New York, NY- Arts for Art is proud to present the first of four weeks to be devoted to Vision Dance Music Collaborations. The week of performances in December is titled StringsDanceVoiceDrums. Each month from December through March, Arts for Art will present six days of unique collaborative performances of cutting-edge dancers and choreographers with some of downtown's most explosive avantJazz improvisers. These types of collaborations have been frequent since the loft era of the 1970s.
The first week features an all-star cast of choreographers from throughout the globe, whose common link is their work with musicians of the jazz avant-garde. The performances will include free improvisations along with more structured choreography, and the broad range of approaches will reflect the equally broad range of backgrounds among the participants. “Vision Art" or avantJazz is not limited by any particular tradition but may in any instance utilize any tradition. It is art built on the development of craft, with each artist using a voice that is uniquely his/her own. It is art with a most decidedly disciplined disregard for tradition and boundaries.
Each evening will conclude with a musical set featuring the Vision improvisers who performed throughout the evening. Arts for Art has laid the groundwork for Vision Collaborations presentations both within the music and dance communities through our ten years of Vision Festival presentations. Audience interest in the dance component of the Vision Festival has made the Vision Collaborations the essential next step in our efforts to elevate this approach to choreography and improvisation.
Location and schedule are printed below:
StringsDanceVoiceDrums - Vision Festival Dance Music Series
La Tea @ Clemente Soto Velez
107 Suffolk Street, between Delancey and Rivington
F to Delancey Street or J,M,Z to Essex Street
$20 per night / $10 students and seniors / 3 nights for $40
212.696.6681
Tuesday, December 12
7:30pm Sounding - Patricia Nicholson (dance, voice) / Hamid Drake (drums), Sabir Mateen (reeds)
9:00pm Chris Chalfant (keyboard, vocals), Joe Rigby (reeds), Chris Sullivan (bass), Brahim Frigbane (doumbec) Warren Smith (drums), Rob Garcia (drums)
Wednesday December 13
7:30pm Estelle Woodward (dance) / Jeff Arnal (drums)
8:00pm Wind/Breezes - Maria Mitchell (dance) / Henry Grimes (bass)
8:30pm New Now Next - Gus Solomons Jr. (dance) / Todd Nicholson (bass)
9:00pm William Parker Quartet with Lewis Barnes (trumpet), Rob Brown (alto sax), Hamid Drake (drums)
Thursday December 14
7:30pm BREW - Erin Gerken and Molly Poerstel (dance) / Dustan Louque (sound installation)
8:00pm Estelle Woodward (dance) / Jeff Arnal (drums)
8:30pm Ink/Paper/Body/Scent - Yin Mei (dance) / Lisa Sokolov (voice)
9:00pm Hamid Drake (drums) / William Parker (bass)
Friday December 15
7:30pm Kevin Bachman (dance) / Daniel Levin (cello)
8:00pm New Now Next - Gus Solomans Jr. (dance) / Todd Nicholson (bass)
8:30pm Sun was a Cave with a Spring - Ha-Chi Yu (dance) / Shiau-Shu Yu (cello)
9:00pm William Parker Quartet with Lewis Barnes (trumpet), Rob Brown (alto sax), Hamid Drake (drums)
Saturday, December 16
7:30pm Ink/Paper/Body/Scent - Yin Mei (dance) / Lisa Sokolov (voice)
8:00pm Trigger - Miriam Parker (dance) / Nasheet Waits (drums)
8:30pm Wind/Breezes - Maria Mitchell (dance) / Henry Grimes (bass)
9:00pm Henry Grimes Sublime Communication with Andrew Lamb (reeds), Newman Taylor Baker (drums)
Sunday, December 17
5:00pm Trigger - Miriam Parker (dance) / Nasheet Waits (drums)
5:30pm Kevin Bachman (dance) / Daniel Levin (cello)
6:00pm BREW - Erin Gerken and Molly Poerstel (dance) / Dustan Louque (sound installation)
6:30pm IMPROV - William Parker (bass), Daniel Levin (cello), Daniel Carter (reeds)
Miriam Parker, Kevin Bachman, Patricia Nicholson, Estelle Woodward (dance)
The first week features an all-star cast of choreographers from throughout the globe, whose common link is their work with musicians of the jazz avant-garde. The performances will include free improvisations along with more structured choreography, and the broad range of approaches will reflect the equally broad range of backgrounds among the participants. “Vision Art" or avantJazz is not limited by any particular tradition but may in any instance utilize any tradition. It is art built on the development of craft, with each artist using a voice that is uniquely his/her own. It is art with a most decidedly disciplined disregard for tradition and boundaries.
Each evening will conclude with a musical set featuring the Vision improvisers who performed throughout the evening. Arts for Art has laid the groundwork for Vision Collaborations presentations both within the music and dance communities through our ten years of Vision Festival presentations. Audience interest in the dance component of the Vision Festival has made the Vision Collaborations the essential next step in our efforts to elevate this approach to choreography and improvisation.
Location and schedule are printed below:
StringsDanceVoiceDrums - Vision Festival Dance Music Series
La Tea @ Clemente Soto Velez
107 Suffolk Street, between Delancey and Rivington
F to Delancey Street or J,M,Z to Essex Street
$20 per night / $10 students and seniors / 3 nights for $40
212.696.6681
Tuesday, December 12
7:30pm Sounding - Patricia Nicholson (dance, voice) / Hamid Drake (drums), Sabir Mateen (reeds)
9:00pm Chris Chalfant (keyboard, vocals), Joe Rigby (reeds), Chris Sullivan (bass), Brahim Frigbane (doumbec) Warren Smith (drums), Rob Garcia (drums)
Wednesday December 13
7:30pm Estelle Woodward (dance) / Jeff Arnal (drums)
8:00pm Wind/Breezes - Maria Mitchell (dance) / Henry Grimes (bass)
8:30pm New Now Next - Gus Solomons Jr. (dance) / Todd Nicholson (bass)
9:00pm William Parker Quartet with Lewis Barnes (trumpet), Rob Brown (alto sax), Hamid Drake (drums)
Thursday December 14
7:30pm BREW - Erin Gerken and Molly Poerstel (dance) / Dustan Louque (sound installation)
8:00pm Estelle Woodward (dance) / Jeff Arnal (drums)
8:30pm Ink/Paper/Body/Scent - Yin Mei (dance) / Lisa Sokolov (voice)
9:00pm Hamid Drake (drums) / William Parker (bass)
Friday December 15
7:30pm Kevin Bachman (dance) / Daniel Levin (cello)
8:00pm New Now Next - Gus Solomans Jr. (dance) / Todd Nicholson (bass)
8:30pm Sun was a Cave with a Spring - Ha-Chi Yu (dance) / Shiau-Shu Yu (cello)
9:00pm William Parker Quartet with Lewis Barnes (trumpet), Rob Brown (alto sax), Hamid Drake (drums)
Saturday, December 16
7:30pm Ink/Paper/Body/Scent - Yin Mei (dance) / Lisa Sokolov (voice)
8:00pm Trigger - Miriam Parker (dance) / Nasheet Waits (drums)
8:30pm Wind/Breezes - Maria Mitchell (dance) / Henry Grimes (bass)
9:00pm Henry Grimes Sublime Communication with Andrew Lamb (reeds), Newman Taylor Baker (drums)
Sunday, December 17
5:00pm Trigger - Miriam Parker (dance) / Nasheet Waits (drums)
5:30pm Kevin Bachman (dance) / Daniel Levin (cello)
6:00pm BREW - Erin Gerken and Molly Poerstel (dance) / Dustan Louque (sound installation)
6:30pm IMPROV - William Parker (bass), Daniel Levin (cello), Daniel Carter (reeds)
Miriam Parker, Kevin Bachman, Patricia Nicholson, Estelle Woodward (dance)
For more information contact All About Jazz.
