“Karen Bernard excavates hysterical meanings from below the surface of recognizable forms and popular gestural tropes. She draws the audience in by engaging in quotidian actions in absurd and unpredictable ways. Her work is entertaining, delightful, strange and deeply feminist. She is a unique voice in contemporary dance and one of my favorite performers and thinkers.
– Erika Hennebury
Producer, Rhubarb Festival, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre
Toronto
“A brief note to tell you how moved, blown away, thrilled I am by your newest piece and your performance. I see a lot of work; I don’t see a lot of work that touches me on so many levels. Thank you for making it and performing it.”
– Marya Warshaw
Director, Brooklyn Arts Exchange
Brooklyn
“Karen Bernard gave a masterful performance of Ouette, an exquisitely crafted solo piece, visually gorgeous and thoroughly intriguing, emotionally captivating, a shot in the arm of audience imagination. The world she created by employing technical kit that anyone reading this could easily manage was astonishingly complete.”
– Robert Tyree
Writer, Creator and Performer, Ultra
Portland, Oregon
K.J. Holmes, photo by Elyse Mertz
“Performance Mix Festival has its own life, and Karen and the staff continue to evolve with the times in a way I appreciate…it was tremendous to be a Liftoff AIR and then get to show the work I had continued to explore as an AIR a year later at PMF!”
– K.J. Holmes
New Dance Alliance
182 Duane Street
New York, NY 10013
(646) 510-1824
All venues are wheelchair accessible.
