RECENT EVENTS

An Absurd Vice

Thurs. November 29th at 9pm
Fri. November 30th at 9pm
and Sat. December 1st at 8pm

Catherine Gallant/DANCE presents An Absurd Vice. This evening length work features Ms. Gallant's wonderful dancer/collaborators, Natalia Brillante, Michelle Cohen, Chriselle Tidrick, Francesca Todesco, Billy Blanken, Noah Damer, Rob Fernandez and guest artist Francisco Ruvalcaba of the Limon Company.

at
Merce Cunningham Studio
55 Bethune St. 11th fl.

Part dream, part memory inflected narrative, An Absurd Vice is a meditation on the absurdity within love, intimacy and close relationships. The movement, which is mined from fragments of daily human observation, bristles with the brutal beauty of love. Whipping, collapsing, spinning and rising bodies travel along intricate pathways as love evades reason and eight expressive dancers tear through a lavish fabric of sensual movement design.

An Absurd Vice strips away the vestiges of romance to expose the melding and dissolving of partnerships as it plays with the cold hard numbers of psychological research examining the factors facilitating romantic attraction, mate selection, marriage, divorce and re-marriage. The work is inspired by the research of Ms. Gallant's husband whose work in psychology has focused on the paradox of being in love. Text, music and video filter through and weave together the sliding, overlapping chapters of this cautionary tale.

To make a reservation send info (date and number attending) to catdance34@hotmail.com or call (917) 673-3132

Directions to the Merce Cunningham Studio-
take the 1,2,3,A or C to 14th St. Walk west on 12th St. to Hudson and then one block south to Bethune. Walk west along Bethune to 55. Take elevator to 11th fl. Shoes must be removed before entering the theater space. (It's a long standing tradition.)
Visit the Merce Cunningham Dance Foundation's website for more travel info.

www.merce.org

photo Fran Dickson

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photo: Julie Lemberger 2006

Duet 1 (2006)

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Photo: Julie Lemberger 2006

Quantum Uncertainty: Part 1 (2003)

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photo: Julie Lemberger 2006