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Movement Research Festival FALL 2010: TRULY MADLY DEEPLY,
co-curated by John Jesurun and Jon Kinzel, presents:

Three DIFFERENT performances at Danspace Project
Thursday December 2 – Saturday December 4

$12/$8 for Danspace Project Members
tickets: www.danspaceproject.org/calendarandtickets/

Julieta Cervantes will be an ongoing presence documenting many aspects of the festival from a unique and internal point of view. Audiences will be able to view her continuing unedited process as the festival progresses – performance images including dress rehearsal photos will be screened before each night’s scheduled events.

Thursday December 2.
Mike Albo
Susan Rethorst
8pm. Danspace Project. 131 East 10th Street.
$12/$8 for Danspace Project Members
tickets: www.danspaceproject.org/calendarandtickets/

Friday December 3.
Brian Rogers
Temporary Collective: Hilary Clark, Alex Escalante, Maria Hassabi, Jodi Melnick, Colin Stilwell, Zack Fuller, and Matthew Rogers
8pm. Danspace Project. 131 East 10th Street.
$12/$8 for Danspace Project Members
tickets: www.danspaceproject.org/calendarandtickets/

Saturday December 4.
Emily Coates and Lacina Coulibaly
Fiona Templeton
8pm. Danspace Project. 131 East 10th Street.
$12/$8 for Danspace Project Members
tickets: www.danspaceproject.org/calendarandtickets/

TICKETS are $12/$8 for Danspace Project Members and can be purchased at: www.danspaceproject.org/calendarandtickets/

Please do not contact Movement Research for ticket sales. All tickets are to be purchased at the door or online at www.danspaceproject.org/calendarandtickets/

Photos: Brian Rogers by Paula Court, Emily Coates by David Barreda 2009

This week at Movement Research: Movement Research at the Judson Church, Open Performance, classes and more! Also, Fall Festival is approaching! See info below.

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From our Friends at Judson Memorial Church:

TWO PERFORMANCES IN HONOR OF JUDSON

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29 & 30, 2010
8:00 PM AT JUDSON, TICKETS $20 (students/seniors $10) with work by Toby ARMOUR, Arthur AVILES, Remy CHARLIP, Malcolm GOLDSTEIN, Aileen PASSLOFF, Yvonne RAINER, Carolee SCHNEEMAN, Emma-Grace SKOVE-EPES, and Elaine SUMMERS.

Photography or video recording of the performances is not allowed. Please remember to turn cell phones and other personal devices off. For more information call (917) 727-0431.

Plus:

EXHIBITION AT FALES LIBARY, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY

“A Sanctuary for the Arts: Judson Memorial Church and the Avant-Garde 1954-1977” runs from October 28, 2010 to January 7, 2011 at the Fales Archive in the NYU Library. The exhibit will explore the synergies between the artists who performed at Judson Memorial Church in the 1960s and 70s and the church ministry and congregation.

For information and tickets: http://www.judson.org/falesexhibition

Join us to celebrate the 90th birthday of Frances Alenikoff,
founder of Eden’s Expressway, and the 20th anniversary of the Performance Journal, as well as the release of PJ#37!

That’s right…
Frances Alenikoff was born in ’20 and turns 90 this year!
MRPJ’s first issue was released in ’90 and turns 20 this year!

Monday September 27th, 2010
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South

6:30pm Reception
to attend the reception, please make a donation here: http://www.movementresearch.org/performance_journal/specialpjevents.php

Donations can me made in the following levels:
$20 …… I PJ
$55 …… I MR (receive a 2-issue subscription to the PJ!)
$90 …… I Frances (receive a 4-issue subscription to the PJ!)
$1800… I the PJ & Frances & MR, for the next 20×90 years
(receive a lifetime subscription to the PJ!)

8pm Performances doors open at 7:45pm
FREE
Performances by Ze’eva Cohen, Deborah Jowitt, Jennifer Monson & Yvonne Meier, Tere O’Connor Dance, Wendy Perron, Regina Rocke, and Judith Sanchez Ruiz!

9pm Popcorn Party
FREE

All proceeds from the event, including $ from Donor Reception and pass-the-hat, go towards supporting the future publication of the Performance Journal.

If you are unable to attend the reception, but would like to make a donation, you can do so here: http://www.movementresearch.org/performance_journal/specialpjevents.php

photo: Frances Alenikoff

Yvonne Meier by Ian W. Douglas, performing in Movement Research at the Judson Church

We’re thrilled to let you know that Jennifer Monson & Yvonne Meier will perform together as a special addition to the Movement Research at the Judson Church Series. The evening will also feature performances by Molly Lieber & Eleanor Smith, Gio, and Jillian Peña (a 2009 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence). January 4, 2009 at 8pm. Admission is free, seating is first-come-first-serve, and the doors open at 7:45pm. Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South at Thompson Street.

This week at Movement Research:
Fall Festival 2009: What Does Dance Have to Say?, workshops and performances, regularly scheduled classes and events, and more!
visit www.movementresearch.org/performancesevents/festival/ for more festival info!

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Read Gia Kourlas’s interview with Fall Festival Curators Lucy Sexton and Charles Atlas here: http://newyork.timeout.com/articles/dance/80894/charles-atlas-and-lucy-secton-interview