From August 19 through September 10, Karen Bernard will be developing work at Firkin Crane in Cork, Ireland through their Blank Canvas Residency program. Stay tuned to this space for Karen’s diary from Ireland!

Ms Magazine Blog reviews Femmes (Karen Bernard, Jil Guyon, Dana Michel AKA Charlie Heatherington, Johanna S. Meyer) performance at Dixon Place. Guelda Voien writes: “The evening was a welcome throwback to a time which unapologetically valued all things queer, provocative and new.” Read the article, Feminist Performance Art Blooms Anew at Dixon Place (PDF)

Presented by Dixon Place Otherworldly shamanistic intensity, dangerous sexual fantasies, hyper-personal states and spectacle works-in-progress: Karen Bernard’s Ouette (excerpt), Jil Guyon’s Widows Veil, Johanna S. Meyers’ Stroll 2, and Dana Michel AKA Charlie Heatherington 1976 (excerpt). June 16, 2011 @ 7:30pm 161A Chrystie St. (between Rivington and Delancey) New York, NY Tickets: Purchase tickets online [...]

Robert Tyree writes of Karen Bernard’s solo, Ouette, “… an exquisitely crafted solo piece, visually gorgeous and thoroughly intriguing, emotionally captivating, a shot in the arm of audience imagination”. The review appears in Ultra, a Portland-based forum and platform for contemporary art, dance, and performance. Read the entire article on Ultra‘s website.

50 Passes Through New York is an international dance collective of 50 artists from 29 countries, which formed in 2010, after collaborating with David Zambrano on his “50 Days of Flying Low and Passing Through” project in Costa Rica.  The artists come from different cultural, educational and artistic backgrounds.  They celebrate their individual creativity while pursuing [...]

Experimental Performance and Strategies For Cross Cultural Exchange: A discussion by participants of the Balkan Express and Exchange|Echange. The discussion will be led by Biljana Tanurovska a member of the NOMAD Dance Academy with panelists Ivo Dimchev (Bulgaria), Ursula Eagly, Studio 303 TBA (Montreal), (New York), Viktorija Ilioska (Macedonia), and Iskra Sukarova (Macedonia). Following the discussion [...]

“It’s Time to Talk About Our Future Together” is a relational-performance art piece presented to one person at a time. The artist is seated at a café table with bread and wine, as if he is on a date, but without the other person. Viewers join him at the table one at a time to [...]

Coming April 26-May 1, 2011. Click for more details!

Our auction is now closed. Thanks to all who placed bids and congratulations to the winners! Check out the results. The Performance Mix Festival will only be funded if at least $1,000 is pledged by Thursday Feb 10, 10:30am EST. Please help us raise the rest - click below to help us meet that goal: Make [...]

Now there are TWO ways that you can help New Dance Alliance this holiday season! Take a look and see all the cool things you can get in return! Need A Gift for the Holidays? Support the 25th Anniversary of the Performance Mix Festival through our on-line auction!  Go to Bidding For Good and check out a [...]