Body and Soul podcast: Cristiane Bouger: Listen.

Cristiane Bouger

Let us now take time to walk around time and talk of time.

To listen to Cristiane Bouger, download my Body and Soul mp3 recording or subscribe to the podcast series here.

Cristiane Bouger is a Brooklyn-based artist and writer. She explores the intersection of performance, theater, philosophy, literature, do-­it-­yourself practices and post-­punk influences. Her work reveals existential examinations reflecting upon the female body, desire, cultural conducts, behavior and symbols, biography and fiction. She is a 2012 Movement Research Artist-in-Residence and a 2012-2013 Performa Magazine Writer-in-Residence. To read her complete bio, click here.

Website
Critical Writing Archive

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Body and Soul: Listen.: Jennifer Monson

Dancer-choreographer Jennifer Monson (photos by Ian Douglas)

Situating myself in the American tradition of examining the frontier—the border between wilderness and civilization—as a dynamic arena for embodying the contradictions of freedom and power, my dance work navigates the territory between what is wild and civilized.

The usefulness of the term “nature” has become complicated for me as I struggle with the dialectic of nature/not nature. What is not nature? Wilderness becomes a more amenable concept for me in that it alludes to something untamable, unknowable and challenging, and it is a very human concept. Wilderness as a concept seems central to human evolution. Dancing is a powerful medium for addressing our “nature” and is one of the places I experience wildness.

 --excerpts from Artist Statement by Jennifer Monson

To listen to Jennifer Monson talk about her new project, Live Dancing Archive, download my Body and Soul mp3 recording, or subscribe to the podcast series here.

iLAND Web site

Jennifer Monson bio and artist statement

Live Dancing Archive at The Kitchen

February 14-16, 21-23 (8pm)

For more information, click here.

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Body and Soul: Listen.: Steven Reker

Steven Reker (photo by Liliana Dirks-Goodman/New York Live Arts), above and in a video clip from WNYC's SoundCheck

                  
Click here to subscribe to Body and Soul podcast in iTunes and listen to the multitalented Steven Reker (dancer, choreographer, musician, songwriter) talk about "creating sonic landscapes" with his band of musicians and dancers, People Get Ready.

People Get Ready/Steven Reker will present the world premiere of Specific Ocean at New York Live Arts (October 18-20). Prior to the October 18th show, there will be a conversation about 'Where Contemporary Dance and Pop Music Intersect in NYC Today" at 6:30pm, moderated by Michael Azerrad. Information and tickets are available here.

Steven Reker bio

People Get Ready Web site

People Get Ready artist page on Brassland

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Body and Soul: Listen.: Todd Shalom

Todd Shalom

Click here to subscribe to Body and Soul podcast in iTunes and listen as Elastic City's director/founder Todd Shalom takes us on an improvised walk to his local post office.

And click here for information on Catastrophe!, the final "way" of the Elastic City season, with Spanish artist Xavier Acarin--tomorrow, Tuesday, October 2, 7pm, on the Lower East Side.

Todd Shalom

Elastic City

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InfiniteBody's Frequently Asked Questions

Time for a little housekeeping!
So, I've devised this mini-FAQ for readers of this blog. Enjoy!

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What is the proper way to write the name of this blog?

InfiniteBody. All one word. Caps on I and B. Not Infinite Body--two words.

What is this blogger's surname?

Yaa Asantewaa. Not Asantewaa.

What is the name of this blog's podcast?

Body and Soul.

This podcast has a brand new feature. What is its name? 

Listen.

I like/I don't like this blog post. How can I say that?

Click the Add a comment link at the very bottom of the post, and have at it.

I like/I don't like Body and Soul podcast. How can I say that? 

Write a review on iTunes.

I like this blog and/or Body and Soul podcast well enough that I want to show my support. How can I do that?

• Post this blog's URL in the blogroll on your site or blog.
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• Tell your friends and colleagues and send them here.
• Send a buck or two or three. Write to infinitebody[at]outlook[dot]com, and I'll tell you how to do that.

Thanks for your attention!

Body and Soul: Listen.: Deborah Hay

Deborah Hay

Click here to subscribe to Body and Soul podcast in iTunes and listen to choreographer Deborah Hay talk about what she has learned from working with highly-skilled performers and about her plans for a sabbatical to re-set, refresh and see what comes next in her work.

Deborah Hay bio

Visit the Deborah Hay Dance Company Web site here.

Upcoming presentations (Houston, New York, Minneapolis)

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Body and Soul: Listen.: Edisa Weeks

Edisa Weeks (photo by George Larkin)

Click here to subscribe to Body and Soul podcast in iTunes and listen to director/choreographer/educator Edisa Weeks (DELIRIOUS Dances) talk about the role of storytelling and justice in her work and the inspiration of the political insights of Thomas Paine.

Edisa Weeks premieres To Begin the World Over Again at the Irondale Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Sept 27-29 at 8pm; Oct 4-6 at 8pm.

Learn more at:

DELIRIOUS Dances
Numinous Music
Irondale Center

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Body and Soul: Listen.: Saifan Shmerer

Saifan Shmerer

Click here to subscribe to Body and Soul podcast in iTunes and listen as Saifan Shmerer relates how being present with impermanence launched a dreamlike journey of discovery for a choreographer at the start of her career. 

saifan shmerer | SASSON premieres Nothing Lasts Forever, Nothing is Lost Forever at The End (18 Kent Street, Brooklyn: map/directions). Thursday-Saturday, September 27-29. Details and tickets can be found at www.dontyousass.me.

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Pyle and Skloot premiere "Covers" at The Bushwick Starr

Covers--presented by dancer-choreographers Katy Pyle and Jules Skloot at that funky little Bushwick Starr performance space--is totally worth your time this weekend.

Performing beneath quilts, Katy Pyle and Jules Skloot shape-shift through an amorphous landscape of literal and metaphorical covers, inhabiting and discarding roles through cover songs, dance styles, and contemporary performance tropes.

Text by Francis Weiss Rabkin.  Music contributions from Erica Livingston, Margot Bassett, and Katie Workum. 

That does not mention Carrie Wood's enchanting lighting design (evoking candlelight, a campfire, daybreak) and how an interweaving of guileless entertainment and emotional transparency--plus some beloved pop music--makes this hour-long duet poignant and irresistible.

See it tonight, Saturday night or Sunday at 8pm. Get tickets here.

The Bushwick Starr
207 Starr Street, Brooklyn
(map/directions)

And if you haven't yet heard Pyle's beautiful recording for Listen., here's the link to my blog post for it (click).

Body and Soul/Listen.: Katy Pyle [AUDIO]

Katy Pyle

Click here to subscribe to Body and Soul podcast in iTunes and listen to dancer-choreographer Katy Pyle talk about the the saving grace--and the power--of imagination and performance.

Katy's bio

Katy Pyle and Jules Skloot present COVERS -- September 6-9 at The Bushwick Starr. Get details here.

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Body and Soul/Listen.: Dan Safer [AUDIO]

Dan Safer

Click here to subscribe to Body and Soul podcast in iTunes and listen to my guest Dan Safer (Artistic Director of the great dance/theater hybrid troupe, Witness Relocation) talking about the importance of listening.

Dan's bio

Witness Relocation

Next Tuesday, August 28, see Witness Relocation perform I’m Going To Make A Small Incision Behind Your Ear To Check And See If You’re Actually Human REDUX--free!--at East River Park. 8pm. Click here for complete details.

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"Body and Soul" podcast presents Listen.: Doug Varone [AUDIO]

Surprise!

It's time to revive my old dance interview podcast, Body and Soul.

I'm starting with Listen., a new series-within-the-series that will feature short, unmediated takes by artists from the dance world and allied disciplines about...well, really about anything they want to say, any way they want to say it. While I expect that these folks have plenty to say about life, art, politics, spirituality and more, each one will have to keep it all down to 10 minutes max--which is good for focusing the speaker's mind and holding the typical Web surfer's attention, right?

Click here to subscribe to Body and Soul podcast in iTunes and listen to my great first guest of the new series--choreographer/director Doug Varone, Artistic Director of Doug Varone and Dancers.

Doug Varone (Photo by Phil Knott)

Doug's bio

Doug Varone and Dancers
 
Joyce Theater season, October 9-14

All upcoming performances
 
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