Samara Davis
“Stand Close”
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives
June 2013
Perched on the second-floor balcony overlooking the large square expanse that houses ONE’s library, “Stand Close, It’s Shorter Than You Think: A show on feminist rage,” presented by Artist Curated Projects, places works by artists … READ ON
PICKS
Bridget Everett
Bridget Everett on her recent shows and new album
March 2013
Bridget Everett is a New York–based performer and lead singer of the band the Tender Moments. A denizen of Joe’s Pub—Everett is former cohost of Our Hit Parade, along with Kenny Mellman and Neal Medlyn—she currently performs at the … READ ON
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Claude Wampler
Claude Wampler discusses her new piece, N’a pas un gramme de charisme.
January 2013
Claude Wampler is a New York–based artist who investigates the boundaries of spectatorship in the visual and performing arts. Here, she discusses the impetuses behind her latest work, N’a pas un gramme de charisme., (Not an ounce of … READ ON
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Simone Forti
Judson at 50: Simone Forti
November 2012
Simone Forti has been choreographing movement and sound since the age of twenty-one. Born in 1935, she immigrated to Los Angeles from Florence, Italy, while still young, and moved to San Francisco in 1956. There, she studied with choreographer… READ ON
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Deborah Hay
Judson at 50: Deborah Hay
October 2012
Deborah Hay is a pioneering choreographer in the field of experimental dance and one of the founding members of the Judson Dance Theater. As part of artforum.com’s commemoration of Judson’s fiftieth anniversary, here Hay describes her … READ ON
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DD Dorvillier
DD Dorvillier discusses the complementary roles of music and dance
September 2012
DD Dorvillier is a choreographer, performer, and teacher. With her company, human future dance corps, she will be presenting a new work titled Danza Permanente on September 26–30 at The Kitchen in New York, copresented with the French … READ ON
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Elaine Summers
Judson at 50: Elaine Summers
August 2012
Elaine Summers was born in 1925 in Perth and was raised in Boston. In 1952 she moved to New York and attended workshops led by Robert Ellis Dunn, a musician for the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. The workshop group later formed the Judson … READ ON
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Anna Halprin
Judson at 50: Anna Halprin
July 2012
Born in 1920 in Illinois, Anna Halprin studied modern dance and later abandoned her training in favor of improvisation and other investigative movement practices. Considered one of the pioneers of postmodern dance, Halprin founded the San … READ ON
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“You never look at me from the place from which I see you”
SculptureCenter
March 2012
Curated by Kristen Chappa, this group exhibition presents work by the eleven artists currently participating in SculptureCenter’s “In Practice” program. A formal/conceptual duality characterizes most of the pieces on view, with the … READ ON