• August 8, 2013

    The Cloud Messenger: Kickstarter Video Preview

    By Published On: August 8th, 2013

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exgutLHUDso&feature=youtu.be The Piece "The Cloud Messenger" is a Bharatanatyam piece is about a yaksha (or demi-god) who is exiled and separated from his beloved. When he feels like all hope is lost, he finds solace in a young raincloud and tries hard to convince her to embark on a difficult journey, to ultimately take a

  • August 5, 2013

    Performing Diaspora 2013 Trailer

    By Published On: August 5th, 2013

  • August 4, 2013

    Digitizing the Past

    By Published On: August 4th, 2013

    There is this fantastic organization called the South Asian American Digital Archive, or SAADA for short, founded by Samip Mallick. My uncle Surinder Paul Singh has submitted a great deal of original source material from my great grandfather, including letters and photos. All these materials are now available on SAADA's website. Having these materials on

  • August 2, 2013

    When I dance…

    By Published On: August 2nd, 2013

    When I dance... Nadhi: “I can feel a deep love for God and an emotional connection to human-kind. Particularly when I perform, that connection can be so strong, that I forget where I am and who is watching. I find that I keep dancing to chase those moments. Sophia: “Dancing excites me, challenges me, moves

  • July 22, 2013

    The Ginzburg Geographies – Song texts

    By Published On: July 22nd, 2013

    THE GINZBURG GEOGRAPHY Alla Boara Old Ones Remain Revolution on Borgo San Constanzo Marciar, Marciar Guerra di Popolo Winter in Abruzzo La Filera Corso Re Umberto La Situazione Memoria Piazza Quadrata These 3 Friends La Lega Texts as cited. All music by Jewlia Eisenberg except when cited. ALLA BOARA Traditional O the grasshopper sings on

  • July 10, 2013

    valerie

    By Published On: July 10th, 2013

  • June 26, 2013

    A Study in Overindulgence: Working Toward Minced Meat

    By Published On: June 26th, 2013

    Over the past four months I’ve come together with a group of talented dancers, actors and improvisers to explore America’s rampant consumer culture. The result is this week’s performances of Minced Meat, an absurd dance-theater piece that asks “How far will you go to feel full?”  The process began with free association and improvised movement

  • June 24, 2013

    Where’s the beef? The Thick Rich Ones serve up Minced Meat June 28-29!

    By Published On: June 24th, 2013

    photo by Weidong Yang America is built on the concept that consumption keeps our world afloat.  We know in order to have a thriving economy we have to put our money where our mouths are and invest, consume and purchase to keep the system running.  What happens when the system falters and we

  • May 30, 2013

    Opening “State: not anywhere near to now”

    By Published On: May 30th, 2013

    When I started "Moving Still(s)" one year ago at the Djerassi Resident Artist Program, I was very resistant to the idea of producing a concert or even creating a piece from the experience. I worked intentionally to derail my choreographic process in order to arrive at deeper states of being and latent approaches to moving.

  • May 29, 2013

    Here Now Dance – making a dance game…THIS IS DEDICATED…

    By Published On: May 29th, 2013

    Premiering at CounterPULSE Theater June 21-23: 2013, THIS IS DEDICATED...utilizes the structure of a professional sports games, offering four 20-minute quarters complete with a half-time show and team mascot. Inspired by themes from WWI era dance-marathons and sports culture, the dance game appropriates what is successful and exploits the negative spectacle of the two particular

  • May 21, 2013

    a taxonomy of partisan songs

    By Published On: May 21st, 2013

    recently, preparing the ginzburg geography, i have been deep in italian partisan music. i learned a lot of these songs, probably too many... i am all set to do a program for very old men in bologna.  anyway, after thinking about this a lot, i concluded that you can divide the songs  in a variety of ways.

  • May 19, 2013

    ImShift

    By Published On: May 19th, 2013

    ImShift explores the shifting identity of "living in the in-between" as Latin American living in the diaspora. Through the ritualistic practice of self-affirmation, one can challenge systemic barriers and create art that transcends borders. The expiration of this piece is my lived reality and the work of performance scholar Diana Taylor. This piece is also