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SUMMARY:Greenwich House Town Meeting at Westbeth
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URL:https://westbeth.org/event/greenwich-house-at-westbeth/
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SUMMARY:Westbeth Icon Evening : Hans Haacke
DESCRIPTION:Thursday May 12 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank St. (enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY 10014\nFREE\nMASKS ARE REQUIRED. \nHans Haacke largely invented modern ‘artivism’ as a political strategy for conceptual artists. His work intervenes through the space of the museum or gallery to decry the influence of corporations on society and reveal the hypocrisy of liberal institutions accepting sponsorship from aggressive and conservative capitalists. This work has been immensely significant in prefiguring the modern challenge to ‘artwashing’\, the attempted diversion from harmful business practices through philanthropic engagement with the arts. \nHaacke’s politics extend to his artistic career\, providing a principled example to artists and audiences. He still maintains partial ownership over his artworks after sale\, for example\, allowing him a measure of control over the extent to which his protest can be coopted by the art market. As a teacher and writer Haacke’s influence is not only in the work he directly produced himself\, but in the dissemination of his political strategies through later generations of artists. Haacke’s fearlessness and refusal to bend in relation to institutional pressure has had an enduring legacy that persists to this day. \n– The Art Story \nWestbeth Icons is a project that celebrates the life and work of senior Westbeth artists who continue to work passionately in their artistic field. It is produced by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council. \nThe Icon evening features a filmed interview produced and directed by Ted Timreck with Terry Stoller\, interviewer\, as well as tributes by colleagues of the artist and words by the honoree. A special Icon gift is presented to the artist at the close of the evening. \nSee more Westbeth Icons at Westbeth Icons
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-icon-evening-hans-haacke/
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SUMMARY:Beth Soll: Earthly Dances in Troubled Times
DESCRIPTION:L-R – Beth Soll\, photo credit: Lazslo Toth; Beth Soll and Abby Dias in the film\, “Two Red Solos\, A Formal Response.” Cinematographer: Ethan Mass; Brianna Lux\, photo credit: Jacob Lux. \nSaturday May 7\, 2022 at 8pm\nSunday May 8\, 2022 at 8pm\nBETH SOLL & COMPANY\nThe Westbeth Community Room at Westbeth Center for the Arts\n55 Bethune Street (corner of Bethune St. and Washington St.)\, NYC 10014 \nSeating Limited. Masks required for attendees. \nTickets: sollearthlydances.brownpapertickets.com\nPhone: 212-927-0476 \nWebsite: Beth Soll and Company \nFacebook: Beth Soll and Company \nChoreographer/Dancer Beth Soll\, Artistic Director of Beth Soll & Company\, will present Earthly Dances in Troubled Times\, a concert of four new works and a film at Westbeth Center for the Arts\, 55 Bethune Street\, NYC. The program will take place on Saturday May 7 and Sunday May 8 at 8pm. Tickets: *Full program below. \nCelebrating the 50-year age difference between herself and her dancers\, the two evenings will feature the premiere of Red Duet\, a live spin-off of Ms. Soll’s film\, Two Red Solos\, A Formal Response\, which will also be shown. Both works were created in response to the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. \nDancers appear in the film in two separate solos\, one for company member Abby Dias and another for dancer/choreographer Beth Soll\, in separate frames or socially distanced in one frame. Filming took place in 2020 outside\, amidst the greenery of Hudson River Park. The vibrant red of the costumes contrast with the lush green of the park. In Red Duet\, the live version of the film\, Ms. Soll shares the stage with Ms. Dias\, using geometric clarity and a thoughtful balance of athleticism and subtle\, gesture-based movement. \nThe other works to be shown echo aspects of the film\, including its movement vocabulary\, the tension between separation and connection\, and the co-existence of formal restraint and emotional expressivity. \nAccording to dance critic Deborah Jowitt\, who viewed the film in preview: “What makes this duet especially interesting—even moving—are the subtle distinctions between the two performers. Hard to believe though it is\, Soll is about fifty years older than Dias. If they raise both hands to frame their faces\, or lean down to touch the ground\, they seem like twins\, but they approach certain larger moves in individual ways…. Two red solos. The performers’ responses to the title may be formal\, and the two of them never touch. But their simultaneous solos seethe with the implications of togetherness and isolation that at present shape our daily lives.” – Arts Journal\, Read more. \n* Full Program (subject to change): \nSpell II (premiere)\, Solo for Beth Soll. This dance grew out of two earlier solos\, one from 1979 and another from 2016. It suggests a sense of immersion in a private\, almost visionary place of sensuous introspection\, expressed in both kinetic dancing and idiosyncratic gestural movement accompanied by the evocative music of Boston’s celebrated jazz musician Stan Strickland and the equally accomplished Josh Rosen. \nRed Duet (premiere) a live version of the film\, “Two Red Solos\, A Formal Response.” The choreography departs from the restrictions of the separate frames in the film and allows for more intimacy between the dancers than in the film\, as well as a sense of vigorous\, athletic freedom. Music: prepared tape of nature sounds by the film’s cinematographer Ethan Mass. \nWellspring (premiere)\, Solo for Abby Dias. The choreography of this piece makes references to the other dances in the program and focuses on Abby’s youthful\, hopeful energy\, her natural dramatic sense\, and her technical skill. The dance is accompanied by the highly original\, evocative music by experimental jazz artist\, Jeff Platz. \nFolk Dance: A Restless Fugue. Duet for Abby Dias and Brianna Lux. This dance makes reference to the traditional folk dance of Eastern Europe and to the embroidered patterns on folk costumes. The dancers move from upstage to downstage with one movement pattern and then move back upstage with another pattern\, sometimes deviating from their straight paths. Parts of the dance are performed in unison\, but much of it is performed as a fugue or canon\, in which one person starts\, and the other dancer later joins in with different movement. As the dance develops\, the dancers deviate from the rigid lines of the embroidery and dance together or in opposition\, which both enriches and undermines the conventions of folk dance and evokes a sense of the aesthetic power\, passionate emotions\, and suggestions of conflict that are often implicit in traditional dances. Music for the dance is by Param Vir\, a British composer originally from India and performed live by noted New York pianist Kathryn Woodard. \nFilm: Two Red Solos\, A Formal Response – the dancers appear in separate frames or socially distanced in one frame. The film was shot outside amidst the greenery of Hudson River Park. For the film Soll worked to reveal and celebrate the 50-year age difference between her and Abby Dias and to locate it within a geometric clarity and thoughtful balance of athleticism and subtle\, gesture-based movement. The vibrant red of the costume’s contrasts with the lush green of the park. Cinematographer: Ethan Mass. Editing: Ethan Mass and Beth Soll. \nABOUT BETH SOLL  \nBeth Soll is the Artistic Director of Dance Projects\, Inc./Beth Soll & Company. Beth Soll began her dance training in the U.S. with the Romanian dancer Iris Barbura and continued abroad in Germany and Switzerland. She has performed with many dance companies and has frequently collaborated with artists in all disciplines. She received a bachelor’s degree in modern dance from the U. of Wisconsin and later a Ph.D from Boston University. With her company\, which was formed in 1977\, she has performed in many U.S. locations and abroad in Canada\, France\, Germany\, Hong Kong\, Hungary\, Romania\, and Russia. She has been honored with many grants and awards from the NEA and from state\, civic\, and private sources. Since the 1960s\, she has been teaching people in varied contexts and in universities\, including MIT\, where she directed the Dance Program for 20 years\, the Harvard Summer Dance Center\, Boston University\, UC Santa Barbara\, Hofstra University\, Manhattanville College\, and the University of Wisconsin. Her book\, Will Modern Dance Survive? Lessons to be Learned from the Pioneers and Unsung Visionaries of Modern Dance was published in 2002.\nBethsollandcompany.org \nNow in her late seventies and still dancing\, Soll’s very individual style has earned enthusiastic praise throughout the years: \n“Gentle\, unusual\, luminous…iconic purity…thoughtful\, beguiling dance.”\nDeborah Jowitt\, The Village Voice \n“This is dance at its most magical\, mystical\, mysterious.”\nCerina Survant\, Chicago Reader \n“A distinguished\, absorbing\, and deeply satisfying concert.”\nDavid Vaughan\, Dance Magazine \n“…volatile\, thrilling\, both kinesthetically and spiritually\, and altogether magnificent.”\nChristine Temin\, The Boston Globe
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/beth-soll-earthly-dances-in-troubled-times/2022-05-08/
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Readings: Walter\, Florio and Herman
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday May 4\, 2022 at 7PM \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street (enter through courtyard)\nb/w Washington and West its.\nNew York\,NY\nFREE \nKate Walter is the author of two memoirs: Behind the Mask: Living Alone in the\nEpicenter and Looking for a Kiss: A Chronicle of Downtown Heartbreak and Healing.\nHer essays and opinion pieces have appeared in the New York Times\, Newsday\, New York\nDaily News\, AM-NY\, Next Avenue\, the Advocate\, the Village Sun\, and many other outlets.\nShe taught writing at CUNY and NYU for three decades. \nDonna Florio is a lifelong resident of Bank Street in Greenwich Village. Nurtured by colorful\,\neccentric neighbors who taught her to “never wonder about life from the outside—jump in!”\nDonna has\, over the years\, worked as an opera singer\, a TV producer\, a Wall Street executive\,\nand an educator\, and has backpacked around the world. \nMichele Herman is the author of the novel Save the Village and two poetry chapbooks\, Just\nAnother Jack: The Private Lives of Nursery Rhymes and Victory Boulevard. Her poems\, stories\,\nand essays have appeared widely in journals\, including Ploughshares and the Hudson Review.\nShe’s a longtime teacher at the Writers Studio\, a developmental editor\, and she writes for the\nVillage Sun.
URL:https://westbeth.org/event/westbeth-literary-arts-committee/
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SUMMARY:Penny Jones & Company Puppets: Three Little Pigs
DESCRIPTION:Sunday April 24\, 2022 at 1PM \nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street (enter through courtyard)\nb/w Washington and West Sts.\nNew York\, NY\nBUY TICKETS HERE \nLimited Capacity. Buy tickets online. Masks must be worn by all. Adults must be vaccinated. \nClassic Tales and Fables. Lots of fun for the very young. The Three Bears\, The Three Billy Goats Gruff\, and more. This is a simple and intimate introduction to the theatre for children. With lots of participation\, fun\, and games\, and Mother Goose Rhymes. A hit for generations. With Jack\, the Pied Piper and that silly little dog Toby. After the show\, everyone makes a puppet to take home.\n“Charming.” -New York Times\n“Very simple\, and perfect as an introduction to theatre.” -New York Magazine\n“Warm\, funny\, direct and charming.” -Gannet Newspapers\n“A relief from all that commercialism” – A parent after the show \nTickets are $10 for all ages\nShow Time: 1 PM\nAll Ages – Great for 2 to 8\nStroller Parking\nShows Run about 45 Minutes workshop follows\nInformation: (212) 924-0525 \nMORE INFO: http://www.pennypuppets.org \nBUS AND SUBWAY: M14A\, M11\, M20\, (2 blocks)\nA\, C\, E\, L\, 1\, 2\, 3 (5 or 6 blocks)
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SUMMARY:Westbeth Movie Night: What Happened\, Miss Simone?
DESCRIPTION:Friday April 22\, 2022 at 7PM\nWestbeth Community Room\n155 Bank Street (enter through courtyard)\nNew York\, NY\nMasks are recommended\, Room capacity 74 \nWhat Happened\, Miss Simone? is a 2015 American biographical documentary film about Nina Simone directed by Liz Garbus. The film opened the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. The screening was followed by a tribute performance by John Legend.[1] The film was released by Netflix on June 26\, 2015. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 88th Academy Awards. \nMichael Hogan wrote for Vanity Fair that\, “The risk of making a documentary of a towering artist is that\, by explaining her\, you only end up diminishing her. Not Nina Simone—not this time. In Liz Garbus’s telling\, Simone’s talent and personality shine through\, as gloriously singular\, and uncontrollable\, as ever.” \nManohla Dargis of The New York Times cited the film’s relevance\, calling it an “often electric\, bracingly urgent documentary.
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