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If you want to see some sexy dancers and choreography, head to MMAC this weekend (Thursday and Friday evening at 8PM) to see VATIC. It's an hour of non-stop, hard hitting choreography (by Dana Foglia with Joanna Numata) with some of the city's best dancers who blend contemporary and hip-hop to thrilling effect. Be sure to check out the photos below and grab your tickets now!
For the first few days of my recent European vacation I toggled between my DSLR and the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone. It's just so much easier, I thought to myself, falling victim to the idea that a camera phone was all I needed to document my journey around London. Fortunately I gave myself a swift slap on the face when I arrived in Paris. Though I'd (finally) decided to tote my camera around with me everywhere I went, I still hadn't landed on exactly what I wanted to document my trip. The standard tourist shots would surely creep in, but there was a need in me to come up with a series while on vacation, however straightforward given my limited means when traveling with a single lens and no lighting equipment.
The following series started my first evening in the city of lights when I decided to snap a photo every time the train stopped. Given the looks from the French, I gathered they were less than ecstatic about my camera pointing in train windows, at faces, advertisements, and reflections, but I trudged on and ended up taking a photo at every single Metro station I stopped at during my six days there. Here is a preview of some of the shots I gathered.
After all the promo shots in studios (and bars), Keigwin + Company took it to the stage for the world premiere of Exit today at the Joyce Theater. Here are a few shots from the dress rehearsal. Pick up your tickets now! (Featuring dancers Liz Riga, Kristina Hanna, Ryoji Sasomoto, Aaron Carr, Matthew Baker, Ashley Browne, and Gary Schaufeld. Lighting Design – Burke Wilmore, Costume Design – Karen Young and Jeff Poulin.)
I wanted to share a few images from the Works & Process I photographed last weekend at the Guggeheim Museum. I wrote about this series earlier, but I'd like to urge people once again to grab tickets to any and all performances, as it's a wonderful opportunity to see new choreography or to see existing choreography in a new, more intimate, light. Add to that the fact that you get to see world-class dancers up-close-and-personal and there's nothing NOT to love.
The first set of photos are from Donald Byrd's choreography to John Zorn's music. Dancers include Kelly Ann Barton, Ty Alexander Cheng, Kylie Lewallen, Vincent Lopez, and Tory Peil.
The second piece was choreographed by Pam Tanowitz and also set to John Zorn's music. Dancers include Christina Amendolia, Jean Freebury, Ellie Kusner, Brian Lawson, Banu Ogan, Uta Takemura, Lucy Wilson and Ashley Tuttle.
(Amy Young in Brief Encounters)
