837 Venice Boulevard wins a Bessie!

I always secretly thought to myself: it would be a shame to leave NYC without a Bessie…well in a surprise twist, in turns out I didn’t!  That a treat!!!

“For masterfully invoking a collective past by exploring the raw intensity of childhood; for using text, movement, and song to uncover the falsity of the performance of identity; and for calling forth the true emotions beneath the surface, a 2009 New York Dance and Performance Award goes to Faye Driscoll’s 837 Venice Boulevard.”

837 Venice Boulevard
Choreographed by Faye Driscoll
Lighting design by Amanda K. Ringger
Set design by Sara C. Walsh
Costume design by Normandy Sherwood
Performers Nikki Zialcita, Michael Helland, Celia Rowlson-Hall

“Established in 1983, the New York Dance and Performance Awards or Bessie Awards – in honor of the treasured dancer and teacher Bessie Schonberg - acknowledge outstanding creative work by independent artists in the fields of dance and related performance in New York City.” Learn more at Dance/NYC.

Faye Driscoll Group @ WEXNER & DTW

This fall Faye Driscoll (AKA Faderskull) brings me back through NYC for the remount of our past two creations.

837 Photoshoot Flashback

837 Venice Boulevard at the Wexner Center for the Arts, November 18th to 20th [Heather Olson joins the cast, and after two weeks rehearsing on Governors Island via LMCC, we pack up all our Bessie Awards and hit the road for Columbus, Ohio!]

There is so much mad in me at Dance Theater Workshop, September 22nd to 25th [Back by popular demand after our fiercely sold out March 2010 premiere! View our good old video teaser on Vimeo or check out the NY Times review from April 2010.  Don't miss!]

There really is so much mad in me.

MORE Faye Driscoll!!!

Faye Driscoll Group: MAD IN ME @ DTW

There is so much mad in me @ Dance Theater Workshop
March 31st – April 3rd, 7:30pm

There is so much mad in me - VIDEO TEASER on Vimeo
OR just buy tickets immediately

There is so much mad in me investigates the physical and theatrical narratives that drive our misplaced need to be seen. Driscoll, with her company of dancers, ask who we are and how we connect in this time of over stimulation and look at me distraction. Working from images seen in the media of people in extreme states, from torture to religious rapture, There is so much mad in me examines the similarities between polar extremes. What are the fine lines between the abject and the sublime, voyeurism and empathy, entertainment and reality? From creating facades to seeking the divine to committing violent acts and falling in love, There is so much mad in me explores shifting states of consciousness as choreography while investigating how we process information.

Performance: Lindsay Clark, Lily Gold, Michael Helland, Tony Orrico, Jennie MaryTai Liu, Jacob Slominski, Adaku Utah, Jesse Zaritt and Nikki Zialcita

Design: Machine Dazzle, Amanda K. Ringger, Sara C. Walsh and Brandon Wolcott

Above Image: Christy Pessagno

Faye Driscoll Group: 837 VENICE BLVD @ HERE

a show about blaming the world for your problems

837 VENICE BLVD
directed and choreographed by FAYE DRISCOLL

with    Michael Helland    Celia Rowlson-Hall    Nikki Zialcita

NOV 13-22 7:30pm  $20
NOV 13 Opening Night Benefit $50 Tickets Includes Reception
NOV 19 Post-Performance Discussion Identity and Authenticity

“Ms. Driscoll’s rigorous exploration of this physical – and, it seems, mental – manipulation feels startlingly original in its peculiar configuration of slapstick and darkness.” – The New York Times

Faye Driscoll, hailed as “1 of 25 to watch out for in 2008″ by Dance Magazine, choreographs rigorous dance works that edge into performance art and theater. She takes gesture and spasm to new levels of physicality in her raw, under-the-skin and often hysterical work. Using physical manipulation and humor, 837 Venice Boulevard paints the lonesome emotional landscape of a neglected kid left to her own fantasies and fears, while exploring universal themes of identity, blame, and how exhausting it is to have to “be somebody” all the time.

View a Video Preview
http://www.here.org/2008/2008-08-07-production/20081014-a4877.mov

Lighting Design: Amanda K. Ringger
Set Design: Sara C. Walsh
Sound Design: Matt Tennie
Costume Design: Normandy Sherwood

HERE Arts Center
145 6th Ave.
between spring and broome enter on dominick

To Buy Tickets:
https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/66032
or call 212.352.3101

For More Info:
http://www.here.org