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LIVE ARTERY PRIMETIME: KIMBERLY BARTOSIK / DAELA - THROUGH THE MIRROR OF THEIR EYES

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LIVE ARTERY PRIMETIME: KIMBERLY BARTOSIK / DAELA - THROUGH THE MIRROR OF THEIR EYES

2020 BESSIE NOMINEE FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION & OUTSTANDING PERFORMER – BURR JOHNSON

Viscerally provocative, ferociously intimate, and pulsing with unbridled energy, through the mirror of their eyes brims with compassion and violence. With wild and tender abandon, the exceptional performers- Joanna Kotze, Dylan Crossman and Burr Johnson (Outstanding Performer Bessie Nominee)- fly through the space, garnering the energy of a storm, trying to defy gravity, to stay afloat, to find a pathway through a space drenched with light and sound. Caught in the wake of this experience, a caravan of children appears. They deftly navigate the tempest and ultimately lead the way. In through the mirror of their eyes, the performer’s body is a vessel through which we, as audience, can experience ourselves and the world. The piece captures the chaos of the world, the ways we navigate pathways of destruction and renewal, and gently proposes a path forward.

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About the Director:
Choreographer, performer, educator Kimberly Bartosik creates viscerally provocative, ferociously intimate choreographic projects that are built upon the development of a virtuosic movement language, rigorous conceptual explorations, and the creation of highly theatricalized environments. Her work, which is deeply informed by literature and cinema, dramatically illuminates the ephemeral nature of performance.

Learn More about Kimberly Bartosik/daela here

Cast & Collaborators
Performers: Dylan Crossman, Burr Johnson, Joanna Kotze
With young performers: Dahlia Bartosik-Murray, Hunter Liss, Winter Willis
Music: Sivan Jacobovitz
Lighting Design: Roderick Murray
Costume Design: Quinn Czejkowski in collaboration with Kimberly & the cast

Responses from our audiences:

“I am still under the enchantment of your work. So generous. So devastating…”

“Remarkable! Made me cry. Thank you for making it and sharing it.”

“Your work brought us to tears, so beautiful, powerful, and relevant to the times in which we find ourselves.”

“In my 13 years of life… this is the best thing I have ever seen!”

“Thank you for giving us a work we didn’t know we needed, but really really needed to see.”

“What I saw was just how difficult and messy life is, and yet how intensely we can be there for one another, even sometimes despite ourselves.”

through the mirror of their eyes was commissioned and presented by New York Live Arts as part of Live Arts Live Feed Residency Program, where it premiered March 4-7, 2020. Additional support includes awards from the MAP Fund; a Guggenheim Fellowship; Harkness Artist-in-Residence grant @ 92nd St. Y; the Creative Arts Initiative; a Mount Tremper Arts Residency; and an EtM/Exploring The Metropolis Choreographer/Composer Grant.