Mayuna Shimizu in Tom Pearson's Ceremony (photo: Corrine Furman) |
Choreographer Tom Pearson (photo: Corrine Furman) |
Now through Sunday, as part of its Heritage Series, DNA is presenting "Walking in Two." The show features Pearson's landmark solo, Ceremony (re-set on Third Rail's Mayuna Shimizu, who brings to the role her sensibilities as an immigrant from Japan); the world premiere of Ahmadi's powerful trio work, Scalp Lock; and the world premiere of Pearson's site-specific ensemble, Walking in Two, which messes with the showbiz roots of America's "cowboys and Indians" myth and delves into Pearson and Ahmadi's own roots as Native performers. DNA's galleries are hosting Pearson's visual art installation Kissing the Gunner's Daughter, part of which you may touch and explore. (Gallery admission is free, 9am-10pm, Monday-Sunday.)
Choreographer Donna Ahmadi (left) with Rebekah Morin and Marissa Nielsen-Pincus in Scalp Lock (photo: Corrine Furman) |
For more information and tickets for Walking in Two, click here.
Walking in Two
Dance New Amsterdam
280 Broadway, 2nd Floor, Manhattan (entrance on Chambers Street)Also see this interesting exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, now through January 16, and look for the photo portraits of Pearson and Ahmadi!
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