Sitelines 2010 Lineup
LMCC's annual site-specific performance series
Presented in association with the River To River® Festival, Sitelines 2010 will present six world premieres in a compelling line-up of site-specific contemporary dance and performance, free of charge to audiences throughout Lower Manhattan.
Celebrating its 7th season, Sitelines includes performances throughout downtown from The Elevated Acre at 55 Water Street to the intimate courtyard at historic John Street United Methodist Church. Additional highlights of the 2010 season include performances at the exciting locations of Governors Island and LMCC’s LentSpace, a free, outdoor, contemporary art space located at Canal and Varick Street in Hudson Square.
Laura Peterson Choreography : everyone
June 22–24 at 12:30PM at The Elevated Acre at 55 Water Street
June 22–25 at 2:30PM at Historic Battery Park
Laura Peterson Choreography is a New York City based dance company that creates highly physical and dynamic pieces with a deep sense of design and detail. Inspired by mass games, flash mobs, swarms and flocks, everyone explores the visual elements of choreography with a cast of thirty dancers, changing locations, costumes, and sounds.
Yoshiko Chuma & the School of Hard Knocks: A-C-E ONE
July 7–8 at 5:30PM and 7:30PM at LentSpace (Canal Street, Varick, Grand, and Sixth Avenue)
In this world-premiere commission renowned choreographer Yoshiko Chuma fuses live music, dance and performance to create a unique new work.
A-C-E ONE is a multidisciplinary site-specific spectacle that takes full advantage of the unique architectural features of LentSpace. Dancers and musicians are positioned strategically throughout the space, a limousine moves at a glacial pace through a horticultural installation as performers move in and around a sea of shredded paper. Expect to be surprised.
Deganit Shemy and Company: 2 kilos of sea
July 12–14 at 12:30PM & 5PM, July 15 at 12:30PM at the John Street United Methodist Church, 44 John Street
Critically acclaimed Israeli choreographer Deganit Shemy, known for her aggressively physical work, brings five dancers together in the close quarters of the courtyard at John Street United Methodist Church to explore the misinterpretations that occur in a nanosecond, exposing the fragility of time, of relationships, and of accepting.
Phil Soltanoff: SIT, STAND, WALK, LIE DOWN…
July 31 and August 1 at 3:30PM on Governors Island
In SIT, STAND, WALK, LIE DOWN… award winning theater director Phil Soltanoff creates a promenade performance on Governors Island. Performed by a mass of people using movements derived from the simplest gestural vocabulary, SIT, STAND, WALK, LIE DOWN… aims to reveal the qualities of a particular space by painting it with choreographed movement.
Christopher Williams: The Voyage of Garbhglas (excerpt)
August 2–5 at 12:30PM at the Irish Hunger Memorial in Battery Park City at 290 Vesey Street at North End Avenue
In this new work, Bessie Award-winning choreographer Christopher Williams brings his signature imaginative style to Irish Faerie lore and 6th and 7th century adventure tales known as Imramma in which saints, heroes, or troubled men are set adrift in boats with no oars, encountering strange, uncharted magical lands with curious inhabitants. Featuring original music by Gregory Spears.
LoVid: Trichrome Navigation
August 9 – 12 at 12:30PM at Broad Street between Exchange Place and Beaver Street
In Trichrome Navigation interdisciplinary artist duo LoVid lead a team of performers and audience members through an obstacle course, carrying electronic components from one side to another, building an electronic musical instrument that produces live sound. Beginning with minimal sound and movement, the performance progresses to a crescendo of increasing density and sound.
