JOY-MARIE THOMPSON x The Playground NYC
Company:
The Playground NYC
JOY-MARIE THOMPSON x The Playground NYC
Tuesday, 08/22 || 2:00-3:45PM, $6
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, 280 Broadway, NYC
Entrance 53A Chambers Street
The Playground NYC allows dancers to experience various choreographic styles and ideas, engage with a new community of dancers, and gather resourceful information and inspiration from the array of choreographers involved. In turn, established choreographers are paid for their creative investigations, are given free space to explore new movement with professional dancers, and are provided with the opportunity to establish relationships with new dancers and fellow choreographers.
Class Description:
What is it to embody the bodies of those other than ourselves? We will begin with a short warmup followed by a guided improvisational and theatrical practice. Then we will workshop some choreography that I am working on based on the lore of the “Boohag”- a feminine, gnarly, and ghostly spirit takes the breath of those she chooses to embody.
Bio:
Joy-Marie Thompson is a performing artist, writer, and educator based in New York, NY whose work is rooted in the curiosity, spirit, and advocacy of our bodies. Find more of their work and bio at joymariethompson.com
PC: Whitney Browne