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The MOVEMENT RESEARCH FESTIVAL PASS is available for ADVANCED PURCHASE ONLY: 2 tickets for $30, 4 tickets for $48, 6 tickets for $60. Regularly priced tickets are $18 (members $12). Reservations for performance events at Danspace Project are available at www.danspaceproject.org or (866) 811-4111.

December 4-6  TH F SAT  8:30pm
Danspace Project
Week one of the festival showcases nine contemporary artists who will develop scores in response to conversations and game playing with the renowned Steve Paxton. This performance investigation, which explores conceptual and spatial thinking, takes it cue from Paxton’s daily Chinese Checkers game with his neighbor during which the players continually rearrange the pattern of the board to keep their strategies alive and spontaneous. This cross-generational meeting of minds features performance by dance artists Ray Chung, Scott Heron, Vera Mantero, Mårten Spångberg, Mat Voorter and Thomas Hauert, musicians Miya Masaoka, Andrea Parkins, and Jennifer Walshe, and lighting by Kathy Kaufman.
Each evening will also feature &, a duet created by Mat Voorter together with Thomas Hauert.

December 8 MON at 8pm
Judson Memorial Church Meeting Hall – free – no reservations required
Générique: a presentation of everybodys toolbox (www.everybodystoolbox.net <http://www.everybodystoolbox.net> ). Come play and discover Générique, an open source performance. The presentation will be supported by DD Dorvillier, Milka Djordjevich, Trajal Harrell, Sarah Percival plus YOU!

Powered by Emotion: Mårten Spångberg performs a reconstruction of the Goldberg variations by J. S. Bach, interpreted by Glenn Gould, improvised by Steve Paxton, filmed by Valter Werdin.



December 11-13  TH F SAT  8:30pm
Danspace Project

The second week features solo performances from special out of town guests Ray Chung (San Francisco), Scott Heron (New Orleans) and Vera Mantero (Lisbon, Portugal), as well as a set of improvisations with additional musicians and dancers. Each night includes a stellar line up of international performers and New York artists: Thursday, Dec. 11th: Ray Chung, Judith Sanchez, DD Dorvillier, Elena Giannotti (Italy/Ireland), David Watson; Friday, Dec. 12th: Scott Heron, Beth Gill, Yvonne Meier, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Alex Waterman; Saturday, Dec 13th: Vera Mantero, Polly Motley (Vermont), Jennifer Monson, Zeena Parkins, Elena Giannotti (Italy/Ireland)