Honoring dance critic Jill Johnston

The New Museum

in conjunction with

Rethinking the Imprint of Judson Dance Theater Fifty Years Later: Movement Research in Residence

presents

“Talking about my generation”: 

Jill Johnston and the Critic as Subject

Critical Correspondence co-editors Aaron Mattocks and Marissa Perel honor the celebrated writer and critic Jill Johnston, whose experimental and personal voice communicated the culture of the interdisciplinary 1960s art scene. In light of Johnston’s innovative contributions to the form, this conversation considers contemporary criticism and the writer as subject. Speakers include David Velasco (critic for Artforum) and Claudia La Rocco (critic for the New York Times). The event culminates as Movement Research artists perform readings of reviews on dance and performance.

Readers:

Thom Donovan
Ariel Goldberg
Cassie Petersen
Christine Shan Shan Hou

Sunday, November 4 (3pm)
Admission: $8 (general public) $6 (museum members)
1/2 gallery admission with same-day event ticket purchase

Information

New Museum
235 Bowery Street, Manhattan
(map/directions/visitors information)

Christine Elmo: empathy, risk, writing

Christine Elmo on Artists Writing About Artists
Critical Correspondence, January 5, 2011

Changes for Movement Research

Movement Research will start moving out of its current office space (at Dance Theater Workshop) on Tuesday, December 21 and open its new office at Avenue C Studio (55 Avenue C between 4th and 5th Streets) on Monday, January 3.

If you can help with the move in any way, please contact Rebecca Wender at rebeccawender@movementresearch.org.

And here's more MR news:

Update your bookmarks and links: The new Critical Correspondence Web site can be found at

http://www.movementresearch.org/criticalcorrespondence/.

Layard Thompson: What sustains you?

What Sustains You Layard Thompson?

Critical Correspondence, June 15, 2010

Seen Movement Research's new site yet?

Mmmm...ovement! Lookin' good!

A revamping of MR's Critical Correspondence site--much desired--is in the works, too. Stay tuned!

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Making dance is an inside job

Dollars and Sensibility: "It Topples Fast"
by Daria Faïn, Movement Research Performance Journal, mid-winter to summer, 1996

"The translation of cash in French, is “liquide” or “espece” (liquid or species) It’s liquid. You cannot grasp it."

"For me, money is a form of energy that challenges circulation and dynamic. In our necessities to encounter society, money is an everyday current of exchange. It is good to keep it that way. The use of money may define a way of living."

Dancer Levi Gonzalez suggested a revisiting of this MRPJ essay on money, culture, community and the interior, bony structure of dance by choreographer Daria Faïn. Read more here.

The Turning World (62)

"the ghosts of emily dickinson mourn the loss of the american woodlands"
by Mary Armentrout, Critical Correspondence

Spring movement

I've started attending various events of the 2008 Movement Research Spring Festival: Somewhere Out There and will be blogging on Critical Correspondence about them. Check there for my reflections on The 80's and 90's On Screen--Dance Relics and all future postings and comments.

For a festival schedule with ticket and registration details, visit Movement Research.

Internships for Critical Correspondence

Critical Correspondence is looking for a person or two to help with content, administrative and technical tasks through Movement Research's internship program. Starting immediately, the position will entail a minimum of 10 hours/week (flexible, with a preference for Tuesday mornings) and will run through the summer and possibly beyond. A candidate for this position should be interested in dance discourse, be familiar with web-based publications and have knowledge of website maintenance and related softwares, including video, image and sound. The intern will work closely with CC Editors, Levi Gonzalez and Alejandra Martorell, in the development and production of content, maintenance of the site and research. If you are interested, please send a cover letter and resume to cc@movementreserach.org. Internships with Movement Research offer access to classes and some workshops free of charge.

Thank you for your consideration and please feel free to distribute this information.

Performance space, sacred space

Going to Church
by Clarinda Mac Low, Critical Correspondence

Mac Low observes Linyekula

Clarinda Mac Low begins the investigation with a work by Congolese choreographer, Faustin Linyekula. See her blog at Critical Correspondence.

Clarinda Mac Low takes the imperfect leap

"When I watch performance, usually the first thing that strikes me is the way the performers are present—not where they are, or what they’re doing, but how they are. This most intangible of the many intangibles of this here-for-now-then-gone-again form is the first 'idea' I take away. How do you exist? The performer does it while being watched, but in that moment of being a conduit for presence, what is passed on?"

Read Clarinda Mac Low's new blog--Taking the Imperfect Leap--on Critical Correspondence.

See it now: Movement Research at Judson Church

Catch up with Movement Research performances at Judson Memorial Church by visiting Critical Correspondence.