So much more to see at Performance Mix Festival!

June 8, 2016 | emily | General

We’re just halfway through – there’s still time to join us!

The media has been abuzz with positive press about the festival.

Read the latest piece, an interview in The Dance Enthusiast with artists Arthur Avilés, Roxane Butterfly and Jil Guyon!

We’ve also been featured in The New York Times, The Village Voice, Culturebot, and many more! Come see what it’s all about in these remaining performances and events:

EDGY NYC + MTL | Tonight starting at 7 PM

Miriam Ginestier, photo by Miriam Ginestier

EDGY NYC + MTL is an evening of wild feminist performance and video by artists from New York City and Montreal. The event is guest curated byMiriam Ginestier, artistic director of Studio 303 – an organization that hosted an artist exchange with Performance Mix for over 10 years. Not to be missed!

Breakfast Mix | Thursday, 10:30 AM-12:30 PM

Andréane Leclerc, photo by Catherine Gauthier

Observe and/or converse with “edgy” artists on how Canadian and American economic/political contexts influence creative practices and production, as you assess who makes the best bagel: Montreal or New York? Plus a special work-in-progress presentation by Montreal-based artists Dany Desjardins (contemporary dance) & Andréane Leclerc (experimental circus). RSVP for this free event via email. This event is hosted by the Quebec Cultural Services in New York.

Thursday performances | Starting at 7 PM

Emily Wexler, photo by Ian Douglas

At 7 PM Arthur Avilés, Tara Bernstein, Barbara Mahler’s Dances, Emily Wexler, and Nina Winthrop and Dancers kick things off with Connecting the lines: dynamic forms. At 8 PM, Louise Moyes and the Daly Collective tell a tale that should be told: Kitty and Daniel Daly of St. Mary’s Bay Newfoundland, had 12 children, six of whom were VERY tall and six of whom had achondroplasia, or dwarfism. Jil Guyon (see video below) and GREYZONE round out the night with performances starting at 8:30.

Friday performances | Starting at 7 PM

Melinda Ring and Renee Archibald, photo by Melinda Ring

Friday’s performances start with three artists… three fantastical/fanciful perspectives on performance: Melinda Ring and Renée Archibald, Paula Josa-Jones | Performance Works, and Patti Bradshaw and Valerie Striar. At 8 PM, Louise Moyes and the Daly Collective reprises If A Place Could Be Made (excerpt) from the previous night. The evening concludes with a encore performance from GREYZONE, this time paired with Rachel Thorne Germond | Performance Collage.

Saturday performance & party | Starting at 7 PM

Tim O’Donnell, photo by John Barrett

On Saturday, the closing night of the festival, it’s all about improvisation. Does improvisation really exist? How much is scored, how much planned, and how much just set free? Join us for a three-part, guest-curated celebration of improvisation featuring 13+ performers. Finally, we’ll celebrate the conclusion of the 2016 festival with a multidisciplinary jam: food, drinks, and dancing. All are welcome!

30th Anniversary Performance Mix Festival

June 6-11, 2016

Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St. (at Pitt St.)

More information:

Schedule | Artist Roster | Tickets | Facebook Event

Video: Jil Guyon

Melding the performative with the pictorial, Jil Guyon’s Desert Widow is part live solo performance, part photographic cinematography. It features a woman traversing an otherworldly landscape – her ritualized actions converging with a subtly dramatic interplay of movement, light, music, silence, and stillness. Come see on Thursday, June 9th at 8:30 PM. Tickets are still available!