Netta Yerushalmy
Paramodernities
MAR 17, 3pm
Audio description Mar 16th
6 Part Encyclopedic Series
Runtime: 4 hours with 2 intermissions
The complete six-part encyclopedic series is a multidisciplinary work that weaves theory and performance into a four-hour-long hybrid event. Yerushalmy and a cast of 20 dancers and scholars, ranging in age from 20 to 68, perform deconstructed installments of Nijinsky’s Sacre (1913), Graham’s Night Journey (1947), Ailey’s Revelations (1960), a mix of Cunningham works Rainforest, Sounddance, Points in Space, Beach Birds, and Ocean (1968-1990), dance numbers from the 1969 Fosse’s film Sweet Charity, and a response to Balanchine’s Agon (1957) that includes none of the original choreography.
Paramodernities boasts a radical and undefinable rethinking of the canon, involving virtually no music. Each section was created as an independent unit with a distinct creative process that features text, read live, by scholars and writers from various fields who place the dances within a larger context. The cast joins Yerushalmy in generating questions about the different paths taken by the modern tradition in dance and beyond. Within each installment, fundamental tenets of modernism are explored, such as sovereignty, spectacle, race, feminism and ableism.
Featuring dancers Michael Blake, Gerald Casel, Marc Crousillat, Brittany Engel-Adams, Joyce Edwards, Stanley Gambucci, Taryn Griggs, Magdalena Jarkowiec, Nicholas Leichter, Jeremy Jae Neal, Hsiao-Jou Tang, Megan Williams, Netta Yerushalmy; and scholars/writers Thomas F. DeFrantz, Julia Foulkes, Georgina Kleege, David Kishik, Carol Ockman, Mara Mills, Claudia La Rocco, with lighting by Tim Cryan and costumes by Jarkowiec.
If tickets are sold out, a waitlist opens starting at 1 PM (for evening shows) or 10 AM (for morning shows). Names are called off the waitlist 15 minutes prior to showtime. Please call (212) 691 6500 to reserve your spot.
The pioneering, inclusive March 16th performance will feature audio description for visually impaired audience members. Audience members interested in the audio description service will be provided headsets, and must download the AudioFetch app to their personal smartphone.
New York Live Arts is an accessible venue. The lobby is accessible via the double doors to the left of the revolving door at 219 W 19th Street. 3rd floor studios are accessible by elevator. The ground floor restrooms and theater are wheelchair accessible. If you require reasonable accommodation, please contact the box office to prior to the event via email at boxoffice@newyorklivearts.
