December 5th Karen Bernard performs at Movement Research »
Photo by Aaron Purkey
FIRKIN CRANE
Created and performed by Karen Bernard
Movement Research at the Judson Church
(55 Washington Square)
Monday, December 5th @ 8pm / Free
a piece about bangors and mash, swashbuckling heroes and the art of performance
On shared program with: Jo Pollitt & Rhiannon Newton, Melanie Maar, Laurie Berg
Firkin Crane was developed in residencies at the Firkin Crane Blank Canvas Residency and Silo; and through Fieldwork.
Notes on Blank Canvas residency at Firkin Crane, Cork City, Ireland »
My Studio at Firkin Crane
I am on my last leg of a three week Blank Canvas residency. When I first arrived it felt lonely – now I am savoring the moments. The staff at Firkin Crane are so gracious and helpful. I soon felt at home. The studio I chose is small and quirky, but what it makes up for in size is the quality of the room. It has asymmetrical white walls, Marley floor and three gorgeous arched windows. The windows inspired new material. I took time to video the windows and the changing light throughout the day and along with sound score by Boris Billier, a site specific sound artist from Paris, a new beginning is in the works. I had an interesting challenge setting up the room, creating a white corner, blacking out the windows, and figuring out where to place my projections and body for my own going work, “Ouette.” I continually find nuances in the movement and video images – will I ever be able to call it finished? Read more »
Karen Bernard in Residency at Firkin Crane, Ireland »
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 (R)evolution! Blog »
(R)evolution reviews Karen Bernard’s Ouette as part of Femmes.
“Karen Bernard… has delivered her development of a performance, Ouette, engaging the feminine shadow into a new dialectic surrounding dark energy dark/kundalini with her unveiling of Femmes.”
Read the article: Karen Bernard’s “Femmes” & the Birth on R(evolution)
Femmes Reviewed on Ms Magazine Blog »
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 »
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 here
General $15, Students/Seniors $12
For more information:
212-219-0736
www.dixonplace.org
Ouette reviewed in Ultra »
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.
2011 Performance Mix Festival: Thank you! »
Thank you to Dixon Place, our season artists, audience members, Board of Directors, our partners Dance New Amsterdam, Studio 303 and the Community Education Center, volunteers, in-kind donors, funders and NDA’s team who made the 25th Anniversary Performance Mix Festival a stunner!
The highlight of the festival was 25×3. Twenty five past Performance Mix artists created three minute works to unique scores by Alexis O’Hara. Without pauses the work flowed with the most beautiful transitions. Check out all the great things that the 25x 3 artists had to say (below), and watch these interviews with reflections after the festival of Owen Chapman, 50collectiVe, and Jana Jevtovic!
Reminder: Applications for the Performance Mix Festival are DUE June 1st! Click here to download!
Check out what the artists of 25×3 have to say about the Festival: Read more »
Performance Mix Festival reviewed in the NY Times and InfiniteBody »
The 25th Anniversary Performance Mix Festival was a blast! Read about the highlights:
Thanks to all who performed, helped, and attended! Hope to see you all again next year.
The 25th Anniversary Performance Mix Festival opens TONIGHT »
Get your tickets here if you haven’t already, check out how to get more for less, and we’ll see you soon!
Owen Chapman by Patryk Stasieczek
Want MORE PERFORMANCE for LESS MONEY?
Grab a festival pass here, and see any 3 performances from Tuesday, April 26 – Saturday, April 30 for only $30!
Use discount code 25×3 and receive get $25 off tickets to the 25×3 for Closing Night Celebration – that means you get to see 25 amazing artists followed by Tapas and Dancing with DJ Winslow T Porter III, all for just $50!
