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Michelle Boulé’s "White" at River to River Festival

Michelle Boulé’s “White” at River to River Festival

Synchronicity might be the most satisfying of phenomena. It feels simultaneously macro- and micro- in scale: as if the universe’s most vast and entropic of forces are acting upon a situation, and yet the situation is so singular that its specific synchronicity will never again be achieved. Take this moment from Michelle Boulé’s White performed at Peck Slip in the South Street Seaport last…

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Yve Laris Cohen's "Fine" at The Kitchen

Yve Laris Cohen’s “Fine” at The Kitchen

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As soon as I was ushered in the doors of The Kitchen for the opening night of Yve Laris Cohen’s Fine(all at once like cattle—no last-minute trickling in here) I decided it was a who’s who of the downtown performance scene. Crowded together behind a curtain, greetings were exchanged, heads nodded in complicity as we stood there, waiting for whatever was…

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Work Up at Gibney

Work Up at Gibney

Alyssa Gersony, Eli Tamondong, and Elena Light respond to each others’ pieces presented at Work Up, a presenting series for emerging dance and performance artists at Gibney Dance. Work Up ran from April 9-May 2.

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  Alyssa Gersony on English Country Ballz (Sadie Hawkins Remix) by Elena Light:

Side by side, not quite within reach, Elena Light and Margaret Tudor lock eyes. The two androgynous…

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Magda & Chelsea "Vulgar Early Works" at FringeArts Studio Series

Magda & Chelsea “Vulgar Early Works” at FringeArts Studio Series

I saw zany performance art duo Magda & Chelsea perform their Vulgar Early Works at JACK in Brooklyn in the fall, and it left a major impression. I meant to write a recap/review but never did (bad Elena!), so I decided to interview them in advance of their Vulgar Early Works going up as part of the Studio Series at FringeArtsin Philly this weekend (catch it Thursday 2/19 and Friday 2/20 at 7pm,…

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Dean Moss at The Kitchen

Dean Moss at The Kitchen

Art isn’t always easy. In fact, I find that most art that I consider valuable isn’t easy at all; it bothers me, nags at me, leaves me unsure and full of questions. I’m rather Greenberg-ian that way: I find easily digested art to be kitschy.

I had a hard time digesting Dean Moss’s johnbrown at The Kitchenafter seeing it last Friday evening. I just didn’t know what to make of it: its disparate…

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Jumatatu Poe's "Android Tears" at JACK

Jumatatu Poe’s “Android Tears” at JACK

Jumatatu Poe by Tayarisha Poe

Jumatatu Poe doesn’t want to live in New York.

Or so he says. The Philly-based dance artist is presenting his new solo Android Tears at JACK’s tin-foil-clad performance space in Brooklyn from Thursday to Saturday. The work investigates the “trickster deity,” so Poe’s proclaimed dislike of New York City should be taken with a grain of salt—he could be messing with me.

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Jodi Melnick's Moment Marigold at BAM Fisher

Jodi Melnick’s Moment Marigold at BAM Fisher

In ancient Greek mythology, the Horae (hours) were the three goddesses of the seasons, the keepers of time, and the guardians of Zeus’s cloud gates to the heavens. They were (and are) nearly always depicted in motion, dancing gracefully as clouds themselves, their limbs and hair pushed back by a slight breeze to usher in the spring or fall.

In Wednesday’s premiere at BAM Fisher, downtown…

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