Movement Research
Announces
MRX/DenmarkMovement Research is proud to announce a new partnership as part of Movement Research Exchange.
Movement Research Exchange (MRX) is a vehicle to spur interaction and exchange among independent choreographers and their peers from within and outside the US, enabling artists to travel outside their home environment for residency activities, informal showings, discussions and teaching opportunities.
With funding from the Danish Arts Council as part of DaNY Arts, Movement Research launches MRX/Denmark, a residency/exchange program that provides artists based in New York and Denmark with access to rehearsal time, work-in-progress showings, classes and workshops, and dialogue with peer artists.
Movement Research would like to congratulate and welcome Oded Graf and Kasper Daugaard Poulsen to New York. Both artists are currently on exchange in New York for a period of two months, and each has a collaborator in residence along with them for a portion of the exchange. Please join us in welcoming these artists to New York as they interact with MR’s artist community and offer showings of work-in-progress, as follows:
Upcoming Performances by MRX/Denmark Artists:
February 4: Oded Graf and Yossi Berg perform on the Movement Research at the Judson Church series. Monday, 8pm, free.
February 25: Kasper Daugaard Poulsen, with collaborator Mari Matre Larsen, perform on the Movement Research at the Judson Church series. Monday, 8pm, free.
March 15: DraftWork: Melanie Maar and Kasper Daugaard Poulsen at Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church. Saturday, 3pm, free.
About the Danish Artists:Yossi Berg is the recipient of the Israeli Ministry of Culture award for ‘outstanding choreographers’ (3 times) and ‘best solo artist performer’. He won first prizes of the ‘International Competition for Choreography’ in Hanover, Germany; the ‘International Serge Diaghilev Competition of Choreography Art’ in Gdansk, Poland; and ‘The International Choreography Contest Burgos - New York’ in Burgos, Spain. Berg worked with DV8 in London, Batsheva Dance Company (where he worked with such choreographers as Ohad Naharin, Jiri Kylian, and Angelin Preljocaj, among others), and Yasmeen Godder Company, to name but a few. Between the years 1997-2007 he commissioned world premieres for the ‘Curtain-up / International Exposure’ festivals in Tel Aviv. He created works for international dance companies and opera theaters such as: ‘Batsheva Dance Ensemble’, ‘Donlon Dance Company’ and ‘Tanztheater Osnabruck’ in Germany, ‘Introdans’ in Holland, ‘Aura Dance Company’ in Lithuania, ‘Polski Ballet’ in Poland, ‘Belgrade Drama Theater’, ‘Muza Dance Company’ and ‘Seminar Hakibutzim University’ in Israel. His works are featured in different festivals throughout the world and he is invited to teach and lead workshops.
Oded Graf’s awards include two first prizes in ‘Dansolution’ - choreography competition for choreographers in Copenhagen, Denmark 2005 and 2006; first prize of ‘The International Choreography Contest Burgos - New York’ and a choreography prize from the ‘Israeli-American Cultural Foundation’ 2006. He danced with the ‘Kibbutz Dance Company’, ‘Noa Dar Dance Company’ and took part in the international projects of choreographers such as: Ari Rosenzwieg, Morten Instraad, Yossi Berg, Niv Sheinfeld, etc. Graf created works for: ‘Israel festival’, Jerusalem, ‘Gaida festival’ and ‘Aura Dance Company’ Lithuania, ‘Short Stories Festival’, Copenhagen and ‘Intima-dance’ Tmuna theater, Tel Aviv and presented his works throughout the world. In 2007 he was selected to represent Denmark in the ‘Koupio Dance Festival’ in Finland. He is teaching and leading workshops and classes throughout Israel and Europe. In 2006 he created ‘Heroes’ with Yossi Berg, who he is both collaborating and performing with since 2005. Graf was chosen for the residency program of the “Movement Research” New York 2007.
Mari Matre Larsen (b.1979, Bergen, Norway) lives in Amsterdam and works as a dancer, performer and choreographer in the Netherlands and abroad. She graduated from the Modern Dance Department of the Amsterdam School of the Arts in 2002 and has since then worked with various choreographers, among others: Arthur Rosenfeld, Sarah Manya, Kasper D.Poulsen and Hooman Sharifi.
Kasper Daugaard Poulsen (b. 1977) Educated at the Modern Dance Department at The Amsterdam School of the Arts in 2002. Engagements with Mind The Gap Tanztheater (D), Granhøj Dans (DK) and Kassandra Production (DK/S), [W(E)GO] (DK/NL), among others. Also works as a choreographer both freelance and for his own company, Club Fisk, which he founded in 2003. Since then the company has been touring to Denmark, Sweden, Holland, Germany, Scotland, Italy and Brazil. Teaches modern dance technique at The Danish Royal Ballet School as well as to professional dancers. Received ”Helle og Arenth Jacobsens Scholarship for young artists” in 2003.
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For the New York counterpart of this exchange, three American artists (Beth Gill, Levi Gonzalez, Melanie Maar) will be in residence
from June 5-19, 2008 at Archauz Koreografisk Center, a newly formed venue in Arhus, Denmark, with an established company,
Mancopy© Dansekompagni, in residence.During their residency, they will have the opportunity to access studio space; give work-in-progress showings or informal performances; participate in a range of activities at Archauz (such as classes and rehearsals with Mancopy© Dansekompagni); collaborate with lighting designer Kim Glud on photo, video and lighting design; and interact with the artist community in Arhus, including Archauz staff. From June 12-14, the New York artists will have the opportunity to participate in a new choreography competition, Aarhus International Choreography Competition (AICC), which will present an exciting opportunity to interact with many choreographers and dancers during a period of increased activity. The artists will also teach classes at Archauz twice a week during their residency.
About the New York Artists:
Beth Gill is a choreographer whose work has been presented in NYC by Dance Theater Workshop, The Kitchen and Dixon Place. She is a 2007 Movement Research Artist in Residence and part of the curation/production group that created the Movement Research Festival Spring 2007, for which they recieved a BAX Pass It On award. Beth also co-directs the large esemble performance group the Brooklyn Adult Recorder Choir (BARC) with composer Chris Peck.
Levi Gonzalez is a choreographer and performer living in Brooklyn. His own work and his choreographic collaborations with Luciana Achugar have been presented by various NYC venues, including Movement Research at Judson Church, Dance Theater Workshop, The Kitchen, Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church, The Marquee, PS122, Dixon Place, and PS1 Contemporary Art Center. He has performed extensively with Donna Uchizono Company and John Jasperse Company, as well as ChameckiLerner, Jeremy Nelson and Dennis O’Connor. Additionally, he has worked for Michael Laub’s Remote Control Productions in various locations in Europe. Levi teaches technique and composition at Movement Research, Dance New Amsterdam and with Dean Moss at The Kitchen. He was a Movement Research Artist in Residence from 2003-2004 and a 2006 Fellow in Choreography from the New York Foundation for the Arts. He is also an editor of Critical Correspondence, an online publication of Movement Research Publishing and annually facilitates a dialogue with artists participating in DTW’s Fresh Tracks Residency program. He has recently become a recipient of a DTW Outer/Space Resicency and was commissioned to create a new work on the student of George Washington University.
Melanie Maar is a dance artist born in Vienna, Austria. She was a 2005/2006 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence. Maar’s solos, group dances and collaborative ventures have been performed in various venues and places in New York City, San Francisco, Washington D.C., Vienna, Berlin, Lisbon, Oslo, Milan and Glasgow. Her latest project “DOPA- Cells of Emotions”, a duet based on studies of movement disorders and physicalized emotions, was first shown at The Kitchen’s Works in Process in December 06 and is presented at Draftwork Series at Danspace St. Mar’s Church in it’s continued state in march 2008.
She is performing her solo exploration “Resisting Under”, a dance on resistance, at Danspace’s “Food for Thought” program in December 2008. Her 2004 solo, “Off and On”, a piece informed by her father’s movement disorder, continues to be performed at medical conventions through out the U.S. and abroad. As a dancer and collaborator, Ms Maar has been part of, Bessie Award winning choreographer, Luciana Achugar’s work for many years as well as dancing for choreographers Roseanne Spradling, Luis Lara Malvacias, Daria Fain, Kate Weare , Levi Gonzales and Toni Ramos.
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Movement Research is one of the world's leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms. Valuing the individual artist, their creative process and vital role within society, Movement Research is dedicated to the creation and implementation of free and low-cost programs that nurture and instigate discourse and experimentation, as it strives to reflect the cultural, political and economic diversity of its moving community, including artists and audiences alike.
Movement Research gratefully acknowledges public support from the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency); the New York State Council on the Arts (a state agency); the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; and Materials for the Arts (a program of the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs and the Dept. of Sanitation).
Movement Research also gratefully acknowledges the generous contributions of private support from Altria Group, Inc.; The Danish Arts Council; Foundation for Contemporary Arts; Greenwich Collection Limited; The Harkness Foundation for Dance; Jerome Foundation; the Leonard and Sophie Davis Fund; The Marshall Frankel Foundation; the Mertz Gilmore Foundation; the MAP Fund (a program of Creative Capital, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation); the James E. Robison Foundation; and the Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation; as well as from all of our dear Friends of Movement Research, who contribute financial support, labor and love.
Special Thanks to Dance Theater Workshop (DTW) and its board and staff. Movement Research has been in residence at DTW since 2004 and will continue for the 2007-2008 season.
Enormous gratitude and love to Frances Alenikoff.
Special thanks to the congregation and staff of the Judson Memorial Church.
Oded Graf and Kasper Daugaard Poulsen’s residencies are made possible with funding from the Danish Arts Council as part of DaNY Arts. In addition, Kasper Daugaard Poulsen’s residency is supported by Værkstedsscenen (the "laboratory" stage) in Århus and by Kulturhus Århus.