MOVEMENT
Company:
Netta Yerushalmy
NYU SKIRBALL PRESENTS THE NYC PREMIERE OF
MOVEMENT
CHOREOGRAPHED BY NETTA YERUSHALMY
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 & SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
“Ms. Yerushalmy’s work melds daring ideas with lush movement that makes space for nuance and detail.” – The New York Times
“Yerushalmy demonstrates the essence of the dancing body as a living archive, which curates within itself traces of movement, culture, and heritage. These traces are preserved, pulsating and ever-renewing, between past and present.” – The contemporary eye
NYU Skirball will present the NYC premiere of Movement, an electrifying performance by acclaimed choreographer Netta Yerushalmy, on Friday, November 1 and Saturday, November 2 at 7:30 pm at NYU Skirball.
Movement (2022) is a groundbreaking synthesis of a multiplicity of cultures and genres. The piece features over one hundred dance citations woven together into a radical quilt, challenging their boundaries until their pluralistic vision nearly bursts. Movement is a continuation of Yerushamly’s ongoing practice of repurposing, reorienting, and re-contextualizing dance, spinning fragments of seemingly unrelated works into an enthralling new whole. This maximalist performance shines light on dance as an inevitable and unifying force in a brittle and confused world. The performance features a new score by award-winning composer Paula Matthusen and is performed by dancers hailing from Korea, Senegal, Taiwan, and across the USA. Running Time: 70 minutes.
The work is performed by a group of lauded dancers including Joyce Edwards, Burr Johnson, Catie Leasca, Christopher Ralph, Caitlin Scranton, Jin Ju Song-Begin, and Hsiao-Jou Tang. The new score is by award-winning composer Paula Matthusen, lighting design by Tuçe Yasak, dramaturgy and contributions in language by Katherine Profeta and costumes by fabric artist Magdalena Jarkowiec.
Netta Yerushalmy is a choreographer and performer based in New York. Her research-based dance-making is propelled by a passion for, and trust in, the body as a site of ineluctable knowledge. Her work is aesthetically and ethically committed to generating questions, not answers. She has been recognized with many prestigious awards, including a United States Artists Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, Princeton Arts Fellowship, National Dance Project, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Award, Research Fellowship from New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, and a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship. She started to choreograph at age 17 and has created more than a hundred dances. nettay.com/
NYU Skirball is located in the heart of Greenwich Village, a long-time destination for avant-garde artists, free-thinking intellectuals, and political dissidents. NYU Skirball’s celebrates this history, embracing works that engage, provoke and inspire audiences. NYC’s home for cutting-edge performance, artistic research, and discourse, The Center’s programming ranges from re-inventions of the classics to cutting-edge premieres, in genres ranging from dance, theatre and performance arts to music and film.
TICKETS
Movement will play November 1 & 2 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased online, by visiting the box office in person, Tuesday – Saturday from 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm, or by calling 212.998.4941. NYU Skirball is located at 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square, New York, New York 10012. www.nyuskirball.org.
NYU Skirball’s programs are made possible in part with support from the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the Howard Gilman Foundation; Van Cleef & Arpels; Collins Building Services; General Delegation of the Government of Flanders to the USA; and Marta Heflin Foundation; as well as our valued donors through memberships, commissioning, and Allies for Arts Access Fund support.
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