City/Dans: TOM PEARSON AND ZACH MORRIS Vanishing Point June 26-28, 2008 [Thu*-Sat] at 8:30 PM Admission: $15.00 (members $10.00) Make a Reservation Wickedly funny and suddenly somber, Tom Pearson and Zach Morris' new evening-length work fuses aggressive, exhaustive movement, meditative nuance, and live music by the whisky-powered alt-bluegrass ensemble The Dang-it Bobbys, led by composer Kris Bauman. Culled from the artists' collective stories, Vanishing Point is an exploration of family legacies that have been shrouded in secrets, blurred by liquor, or -- in some cases -- composed of outright lies. A confluence of slipping memories, improbable tales, and faulty recollections, the work lives in the blurry spaces between truth and fabrication. With an absurd measure of sincerity and an equal dollop of irreverence, the performance unfolds as a fictional funeral (replete with inappropriate eulogies and talk about sex in church). Vanishing Point shotguns from elusive impression to indelible imprint, skips decades, unearths fragments of a hidden past, and obsessively replays events in an attempt to articulate meaning out of fractured moments. Collaborative artists and performers include Donna Ahmadi, Zach Morris, Marissa Nielsen-Pincus, Tom Pearson, Tara O'Con, and Jennine Willet. Costumes designed by Karen Young and lighting by Carol Mullins complement the work. www.thirdrailproject.com "… dance segments that are touching and deep... add up to a vague sense of Faulknerian doom, set to good music. " The New Yorker Hear the choreographers discuss their new work with Eva Yaa Asantewaa. Sample some of the Dang-it Bobbys' music. Learn more about Zach and Tom at www.thirdrailprojects.com. Vanishing Point is made possible, in part, with funds from the 2007-08 Danspace Project Commissioning Initiative with support from the Jerome Foundation and Danspace Project's Dans/Creation Fund. These performances are supported by an Outer/Space grant, a program of Dance Theater Workshop supported, in part, by JPMorgan Chase and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the New York City Council. Vanishing Point is also made possible by funds from Third Rail Projects, with support from private donors. Vanishing Point is supported in part by the Live Music for Dance Program of the American Music Center (www.amc.net).