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February 25 – April 7
Ryan McNamara
2011 Grantee, Theater/Performance
Still (Solo exhibition)
Ryan McNamara wants to share his first solo exhibition with you, so he put you in it. He will be waiting.
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
http://now.elizabethdee.com
Through January 14
Raha Raissnia
2011 Grantee, Visual Arts
John Zorn Presents The Obsessions Collective (Group exhibition)
The Obsessions Collective was founded and curated by New
York composer John Zorn, himself an eclectic art collector. Zorn has made
a second career of befriending and encouraging many young up-and-coming
artists around the world.
Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
http://www.cavinmorris.com
Through January 20
Raha Raissnia
2011 Grantee, Visual Arts
Iran Via Video Current (Group exhibition)
A curatorial initiative conceived to address cultural production and exchange with countries under international sanctions.
Thomas Erben Gallery, New York, NY
http://www.thomaserben.com
January 5 – 7; January 12 – 14
Caden Manson
2001 Grantee, Theater/Performance
Broke House
Broke House is a new group performance from Caden Manson / Big Art Group and follows a narrative about the residents of a house and their hanger-on, once a documentary filmmaker arrives to capture their lives.
Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
http://support.henrystreet.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AAC_PERF_broke_house
January 5 – 9
Beth Gill
2012 Grantee, Dance
Electric Midwife
This dance challenges Gill to work with deliberation and craft more deeply than before, and to imagine the viewer watching beside her in the studio.
The Chocolate Factory Theater, Long Island City, NY
http://chocolatefactorytheater.org/e_bethgill_reprise.html
January 6
DD Dorvillier
2007 Grantee, Dance
Empty Spaces/Permanent Dances: a lecture and presentation on Danza Permanente (Lecture)
A lecture presentation of DD Dorvillier’s new work Danza Permanente, followed by a conversation with collaborators Zeena Parkins and Thomas Dunn.
Abrons Arts Center Underground Theater, New York, NY
http://www.AbronsArtsCenter.org
January 6 – 9
Rabih Mroué
2010 Grantee, Theater/Performance
Looking for a Missing Employee (Jan. 6 – 8)
Mroué traces a troubling case of a missing employee through newspaper clippings, radiating outward from a very personal story to its wider political and economic implications. Based on true events. This is Lebanese artist Mroué’s U.S. debut; presented as part of PS 122’s COIL festival.
The Pixelated Revolution (Jan. 9)
This Spalding Gray Award winner
is a lecture performance aimed at unpacking the advice and directions regarding the taking of photographs on mobile phones during the events of the Syrian revolution, as shared via Facebook and other means of virtual communication.
COIL ’12, Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York, NY
http://www.ps122.org/performances/rabih_mroue_coil.html
January 6 – 10
Jonah Bokaer
2006 Grantee, Dance
RECESS
Solo choreography by Jonah Bokaer and Daniel Arsham.
Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY
http://cprnyc.org/
January 7
Christopher Williams
2006 Grantee, Dance
Showing at Douglas Dunn Studio
Dancers Raja Kelly, Paul Singh and Christopher Williams perform excerpts from The Portuguese Suite (2006) and Mumbo-jumbo (2010) on a program showcasing excerpts of works by Sarah Skaggs, Jean Butler, Douglas Dunn and Christopher Williams. Williams hosts.
Douglas Dunn Studio, New York, NY
http://www.christopherwilliamsdance.org/performances.php
January 9
Molissa Fenley
2000 Grantee, Dance
The Vessel Stories and Credo in Us
Molissa Fenley and Dancers perform in the New York premieres of The Vessel Stories with music by Philip Glass and Credo in Us with music by John Cage.
Judson Memorial Church, New York, NY
http://www.molissafenley.com
January 10 – 14
Jonah Bokaer
2006 Grantee, Dance
Seven Dances
Choreography for a film by Alan Brown.
Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY
http://cprnyc.org/
January 12 – 28
Young Jean Lee
2006 Grantee, Theater/Performance
Untitled Feminist Show
In Young Jean Lee's latest experiment, UNTITLED FEMINIST SHOW, six charismatic stars of the downtown theater, dance, cabaret, and burlesque worlds come together to invite the audience on an exhilarating journey through expressions of a fluid and limitless sense of identity.
Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York, NY
http://ps122.org/performances/untitled_feminist_show.html
January 20 – February 5
John Jesurun
1993 Grantee, Theater/Performance
Stopped Bridge of Dreams
Inspired by the 17th Century Japanese poet and novelist, Saikaku Ihara, Stopped Bridge captures the dislocation and anxiety of contemporary life. Jesurun weaves text, film, music and live internet feeds in this performance featuring a revolving group of characters.
La MaMa, New York, NY
http://lamama.org/ellen-stewart-theatre/stopped-bridge-of-dreams
January 31 – February 3
Bill Morrison
2003 Grantee, Visual Arts
The New Sounds Live Concert Series
The New Sounds Live silent film music series will feature four films by Bill Morrison on four consecutive nights, including two live performances.
Winter Garden, World Financial Center, New York, NY
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/newsounds/live11_12
http://www.artsworldfinancialcenter.com/cgi-bin/Go.cgi?q_id=1188
February 1 – March 4
Alix Pearlstein
2011 Grantee, Theater/Performance
The Herd Remorse (Group exhibition)
Titled after a phrase in Nietzsche’s The Gay Science, the show will consist of films and videos of staged performances and documentary that replay a basic human drama about the individual in the group.
Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
http://www.lesleyheller.com
February 8 – 14
Bill Morrison
2003 Grantee, Visual Arts
The Miners’ Hymns (Film screening)
The Miners’ Hymns will screen in an exclusive one-week engagement at Film Forum, with three shorts by Bill Morrison: The Film of Her, Outerborough and Release
Film Forum, New York, NY
http://www.filmforum.org
February 14 – March 4
David Neumann
2011 Grantee, Dance
The Total Bent
Stew and Heidi Rodewald, creators of the Tony Award-winning Passing Strange, team up with director Joanna Settle and return to The Public with a new musical about a black gospel prodigy from down south and a white music producer from South London who meet in a recording studio as they both desperately seek their own versions of transcendence, salvation and a hit record. Choreography by David Neumann.
The Public Theater, New York, NY
http://www.publictheater.org/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,141/id,1047
February 15 – 18
Jennifer Rosenblit
2012 Grantee, Dance
In Mouth
A shared evening of contemporary dance and performance with Jen Rosenblit and choreographer Vanessa Anspaugh.
New York Live Arts, New York, NY
http://www.newyorklivearts.org/event/Armed-Guard-Garden-In-Mouth
February 15 - March 4
The Wooster Group
2003 Grantee, Theater/Performance
EARLY PLAYS
Elizabeth LeCompte and The Wooster Group have invited 2000 FCA Grantee Richard Maxwell of New York City Players to adapt and direct Eugene O’Neill’s early “Glencairn” plays: Bound East for Cardiff (1914), In the Zone (1917), The Long Voyage Home (1917) and The Moon of the Caribbees (1918).
St. Ann's Warehouse, Brooklyn, NY
http://thewoostergroup.org/twg/twg.php?early-plays
February 17 – 23
The Wooster Group
2003 Grantee, Theater/Performance
The Wooster Group on Film and Video
Anthology Film Archives pays tribute to experimental theater company The Wooster Group in this series featuring video versions of some of the company’s productions, archival documentation and a special event featuring company members reading from three unproduced screenplays.
Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/ - day-03
March 6
David Grubbs
2006 Grantee, Music/Sound
Frolic Architecture
In this reading and musical performance, Susan Howe and David Grubbs will perform Frolic Architecture, their most recent collaborative work.
New School University, New York, NY
No website available.
March 6 – 11
Stephen Petronio
1999 Grantee, Dance
The Architecture of Loss, City of Twist, Intravenous Lecture
City of Twist is an homage to New York City with an enigmatic commissioned score by performance art legend Laurie Anderson. The Architecture of Loss is a work dedicated to the shifting grounds we navigate in a rapidly morphing world. Petronio performs a historic first revival of Intravenous Lecture (1970), conceived by Judson legend Steve Paxton.
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY
http://www.joyce.org/performancestickets/calendar_detail.php?event=424&theater=1
March 7 – 10
Jodi Melnick
2011 Grantee, Dance
Solo, Deluxe Version and One of Sixty Five Thousand Gestures
Two new dance performances Solo, Deluxe Version and One of Sixty Five Thousand Gestures (made in collaboration with Trisha Brown).
New York Live Arts, New York, NY
http://newyorklivearts.org/event/Solo-Deluxe-version
March 8 – 10
Pam Tanowitz
2010 Grantee, Dance
In Untitled (The Blue Ballet) choreographer Pam Tanowitz collaborates with renowned new music ensemble FLUX Quartetto to combine avant-garde composer Morton Feldman’s challenging String Quartet #1 with Tanowitz’s new ballet.
The Kitchen, New York, NY
http://www.thekitchen.org/event/297/0/1
March 14 – 25; April 4 – May 6
Elevator Repair Service
2009 Grantee, Theater/Performance
Gatz
ERS returns to The Public Theater with Gatz, the company’s acclaimed staging of the entire text of “The Great Gatsby,” for a limited engagement.
The Public Theater, New York, NY
http://www.publictheater.org
March 22 – April 28
Dona Nelson
2011 Grantee, Visual Arts
Group Exhibition curated by Klaus Kertess, including work by Susan Harnett, Ralph Humphrey, Marilyn Lerner and Dona Nelson.
Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY
http://maryboonegallery.com
March 23
Molissa Fenley
2000 Grantee, Dance
Premiere of New Work
Molissa performs as part of Dance Conversations, a series of performances and talks curated by Nina Winthrop.
The Flea, New York, NY
www.molissafenley.com
March 24 – April 1
David Neumann/Advanced Beginner Group
2011 Grantee, Dance
Restless Eye
Through a collision of digital technology and a deeply physical vocabulary, Restless Eye will bring together the madness of everyday events with the vast patterns that shape our inexplicable lives.
New York Live Arts, New York, NY
http://newyorklivearts.org/event/live-artery-restless-eye
March 30 – 31
Jonah Bokaer
2006 Grantee, Dance
RECESS and Trophy
Dance Concert.
Museum of Art & Design, New York, NY
http://www.madmuseum.org
April 5 – 8
Jonah Bokaer
2006 Grantee, Dance
Einstein On The Beach
Reinterpretation of Robert Wilson masterpiece.
Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York, NY
http://bacnyc.org
April 21
Annie Gosfield
2008 Grantee, Music/Sound
Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano
Pianist Anthony de Mare presents his exciting “Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim from the Piano” project, including a premiere of a re-imagining of Sondheim's “A Bowler Hat” by Annie Gosfield.
Symphony Space, New York, NY
http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6954-liaisons-re-imagining-sondheim-from-the-piano
