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move thing (research performance II)

April 5, 2022 by admin Leave a Comment

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move thing
Research Performance II

FREE. No RSVP required.

Dates: Saturday, April 9, 11am – 2pm
Sunday, April 10, 2pm – 5pm

Location: Ozone Park, Grant Ave Stop on the A train. Detailed map below

Performers: Jennifer Monson, Leslie Cuyjet, Sean Meehan, Carolyn Hall, K.J. Holmes, Elisabeth Ochoa, Angie Pittman, Courtney Cooke, Madeline Mellinger, Jessica Ziegler, Jennifer Miller, Iki Nakagawa, David Watson, Anh Vo

Conceptual formations: Valerie Oliveiro and Jennifer Monson

move thing is a community-based dance project proposing that the multi-sensory, improvisatory, and choreographic structures of dance contribute to reparative projects in communities that have historically been impacted by toxic contamination due to resource extraction (Uranium and coal mining) and industrial effluents (chemicals, particulates, carbon monoxide, and heavy metals). Resisting all forms of purity, the work proposes that we are all constantly, inherently, and unevenly making up each other and all other animate and inanimate beings. If we imagine ourselves as soluble, always dissolving and reconstituting choreographically, could we move through toxicity and be with and/or absorb toxicity and find new / alternative / old / transformative relationships to its states / tendencies / behaviors / effects / violences / shifts? Could we find intelligences within our bodies and abilities to connect more deeply with the mechanisms for survival and support in sites and systems that we are a part of?

move thing is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council

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Virtual STUDIODANCE 2023

Livestream Wednesday, Jan 25, 7:30pm CT/8:30pm ET FREE https://krannertcenter.com/events/virtual-studiodance-2023 As part of STUDIODANCE 2023, presented by Dance at Illinois, Jennifer Monson is presenting “Heap Loose.” “Heap Loose” is part of Monson’s multi-year project “move thing,” which researches the movement of toxicity. It works to understand the adaptive possibilities in situations that are perceived as toxic […]

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