered that my impulse usually moves me towards tension, and lately I have been wondering about softness. …

Join us this Friday night for some live performance on the 'net!  

Alex Franz Zehetbauer, LEIMAY-CAVE artist-in-residence, will premiere his new work, PE2O!

Words, what are they? One tear will say more than all of them. – A. W. Schlegel

It is a difficult task… using words. Feelings, ideas, emotions are fleeting. Once you open your mouth to express them, they have already gone. What to do then? Keep your mouth shut tightly? Hold on as long as you can to the essence, the fragrance of the feeling before it disappears into the atmosphere like a wisp of smoke? We want to vocalize our feelings, our ideas, so that others can…

Photos and text by Harry James Hanson

Hari Nef is a student at Columbia University, a sister of Chez Deep, and the doyenne of Tumblr. Her…

 The New York City Subway System

The urban landscape can be perceived as being defined by coded advertising. On a daily basis, we are constantly ingesting and regurgitating code. We speak to one another in mutually comprehensible phrases that are imbued with meaning. Mobile phones provide us with data which is…

All New Year wheels are turning in preparation for the production at BAM! 

You Will Make a Difference: a watch-and-play

Performed at the West Park Presbyterian Church

October 19-November 11, 2012, Fridays-Sundays

The performers:…

"I Like America and America Likes Me," 1974, Joseph Beuys, Coyote.

 

Introduction to two-part essay:

There is no President of…

This is a data base for movements in my choreography. I’ve been interested in the process of making choreography. I wanted to know how many movements I’ve created so far, and to classify these movements in categories to develop an ease and efficiency in developing my work. To exhibit my movements will also help me to know more objectively why I feel beauty in each one. To ensure this purpose, I am placing my fundamental movement ideas in this article by text and video. These fundamental…

photo by Janelle Jones 2012

I’ve been seeing a lot of emphasis in using untrained dancers for quite some time, and although I’m still very interested in others’ work that pursues that, in my work I’m primarily interested in…

This is a data base for movements in my choreography. I’ve been interested in the process of making choreography. I wanted to know how many movements I’ve created so far, and to classify these movements in categories to develop an ease and efficiency in developing my work. To exhibit my movements will also help me to know…

BAM's blog conducted a twitter conversation with three (Eddie Martinez, Fernando Suels Mendoza, and Thusnelda Mercy) of the members of the Pina Bausch dance company regarding themes of haunting emotion, connections with Pina's spirit, and proper hair care in a hair obsessed crew. At once frustrating in its shortness and illuminating in…

 5 things i remember:

plywood

ximena, breathing

everyone falling in love with that

important pink sneakers

chairs, facing each other

here's what i loved:

(apologies if i am projecting)

none of us had any idea how to answer the fucking question 

and then, almost alchemically:

everyone answered the question (perfectly)

being in a room of other dance and performance artists (a rare…

The event at New Museum and the questioned posed by Leimay: "What is the Future Body?" were opportunities to dig deeper within ourselves and our community.  

Most speakers and presenters referenced the future body inside the framework of past ideas of not yet realized concepts.  When asked a question about the future, we only have the past as a source to inform our answer.  Thus, I am left wondering how would the same question be answered to a similar group in the…