Yvonne Rainer
dal 15/3/2011 al 18/3/2011
Segnalato da
15/3/2011
Yvonne Rainer
Baryshnikov Arts Center, New York
Two performances. 'Assisted Living: Good Sports 2' and 'Spiraling Down'
Two performances: 'Assisted Living: Good Sports 2' and 'Spiraling Down'. The first one is derived in part from a collection of New York Times photographs, mainly from the sports section, accumulated by the choreographer over a period of two years. The work also includes three unexpected performers: the lighting designer, set designer, and Yvonne Rainer herself. In its tragicomic alternations, the strength of its texts, the precision and litany of movement references to sports, play, and death, and its haunting soundtrack - Assisted Living evolves into a powerful rumination on the unpredictability of daily life. 'Spiraling Down', which premiered during Performa 09, draws its inspiration from a variety of sources - including newspaper photos, soccer moves, old movies, and Rainer's own disinterred dances from the 1960s - all of which contribute to the melancholic and contradictory assemblage of ideas, images, and texts, both spoken and recorded. From 8pm. Admissions 15 and 25 dollars.