Tour Ready Lab Showcases
PRESENTED AS PART OF THE DANCE MANAGERS COLLECTIVE
Sunday, January 11, 2:40 - 3:55pm
New York City Center, Studio 5
2:40 - 2:55pm SOLE Defined presenting ZAZ: The Big Easy
ZAZ: The Big Easy, a recipient of the 2023 NEFA NDP Award, is a choreography-led immersive performance showcasing African Diasporic Percussive Dance, accompanied by immersive sound and media technologies. The performance explores the theme of global warming through the lens of Hurricane Katrina. It features tap dance, body percussion, West African and contemporary partnering, original music, and technology inspired by actual events and the oral histories of survivors. NDP Tour subsidy available.
1:45 - 2:05pm sugar vendil/isogram presenting Antonym: the opposite of nostalgia
Antonym: the opposite of nostalgia is a memoir of a Filipinx American childhood that interweaves chamber music, dance, and nonlinear theater, excavating insignificant but deeply ingrained memories. Using field recordings of NYC, the four seasons serve as a cyclical frame and context for memory. Composed and choreographed by Sugar Vendil. Director: Mei Ann Teo. Performed/contributing choreography by Cindy Lan, Marie Lloyd Paspe, Annie Nikunen, and Annie Wang.
2:10 - 2:30pm slowdanger presenting STORY BALLET
STORY BALLET is an in-development quintet that queers Hector Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique using movement, electronic music, and phantasmagoric projections to examine how mental health's societal stereotypes shape our perception. NDP tour subsidy is still available for SUPERCELL through 2027.
2:35 - 2:55pm Amanda Szeglowski / cakeface presenting this is now, and now, and now
Known for infusing bleak themes with sparkling wit, cakeface was awarded an Outstanding Production Bessie for this is now, and now, and now. In this incisively humorous ode to aging, a multigenerational ensemble of women confronts impermanence and imperfection with striking musicality and movement.
Pentacle's Tour Ready Lab equips self-represented choreographers with tour ready works with the necessary skills and materials to engage with presenters and execute bookings. Artists showcasing through TRL are independently represented, and are not a part of Pentacle's Roster. Each TRL artist has their own booking contact information and should be contacted directly.