Black Moon (La Lune Noir) Act I
Monstah Black and Major Andres Scurlock

at DANCE NEW AMSTERDAM
THURSDAY and FRIDAY September 15–16 at 8:00pm
Post-show discussion on 9/16 moderated by Matthew Morrison
Tickets: $17 general, $12 DNA members, $14 students/seniors, $12 advance

FREE Preview: THUR September 8 at 12:15pm
DNA’s 2nd Floor Gallery, brief Q&A to follow
GALLERY The Anatomy of Black Moon opens with a reception and panel discussion, September 8 at 7:00pm

“In “Black Moon (La Lune Noir),” at Dance New Amsterdam, the protagonist is a monstrous black creature, the glam-fabulous performer Monstah Black, who has refashioned the modernist landmark from the perspective of an African-American artist in a country led by a black President.”
– THE NEW YORKER

Black Moon (La Lune Noir)

A world premiere
Choreographer: Monstah Black
Dance Company: Motion Sickness (Artistic Director, Monstah Black)
Composer and Music Director: Major Andres Scurlock
Video Installation and Lighting Designer: Holly Daggers

Artist’s Description

Black Moon (La Lune Noir) is an interdisciplinary/multimedia cabaret operetta based on Arnold Schoenberg’s melodrama “Pierrot Lunaire,” rewritten from an African-American male perspective and musically re-imagined through popular genres such as Afrobeat and house, deconstructing classical and contemporary forms to infuse the work with emotional power. The work is an electric experience visually and sonically.

Dance New Amsterdam is supporting the development of Black Moon (La Lune Noir) through a 2011-12 residency. Black Moon (La Lune Noir) was funded, in part, through Meet The Composer’s MetLife Creative Connections program.

Artist Bios

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FMT’s Wetcircuit teams up with the all-female hip-hop crew Decadancetheatre at Joyce Soho, July 15–18 at 8pm. Choreographer Jennifer Weber and visual artist Holly Daggers create an evening featuring an international roster of b-girls and 3D visuals!

July 15-18, 8pm
Joyce Soho
155 Mercer, NYC
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Tickets are available on the Joyce Soho website – $20, $15 for students and seniors. Thursday is a opening night reception and benefit with tickets at $50. A discussion follows the performance Friday evening.

Be the first to experience When The Sky Breaks, Deca’s world-premiere piece fusing old school hip-hop with cutting-edge, 3D technology. Put on your 3D glasses and watch what happens when dancers, a DJ and VJ all collaborate to push the boundaries of hip-hop in new dimensions.

Read an interview with artist Holly Daggers on the Joyce Soho website.

“Her leading dancers bring the feminine mystique to hip-hop. They suspend the expected fierce staccato moves in a matrix of lush fluency and add a dimension of alluring mystery to the form’s conventional tough, streetwise attitude.” Tobi Tobias, The Village Voice.

After the show, stay to party with the dancers and enjoy a special dance performance by Future, the legendary House/Waving/Popping artist, music by Deca’s very own DJ Henry C.

An excerpt of When the Sky Breaks was previewed at RE:Vision June 30th, 2010.

When the Sky Breaks
(premiere)
Decadancetheatre & Wetcircuit

choreography & dance performance by
Silvia Clark, Lucile Graciano, Nadia Luely, Taeko Koji
directed by Jennifer Weber
live visual & performance by Wetcircuit
music by Masters at Work remixing Nina Simone

Presented at Re:Vision Tempera Libre, June 30, 2010
Produced by Forward Motion Theater
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RE:Vision – Tempera Libre

AlieNatioN’s Swirliens photographed by Wetcircuit

Forward Motion Theater presents RE:Vision, a series where media and digital art are integral to the performing arts. The evening features independent works by artists incorporating live-mix video, dance, puppetry, spoken word, and music.

This is our final RE:VISION of the season!

June 30 at 8pm – pre-show a/v set 7:30
Tickets are $10 advanced, $15 at the door
PURCHASE TICKETS ON THE FMT STORE

THE SECRET THEATRE – LONG ISLAND CITY ARTS BUILDING
44-02 23rd Street, Long Island City, Queens
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To get to The Secret Theatre, take the E or V trains to 23/Ely (first stop in Queens), the 7 or G train to Court Square, or the N train to Queensboro Plaza

participating artists include:
Decadancetheatre
AlieNatioN
Wetcircuit
Jon Keith Brunelle
Aerostatic
Blind
Urban Wash Dance Company
Julia Edwards
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RE:Vision Hits

Forward Motion Theater presents RE:Vision, a series where media and digital art are integral to the performing arts. The evening features independent works by artists incorporating live-mix video, dance, puppetry, spoken word, and music.

Re:Vision Hits is a part of the Queens Fringe Festival

May 26th at 8pm
Tickets are $10 advanced, $15 at the door
BUY TICKETS via secure PAYPAL or CREDIT CARD

THE SECRET THEATRE – LONG ISLAND CITY ARTS BUILDING
44-02 23rd Street, Long Island City, Queens
(google maps)

To get to The Secret Theatre, take the E or V trains to 23/Ely (first stop in Queens), the 7 or G train to Court Square, or the N train to Queensboro Plaza

participating artists include:
Kim Gibilisco Dances
Jonathan Nosan
The Xaelan Manifesto
Olek
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Mikhail Torich
Blind
Urban Wash Dance Company
ActivePhaze
Blue Muse Dance
Wetcircuit
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RE:Vision
Hudson Opera House

Forward Motion Theater returns to the Hudson Opera House with RE:Vision, a collaboration of live performances weaving multimedia and dance from a fresh critical perspective. The evening features seven independent works by artists combining choreography,live mix video, film, dance, spoken word, costume, and music. Tickets are $15 per person, $10 students.

May 1, 2010 at 8pm
Tickets are $15 per person, $10 students.

Hudson Opera House
327 Warren St.
Hudson, NY 12534
(518) 822-1438
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Artists include: video artists Wetcircuit and Mikhail Torich, musician Aerostatic, and choreographers Urban Wash Dance Company and Blind. Five artists collaborate creating an evening of seven independent works.

The Hudson Opera House offers a year-round schedule of arts and cultural programming in the 1855 former Hudson City Hall which contains New York State’s oldest surviving theatre. Since opening the first restored room in December of 1997, five rooms on the first floor have been rehabilitated, and we have presented thousands of cultural and educational programs, more than 850 in the last year alone. The Hudson Opera House provides free or low-cost cultural offerings every week of the year.
www.hudsonoperahouse.org