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Events: June 2008 May, 2008
July, 2008
January 19 - November 22 Urban Bush Women Les écailles de la mémoire (The scales of memory) (MAP 2005 and 2006), a new dance work created in collaboration between American choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Senegalese choreographer Germaine Acogny and their respective companies, the all-female Urban Bush Women and the all-male Compagnie JANT-BI. June 5 - June 6 Goat Island Performance Group The Lastmaker (MAP 2006) takes its inspiration from the historical trajectory of the Hagia Sophia: church/mosque/museum, considered here as movements encountered on different planes. The Lastmaker recapitulates the concerns of 20 years of Goat Island, in what we hope will be a fitting conclusion to our contribution – a journey, within a restrained structure, from the intellectual to the emotional, with lasting resonance. Contact Theatre June 11 - June 21 Dance Theater Workshop/Neil Greenberg Choreographer Neil Greenberg's Really Queer Dance with Harps (MAP 2007), a new performance work that will investigate the incoherence organizing conceptions of sexual and gender identity, using the queer male dancing body as one case in point. Dance Theater Workshop June 12 - June 29 LaMaMa E.T.C. Peggy Shaw's Miss America (MAP 2007), a new performance work that challenges the public perception of gender politics. LaMaMa E.T.C. June 12 - June 14 The Builders Association CONTINUOUS CITY (MAP 2008), a new work by The Builders Association that explores social networks and the connectivity of our increasingly global society through the lives of one traveling father and his daughter back at home. Luminato Festival June 15 - July 31 The Builders Association CONTINUOUS CITY (MAP 2008), a new work by The Builders Association that explores social networks and the connectivity of our increasingly global society through the lives of one traveling father and his daughter back at home. GREC festival June 19 Portland Taiko A workshop performance of IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF OUR ANCESTORS (MAP 2007), a new taiko performance work of music, theater and choreography created by Michelle Fujii in collaboration with Japanese choreographer Shohei Kikuchi, and Portland Taiko artists working in ensemble. June 19 - June 20 Goat Island Performance Group The Lastmaker (MAP 2006) takes its inspiration from the historical trajectory of the Hagia Sophia: church/mosque/museum, considered here as movements encountered on different planes. The Lastmaker recapitulates the concerns of 20 years of Goat Island, in what we hope will be a fitting conclusion to our contribution – a journey, within a restrained structure, from the intellectual to the emotional, with lasting resonance. June 25 - June 26 Goat Island Performance Group The Lastmaker (MAP 2006) takes its inspiration from the historical trajectory of the Hagia Sophia: church/mosque/museum, considered here as movements encountered on different planes. The Lastmaker recapitulates the concerns of 20 years of Goat Island, in what we hope will be a fitting conclusion to our contribution – a journey, within a restrained structure, from the intellectual to the emotional, with lasting resonance.
Eurokaz Festival
Zagreb, Croatia June 26 La Pocha Nostra La Nostalgia Remix (MAP 2007) a new performance work by Guillermo Gomez-Pena in collaboration with Native American conceptual/performance artist James Luna. The LAB |
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