Douglas Dunn + Dancers at Judson Memorial Church, NYC
Douglas Dunn + Dancers will present a two-week season at Judson Memorial Church February 19-March 1, 2025. The first week features the experimental opera BODY / SHADOW, a collaborative project with choreography by Douglas Dunn, music by Paul J. Botelho, libretto, video, and set design by Brice Brown, and visual media design by Steve Gibson. The second week brings the world premiere of L’Embarqement pour Cythère, by Dunn with visual design by Mimi Gross, poetry by Anne Waldman, a commissioned score by Jerome Begin, played live by Begin and String Noise, and lighting design by Miriam Crowe.
L’Embarqement pour Cythère, Feb 26 – March 1, 8pm
Tickets: $25 per show; limited number of Both-Show Packages for $40!!!
No refunds.
Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, NYC
Doors open at 7:15; books will be for sale.
Running times approximately one hour.
Seating is in the round.
No elevator access.
The second week brings the world premiere of L’Embarqement pour Cythère, an evening-length work for 12 dancers. It centers on Dunn’s fascination with the construction of trios and the ambiguities when three relate. The work features an original score by Jerome Begin, played live by Begin and the violin duo String Noise. Set and costume design is by Dunn’s longtime collaborator Mimi Gross. Anne Waldman, another longtime collaborator, will contribute a series of poems performed live by her as she moves about the space with the dancers. Lighting design is by Miriam Crowe.
L’Embarqement pour Cythère will be performed by dancers Jules Bakshi, Alexandra Berger, Dwayne Brown, Janet Charleston, Vanessa Knouse, Emily Pope, Deniz Erkan Sancak, Jin Ju Song-Begin, Timothy Ward, Christopher Williams, Mark Willis, and Arthur “Trace” Yeames.
On sale at the shows: a limited edition hardbound publication of BODY / SHADOW, featuring text, images, and a CD– as well as other books produced by MAB and by Douglas Dunn.