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...
February 9-11, 2012
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00PM
$18 ($12 members)
Platform | St. Mark’s Church
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...
February 16-18, 2012
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00PM
$18 ($12 members)
Platform | St. Mark’s Church
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...
February 23-25, 2012
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00PM
$18 ($12 members)
Platform | St. Mark’s Church
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...
March 8-10, 2012
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00PM
$18 ($12 members)
Platform | St. Mark’s Church
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...
March 15-17, 2012
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00PM
$18 ($12 members)
Platform | St. Mark’s Church
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 ...
March 22-24, 2012
Thursday-Saturday at 8:00PM
$18 ($12 members)
Platform | St. Mark’s Church
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. ...
March 27, 2012
Tuesday at 5:00PM
Free and open to the public
Platform | St. Mark’s Church
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...
March 27, 2012
Tuesday at 5:30PM
Free and open to the public
Platform | St. Mark’s Church
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...
March 27, 2012
Tuesday at 6:00AM
Free and open to the public
Platform | St. Mark’s Church
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...
March 27, 2012
Tuesday at 8:00PM
Free and open to the public
Platform | St. Mark’s Church
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...
March 31, 2012
Saturday at 11:00AM
Free and open to the public
Platform | St. Mark’s Church