Body and Soul

Listen to dancer-choreographer Katy Pyle talk about the the saving grace--and the power--of imagination.

Katy Pyle and Jules Skloot present COVERS -- September 6-9 at The Bushwick Starr. Get details at http://cargocollective.com/katypyle/COVERS.

(c)2012, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, InfiniteBody

http://infinitebody.blogspot.com

Surprise!

It's time to revive my old dance interview podcast, Body and Soul. I'll be starting with Listen., a new series-within-the-series that will feature short, unmediated takes by artists from the dance world and allied disciplines about...well, really about anything they want to say, any way they want to say it. While I expect that these folks have plenty to say about life, art, politics, spirituality and more, each one will have to keep it all down to 10 minutes max--which is good for focusing the speaker's mind and holding the typical Web surfer's attention, right?

Listen.

Doug Varone and Dancers at The Joyce Theater, October 9-14

For links to more information about Varone and his company, visit my blog, InfiniteBody, at http://infinitebody.blogspot.com.

Thanks for listening!

(c)2012, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, http://infinitebody.blogspot.com

Aviva Davidson, Executive and Artistic Director of Dancing in the Streets, talks about Hip Hop Generation Next 2009, a celebration of global hip hop culture, with upcoming events in July and August in Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx.

Details at Dancing in the Streets -- http://www.dancinginthestreets.org.

(c)2009, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, http://infinitebody.blogspot.com

Today, I visited with Naomi Goldberg Haas/Dances for a Variable Population--fifteen dancers who range in age from mid-20s to 80s--at a rehearsal for the premiere of "Fanfare" at the Whitehall Terminal of the Staten Island Ferry. This twenty-minute work will utilize the terminal's bright, spacious and rather busy waiting room for 12:30pm and 1:30pm performances on June 15, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26 and 27. Subways: #1 to South Ferry, 4/5 to Bowling Green or R to Whitehall Street.

Admission is free. Just take the stairs or escalators up to the waiting room and look around!

"Fanfare" is a presentation of Sitelines 09, the summer site-specific performance series produced by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council as part of the River to River Festival.

Naomi Goldberg Haas:

http://www.naomigoldberghaas.com

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's Sitelines: http://www.lmcc.net/sitelines

River to River Festival: http://www.RiverToRiverNYC.com

(c)2009, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, http://infinitebody.blogspot.com

Olive Bieringa of The BodyCartography Project, based in Minneapolis, talks about plans for next month's SEEDS Festival of arts and ecology. Now set to launch its second summer at EARTHDANCE in Massachusetts, SEEDS is an international, interdisciplinary festival, forging connections between innovative artists and scientists.

SEEDS

http://www.earthdance.net/seeds

The BodyCartography Project

http://www.bodycartography.org

(c)2009, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, http://infinitebody.blogspot.com

Choreographer Megan V. Sprenger joins me to talk about "...within us," her new, evening-length production at PS 122, May 17-24 (Tues-Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 5:30pm.

Company information at Megan V. Sprenger/mvworks --

http://www.mvworks.org/

Further information at Performance Space 122 -- http://www.ps122.org -- or 212-352-3101

(c)2009, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, http://infinitebody.blogspot.com

Michelle Boulé is a choreographer, teacher and performer well-known for her work with cutting-edge dancemakers such as John Jasperse, Miguel Gutierrez, Donna Uchizono, Beth Gill, Doug Varone and Deborah Hay. She is also a certified practitioner of BodyTalk, a fascinating bodymind healing modality which we discuss in today's podcast.

Michelle Boulé

http://michelleboule.wordpress.com

Nurture Day Open House

Nurture New York

Thursday, May 7 (4-8pm)

$30 for one of various mindbody modalities, including BodyTalk; $25 for 2 or more. See Web site for details. Drop in: Reservations not required!

Nurture New York, 1123 Broadway, Suite 1205, Manhattan (at 25th Street); 212-580-2689; http://www.nurturenewyork.com

The BodyTalk Center

http://www.thebodytalkcenter.com

(c)2009, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, http://infinitebody.blogspot.com

Carissa Kranz (see photo at http://infinitebody.blogspot.com) is a ballerina and studies law at the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt). She's also one of many Berkeley students protesting proposed budget cuts that would greatly diminish the school's much-respected physical education department and its dance classes. Hear why this program is important to the 5,000 students it serves each year and how students like Kranz are organizing to save it.

Berkeley crisis--Pt. 1 featured David E. Garcia, a graduate student in the Chemistry department, dancer and choreographer.

"Don't Hurt the Body for the Mind" by 12 Lecturers of The Physical Education Program, The Daily Californian Online (March 13, 2009)

http://tinyurl.com/bp9abg

The Daily Californian -- http://www.dailycal.org

UC Berkeley Department of Physical Education -- http://pe.berkeley.edu

(c)2009, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, http://infinitebody.blogspot.com

David E. Garcia is a graduate student in Chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley. He's also a dancer, a choreographer and one of many Berkeley students protesting proposed budget cuts that would greatly diminish the school's much-respected physical education department and its dance classes. Hear why this program is important to the 5,000 students it serves each year and how students like Garcia are organizing to save it.

Berkeley crisis--Pt. 2 will feature law student and ballerina Carissa Kranz.

"Don't Hurt the Body for the Mind" by 12 Lecturers of The Physical Education Program, The Daily Californian Online (March 13, 2009)

http://tinyurl.com/bp9abg

The Daily Californian -- http://www.dailycal.org

UC Berkeley Department of Physical Education -- http://pe.berkeley.edu

(c)2009, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, http://infinitebody.blogspot.com

Jody Oberfelder received a dream commission from the Brooklyn Philharmonic--to choreograph Stravinsky's "A Soldier's Tale" for a May 9th performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM). Little did she realize that her project would become a casualty of New York's economic crisis when, like so many other arts institutions, the Philharmonic was forced to slash its budget.

Oberfelder joined me today to talk about her re-imagining of "A Soldier's Tale," the ironic relevance of its theme and her renewed efforts to bring this production to life.

Web site of Jody Oberfelder Dance Projects: http://www.jodyoberfelder.com

Daniel Goode's Critical Mass (U.S. premiere), with choreography by Jody Oberfelder, Thursday, April 30, 8pm at Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow St., (near Bleecker and 7th Avenue), Manhattan. For more information, call 212-242-4770

http://www.myspace.com/northrivermusic

http://www.danielsgoode.com

(c)2009, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, http://infinitebody.blogspot.com