Creation. Judgement. Redemption. Dear Sun Girl explores the intergenerational trauma of a woman, her mother, her daughter, and her lover through a lyrical journey featuring modern dance and live poetry. Fueled by the need to see her identities reflected in bodies of art, poet Melanie Passaretti draws her inspiration from stories of marginalized folks. Longing … Continued
See new works created by footwork collective The Era and dance artist Joanna Furnans, two Chicago-based artists/artist groups featured in The Yard’s Schonberg Fellows Offshore Creation Residency.
What will we be like when we get there is a multi-disciplinary performance collaboration between choreographer/dancer Joanna Kotze, dancer Omagbitse Omagbemi, visual artist Jonathan Allen, and composer/musician Ryan Seaton that combines movement, sound, and visual art in surprising ways and resonates with the social and political time we are living in now. Created during the … Continued
Jazz, tap, and contemporary urban dance combine with unique Brazilian flavor in this performance by acclaimed performers and musicians Leonardo Sandoval and Gregory Richardson. “Partido” explores the convergence of percussive dance with contemporary urban styles in African-American and Afro-Brazilian culture. The piece highlights the deep connections between music and dance of African origin in Brazil … Continued
“Radicals in Miniature” is a series of “performance-odes” to personal icons who flourished between 1967’s Summer Of Love (not everyone’s love) and 1982/3 when mainstream press first printed the word “AIDS.” Many were felled by the disease that capped the era, others couldn’t navigate the winnowing force of the latter 80’s “professionalizing” what had been … Continued
Paul Taylor established Taylor 2 in 1993 to ensure that his works could be seen worldwide, unhindered by economic or technical limitations. Engagements are customized to meet the needs of each community and often consist of master classes and lecture demonstrations in addition to performances, which may take place in such non-traditional venues as office … Continued
Join us for this family-friendly matinee performance of “Go Home Tiny Monster”! One day, Sylvie and her family of homespun creatures suddenly find themselves in need of a new home. Luckily, they have an audience full of people who can help them out. “Go Home Tiny Monster” features The Gottabees’ trademark mix of puppetry, joyously … Continued
In “I hunger for you”, deeply internalized forces of faith, violence, life force, and compassion pulse through bodies that exist in a mesmerizing, starkly beautiful, often dangerous world. In a world defined by light and its absence, the work looks deeply into the heart of the impulse to lose oneself in ecstasy, ritual, desire, and … Continued
“CAST” and “AUTHOR” are part of a trilogy of works that draw from a collection of audio and video recordings generated with 15 accomplished NYC performing artists, concerning the process of casting and the complexities of representation. How do we represent one another? Who represents us? Each piece in the trilogy is a standalone work. … Continued
The Yard presents new work by two Boston-based artist groups created in their Schonberg Fellow’s Offshore Creation Residency: tap ensemble Subject:Matter, and storyteller Aysha Upchurch, the Dancing Diplomat.