Critical Correspondence
Critical Correspondence: Dance and the Museum
In 2013, Critical Correspondence initiated a project dedicated to the examination of dance in the museum today–its politics, economics, and aesthetics. Acknowledging a long history of cross-pollination between dance and the visual arts–some driven by artists, some by institutions–our hope is to create a forum, based in a dance institution, for the voices of those […]
Joanna Kotze in conversation with Jesse Zaritt
Dancer/choreographer/educator Jesse Zaritt talks with dancer/choreographer Joanna Kotze about her creative practices and choreographic investigations, the role that New York has played in her development as an artist, her trajectory as an architect-turned-dance student, and the notions of perception and audience experience. Her newest work “it happened it had happened it is happening it will happen” will be shown at Danspace Project, May 30-June 1, 2013.
Marissa Perel in conversation with Katy Pyle, Jules Skloot, Cassie Mey, Francis Weiss Rabkin, Sam Greenleaf Miller, Effie Bowen, and Lindsay Reuter
In February 2012, artist/writer/curator Marissa Perel spoke with dancer/choreographer Katy Pyle about her queered ballet form, Ballez, and the early stages of her latest piece, “The Firebird,” which was presented at Danspace Project, May 16-18. Here, members of the cast of “The Firebird” join Perel and Pyle to discuss motivations for the piece, each performer's experience of Ballez, and alternative approaches to the idea of failure in queer performance.
The Score by Clarinda Mac Low
Clarinda Mac Low reflects on dance scores in the second of a series of several writings for CC in 2012, which she has dubbed “The Year of Dance.” Mac Low will be presenting “40 Dancers do 40 Dances for the Dancers” at Danspace Project this September 2012. The piece is based on “The Pronouns: 40 Dances for the Dancers,” a series of dance scores by her father, Jackson Mac Low.
Jonathan Burrows in conversation with Milka Djordjevich
CC guest editor Milka Djordjevich interviews choreographer Jonathan Burrows about his body of work in collaboration with composer Matteo Fargion. Their first trilogy of works Both Sitting Duet (2002), The Quiet Dance (2005), and Speaking Dance (2006) and the first two pieces of their most recent trilogy, Cheap Lecture (2009) and The Cow Piece (2009), will be presented at Danspace Project November 3-5, 2001 in collaboration with Janet Panetta, curator of International Dance Dialogues, and Performa 11.
