As the producer of this series which originated as a forum for the presentation of new work
by women choreographers for the pointe shoe, it's exciting to see this new added element of collaboration with women artists within the realm of ballet.
Inaugurated in 2012 CounterPointe is focused on the presentation of new works
by women choreographers for the pointe shoe.
This annual curated performance series features new work
by women choreographers for pointe.
Norte Maar announces a call for choreographers for its 5th Season of CounterPointe: new work
by women choreographers and their collaborations with artists, April 7 - 9, 2017 at the Actor's Fund Arts Center, Brooklyn.
Not exact matches
When we sat down with the actress, dancer, and Emmy Award - winning
choreographer at SpeakEndo — a campaign that provides
women with much - needed info about endometriosis — to talk about how she's managing her symptoms, we were excited to hear that she's fascinated
by natural medicine.
Norte Maar in collaboration with Brooklyn Ballet announces an open call for
choreographers for the return of CounterPointe, a new series presenting choreography
by women dance makers working with the pointe shoe.
For this, its fourth iteration, 7
women choreographers have been paired with 7 Brooklyn based
women visual artists to collaborate and create both a new physical and visual work
by each — investigating the process of creation, inspiration and development.
Founded in 1984
by choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Urban Bush
Women (UBW) seeks to bring the untold and under - told histories and stories of disenfranchised people to light through dance from a
woman - centered perspective and as members of the African Diaspora community.
Gaines subsequently tested the limits of representation
by dropping the formulas to map tree growth, leaf accumulation, and kinetic motion with pencil - marked gridworks abstracted from portraits («Faces: Men and
Women,» 1978) and photos of household objects («Shadows,» 1980), trees («Walnut Tree Orchard,» 1975 — 2014; «Falling Leaves,» 1978 — 79; and the flourescent acrylic paint and sheet series «Numbers and Trees,» 1986 — 89), even timed three - second intervals tracking the graceful turns of the iconic postmodernist
choreographer and dancer Trisha Brown («Motion: Trisha Brown Dance,» 1980 — 81).
The annual series presents new work
by women dance makers working with the pointe shoe; the
choreographers are paired with a visual artist.
Past
women to be honored
by MOCA include art collector Beatrice Gersh,
choreographer Twyla Tharp, actress Anjelica Huston and artists Barbara Kruger, Yoko Ono and Annie Leibovitz.