New Work

Isabel Lewis and Will Rawls

Isabel Lewis
SYNTHETIC ACTION
Appropriating the "warm-up" as the ultimate dance readymade, Isabel Lewis gathers dancers and accompanists from various schools of thought a...

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February 9-11, 2012
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00PM
$18 ($12 members)
Platform | St. Mark’s Church

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Three Evenings

curated by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Bebe Miller, and Dean Moss

Platform curator Ishmael Houston-Jones invited three extraordinary and influential artists of his generation, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Bebe Miller, and Dean Moss, to curate thre...

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February 16-18, 2012
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00PM
$18 ($12 members)
Platform | St. Mark’s Church

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From the Streets, From the Clubs, From the Houses

Darrell Jones, Niall Noel Jones, Nicholas Leichter, and Regina Rocke

There will be a pre-performance showing of an excerpt from Sally Sommers’ documentary “Check Your Body at The Door” each evening at 7:45PM

Houston-Jones has brought together a group of chore...

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February 23-25, 2012
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00PM
$18 ($12 members)
Platform | St. Mark’s Church

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New Work

Dean Moss and Reggie Wilson

Dean Moss
some elements new, re-purposed, in-process
Multi-disciplinary artist Dean Moss was nominated for two Bessie awards for Nameless Forest (2011), and...

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March 8-10, 2012
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00PM
$18 ($12 members)
Platform | St. Mark’s Church

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New Work

Nora Chipaumire and Okwui Okpokwasili

Two extraordinary Bessie Award-winners Nora Chipaumire and Okwui Okpokwasili create new work for this shared evening. Both powerful performers, highly acclaimed for their own work and...

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March 15-17, 2012
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00PM
$18 ($12 members)
Platform | St. Mark’s Church

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New Work

Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion, Marjani A. Forté/LOVE I FORTÉ, and Samantha Speis

On this shared evening, a group of compelling young choreographers present new work.

Pittsburgh native Kyle Abraham investigates the state of Black America and a history therein with ...

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March 22-24, 2012
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00PM
$18 ($12 members)
Platform | St. Mark’s Church

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Stacy Spence

Trekking

5PM-8PM

Part of This & That: A Day of Walking, Talking, and Watching

Choreographer and performer Stacy Spence queries what we bring to an environment and vice versa. ...

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March 27, 2012
Tuesday at 5:00PM
Free and open to the public
Platform | St. Mark’s Church

Thomas F. DeFrantz

Performing Black

Part of This & That: A Day of Walking, Talking, and Watching

Thomas F. DeFrantz is a performer, writer, Professor of Dance and African American Studies at Duke University, Pres...

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March 27, 2012
Tuesday at 5:30PM
Free and open to the public
Platform | St. Mark’s Church

Parallels on Tour Discussion

with Blondell Cummings, Ishmael Houston Jones, Henry Pillsbury, and Barbara Watson

6PM

Part of This & That: A Day of Walking, Talking, and Watching

In 1987, the Parallels program toured Europe under the title Parallels in Black. The American Cen...

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March 27, 2012
Tuesday at 6:00AM
Free and open to the public
Platform | St. Mark’s Church

Coining: An Evening of On-Screen Performance

Curated by Will Rawls

Part of This & That: A Day of Walking, Talking, and Watching

In the second of two screenings Rawls presents performances made for film, video, and projection formats that take a broad...

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March 27, 2012
Tuesday at 8:00PM
Free and open to the public
Platform | St. Mark’s Church

An All Day Event. The End.

Framework conceived by Ralph Lemon

11AM - 10PM

The framework for An All Day Event was conceived by Ralph Lemon who extended invitations to singular artists from multiple disciplines to be part of the piece on th...

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March 31, 2012
Saturday at 11:00AM
Free and open to the public
Platform | St. Mark’s Church