Program Notes: Upcoming on "Body and Soul"

In the critically-acclaimed The Money Conversation,  performance artist Sara Juli has invited audiences in New York and around the world to grapple with the meaning of money in their lives as she explores her own discomfort in broaching this often challenging topic.  Now, she turns her attention to another taboo and discomfiting subject--death.  Her new 50-minute solo show--simply and directly titled Death--will premiere at PS 122 this fall.

Death

Friday, October 24-Sunday, November 2 (Wednesdays-Sundays at 8:30pm)

Performance Space 122

150 First Avenue, Manhattan

Additional information and tickets at PS 122's site or 212-352-3101

Sara Juli has been creating and performing innovative solo work in New York City for the past seven years.  Her work has been performed at New York City venues including Dixon Place, Performance Space122, The Ontological Theater, Manhattan Theater Source, Williamsburg Art NeXus, The Flea Theater, Joyce SoHo and Joe’s Pub as part of the Dancenow/NYC Festival, Movement Research at Judson Church, Danspace Project at St. Marks Church and American Dance Festival, where her work was selected as one of “The Best of Dance 2003” by the Independent Weekly.  In February 2006, she created and performed her first full-evening solo show, The Money Conversation, where she gives away her life savings, in a sold-out run at Performance Space 122.  The Money Conversation was an instant hit and has been touring nationally and internationally over the last two years to sold-out houses in Gronigen, The Netherlands, Melbourne, Australia and Auckland, New Zealand, and around the United States.  The piece has received notable press coverage in The New York Times, The New York Post, Time Out (New York & New Zealand), Fox Five News, National Public Radio and in major publications, television and radio spots abroad.  In June 2006, Sara created and performed, Deep Throat at the American Dance Festival in Durham, North Carolina.  She has collaborated and/or performed with Debra Fernandez, Deborah Hay, Roxana Ramseur, Melissa Riker, Hana van der Kolk, and Chris Ajemian.  She graduated from Skidmore College with a degree in Dance and Anthropology.  Sara also works in the world of arts administration and is the Director of Development at Dance Theater Workshop.  Sara Juli’s show, The Money Conversation, is represented by Elsie Management. Click here for more information.