Archives for the ‘Welcome to New Dance Alliance’ Category

Karen Bernard in Residency at Firkin Crane, Ireland

By • Jul 10th, 2011 • Category: Welcome to New Dance Alliance

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!



Femmes Reviewed on Ms Magazine Blog

By • Jun 29th, 2011 • Category: Welcome to New Dance Alliance

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)



Femmes: Karen Bernard, Jil Guyon, Dana Michel AKA Charlie Heatherington, Johanna S. Meyer

By • Jun 13th, 2011 • Category: Welcome to New Dance Alliance

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 [...]



Ouette reviewed in Ultra

By • May 23rd, 2011 • Category: Welcome to New Dance Alliance

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.