Wolf and Cohen at Dixon Place

A couple of quick notes on two artists showing work tonight at Dixon Place:

Miriam Wolf is presenting in our days of burning, a multimedia trio inspired by her parents' example in radical political consciousness. As a dancer and choreographer, she's ambitious, self-challenging and one tough cookie, straining herself and her colleagues--the admirable Stacy Grossfield and Eleanor Smith--almost to the breaking point. In film imagery (by Victoria Bradbury) and text, this piece references the infamous McCarthy Senate hearings of the 1950s and an ACLU-provided CIA document describing interrogation procedures. It is well served by a controlled intricacy of movement. Unfortunately, not nearly as much care was taken with spelling and attributions in Wolf's program notes.

Yve Laris Cohen: Apparently a replacement for a formerly scheduled work by  Jillian Peña Dance Club, Cohen's Marzipan involves a ritualized scenario in which Aaron Blaise preps Cohen's naked back for piercing by numerous hyperdermic needles while Cohen hunches over and cooks something behind the lid of a piano bench. Later, Cohen offers Meghan Milam a forkful of what looks like scrambled eggs and they lock together in a tense, searing snippet of movement like someone's abstraction of tango. Something about this scenario feels small and limited--I can't say why--and unsurprising. But I think Cohen might just be harboring a surprise for us in the future. So, check him out now and see what you think.

Final performance tonight at 8pm. Click here for information or call 212-219-0736.

Dixon Place

161A Chrystie St (between Delancey and Rivington Sts), Manhattan
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