Nursha Project Guest Curates Late Night with Mason Rhynes Productions in DC

Join Nursha Project in celebrating Late Night with Mason Rhynes Productions . If you missed the December 2010 installment of the performance series, click here for details.

The April 30th edition of Late Night with Mason Rhynes is one you will not want to miss! Nursha Project is proud to co-curate this production!

EVENT DETAILS

April 30th, 2011 at 10pm

Late Night at Joe’s Movement Emporium

3309 Bunker Hill Road

Mt. Rainier, Maryland

Featuring A.O. Movement Collective, Wendell Cooper, and other special guests!

Co-presented with Joe’s Movement Emporium

Tickets: $20 General Admission; $15 Student Tickets with ID

Must be 18 to attend

Featured Artists

A.O. Movement Collective will be performing their piece, “Wet.”

Choreographed by Sarah A.O. Rosner + dancers

Performed by Tara Aisha Willis

Music by The Idiot

Additional choreographic research by Kirstan Clifford

This excerpt is one section of our larger work in process, barrish , or: i promise i’ll only look at the sky (goddamn black fucking hole).  La Mama Experimental Theater will present the (pre)premiere of the work at La Mama Moves! this May 27/28 in NYC.  The entire work is transmutable – able to be put together in any configuration for any space – and available for curation by anyone interested. Find out how you can participate at www.theAOMC.org/menu

AOMC Bio:

Founded in 2006, the A.O. Movement Collective is a home for hard falls and heavy slow dances: a community of dancers, thinkers, and makers who live by their art.  The AOMC encompasses my choreographic work; when joined with blog Urgent Artist and freelancing collective A.O. PRO(+ductions) , it is the movement third of a platform representative of a new model for dancemaking.

Choreographically, the AOMC pioneers pomo-humanism via a rigorous love affair with the aesthetics of mess.  At the same time, we are developing a discourse of anti-ephemeralism that surrounds our dancemaking.  We believe that by actively questioning the underlying assumptions of our field (be they artistic or economic) we become radical agents of progress, evolving the form and creating a more sustainable future.

Performer Bios:

TARA AISHA WILLIS (dancer) dances, makes dance, and writes things from her overly cozy apartment

Image: Hosea Johnson

in Brooklyn. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Barnard College in 2009 with a B.A. in Dance and English, where she performed the work of Sean Curran, David Parker, Ivy Baldwin, Yanira Castro, Stephen Petronio, Gerald Casel, Nora Chipaumire, and Susan Rethorst. She received the Dance Theater Workshop Van Lier Fellowship just after college, and has shown work at DNA’s Works-In-Progress and Green Space’s Fertile Ground Series. Tara’s newest works will be presented this spring as an Alumni Guest Artist at The Latin School of Chicago, at the new REHEARSAL workshop series, and in the RoofTop Dance Series.  Aside from The A.O. Movement Collective, Tara has most recently danced with Sydnie L. Mosley Dances, Anna Brown Massey and Edisa Weeks. She is completing her Pilates Teacher Certification at The Kane School, and teaches at the Pilates Garage in Park Slope. She supports her artistry as a freelance writer for A.O. Pro(+ductions), House Manager at Dance Theater Workshop, and hostess at Joe’s Pub. www.bodypoem.blogspot.com

The IDIOT (composer) is the per­form­ing Alias of  THEODOR WILSON , a per­form­ing artist liv­ing in Brook­lyn, NY. He calls his style of music “ Elec­tro­Drama ,” because it com­bines trashy elec­tronic riffs with melo­dra­matic nar­ra­tives, and because his live shows incor­po­rate the­atri­cal devices. Related gen­res include post-punk cabaret, new roman­tic, and indus­trial pop. Wil­son is a trained pianist and occa­sion­ally per­forms acoustic ver­sions of his elec­tronic numbers.

The Idiot has referred to his per­sona as a “grotesque bitch,” and a “har­le­quin.” In con­cert, as well as in pro­mo­tional appearances, he often wears arti­cles of women’s cloth­ing, notably high-heeled shoes, but insists he is not a drag queen, and that drag is “its own medium, with its set of own rules.” How­ever, The Idiot does per­form under the rap alias, “Ham­Samwich,” a self-described drag queen to end all drag queens, whose num­bers often appear in the Idiot’s live act.  The Idiot released his first offi­cial album, called “JUVENAL!A,” in 2010.

Wilson has collaborated with Rosner and the AOMC since 2007, and has scored both her performance works ( Haunt, The What’s Left Over After ) and short films ( Flour, Eggshells, Study #4 ).  He has also appeared in her performance works ( in Love and Defense of the Ones I Destroy, barrish ) and is a performative force to be reckoned with.  The composition he created for The What’s Left Over After appears on his 2010 album JUVENAL!A.

SARAH A.O. ROSNER is the founder of A.O. ³ (the A.O. Entity), a three-part platform uniting the A.O. Movement Collective , freelancing collective A.O. PRO(+ductions) , and the Urgent Artist blog.  A.O. ³ represents a new model for downtown dancemaking by holistically supporting all involved – artists, audience, funders, and critics. When not working on her own ventures, she is the Manager of Engagement at New York Live Arts in NYC.

Born and raised outside of Washington, DC, Rosner attended Sarah Lawrence College in New York where she studied dance and film with teachers including Emily Devine, Sara Rudner, Keith Sabado, Tony Schultz, and Kathy Westwater.  Rosner founded the A.O. Movement Collective in 2006, and has been at their helm creating Anti-Ephemeral PoMo Humanist discourse and works ever since, presenting work at the RAW festival, THROW, Open Perform, WAXworks, Green Space, AUNTS, Dance Place (DC), the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center and most recently, Joyce SoHo.

WENDELL COOPER is is modern shaman and creative artist based in Brooklyn, NY. A graduate of the

Image: Dan Paul Roberts

George Washington University (Dance/Religion), he is also a certified practitioner of energy bodywork and Thai Yoga Massage. He has taught, performed, and choreographed in China, Kenya, Russia, and the Netherlands. Cooper creates all of the elements of his interdisciplinary multimedia works that include both choreographed and improvised dance, original music, and video installation. He has worked with Nicholas Leichter Dance, the Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, Grisha Coleman, and the Magpie Music Dance Company. Wendell also self- produces as well as collaborates on projects with Mathew Heggem (as Kinaeathesia), Monstah Black, and Yozmit. SEA GLASS is his latest collaborative project.  [ www.complexstability.com ]

Nursha Co-Hosts the Official Unofficial APAP Afterparty

Nursha Project co-hosts the official unofficial Association for Performing Arts Presenters ( APAP ) after party set, along with Queer Art Impact , CityDance Ensemble , Mason Rhynes Productions , and the Embassy of Israel .

EVENT DETAILS

January, 10, 2010 @8pm

Haven, NYC

244 East 51st Street (btwn 2nd and 3rd Aves.)

Free Admission with APAP Badge!

For more information, click here .

milDRED Goes to College!

Join NPA milDRED on tour as she captivates college/university audiences around the country!

UPCOMING DATES

February 7th, 2011 from 12-2pm

Shepherd University

301 N King Street

Shepherdstown, West Virginia 25443

Stay tuned for more details

February 19, 2011 @ 7pm

MilDred performs her unique one woMan show at Dickinson College

Place: Carlisle Theater Cubiculo

44 West High Street, Carlisle, PA, 17013

PAST DATES

October 7th, 2010 @ 7 pm

The College of William and Mary

The Sadler Center, Commonwealth Auditorium,

Williamsburg, Virginia A 23187

October 12th and 13th, 2010

Penn State

University Park, Pennsylvania

On the evening of Tuesday October 12th, 2010, milDred performs at the HUB Auditorium (which is in the HUB-Robeson Center) at 7pm and on Wednesday October 13th, 2010, attends the rally at the Old Main Steps starting at 12pm.

Stay tuned for details at http://www.sa.psu.edu/lgbt/

The Week of October 18th-22nd, 2010

St. John Fisher College

Rochester, New York 14618

Stay tuned for more details!

October 23rd, 2010

University of Vermont’s Women Of Color Conference!

Billings North Lounge

Burlington, Vermont 05401

MilDred speaks at 5:00pm for closure of Women of Color Conference and at 8pm MilDred performs her worldly acclaimed one woMan show “When She Was King/ D.R.E.D.: Daring Reality Every Day”

Stay tuned for more details.

November 18th, 2010

Pomona College

Claremont, California

Stay tuned for more details

milDRED on Gender Performance

MilDred is part of a panel on gender and performance, following Jomama Jones RADIATE!

EVENT DETAILS

FEED*:Post Show Discussion: “Performing Gender”

January 7th, 2011 at 9pm

After Jomama Jones * RADIATE (7:30pm)

Soho Rep.

46 Walker Street; New York City

Guests: Taylor Mac, Jomama Jones, Mildred Gerestant. Moderator: Djola Banner (Hampshire College)

Tickets: $25 Performance; Post show talk is FREE

www.sohorep.org

*FEED is Soho Rep’s literary and humanities program. Free artist dialogues, in-depth discussions, online content, events, and more.

Nursha Project Guest Curates Mason-Rhynes Late Night Series in D.C.

Join Nursha Project in celebrating Late Night with Mason Rhynes Productions . If you missed the December 2010 installment of the performance series, click here for details.

The April 30th edition of Late Night with Mason Rhynes is one you will not want to miss! Nursha Project is proud to co-curate this production!

EVENT DETAILS

April 30th, 2011 at 10pm

Late Night at Joe’s Movement Emporium

3309 Bunker Hill Road

Mt. Rainier, Maryland

Featuring A.O. Movement Collective, Wendell Cooper, and other special guests!

Co-presented with Joe’s Movement Emporium

Tickets: $20 General Admission; $15 Student Tickets with ID

Must be 18 to attend

Featured Artists

A.O. Movement Collective will be performing their piece, “Wet.”

Choreographed by Sarah A.O. Rosner + dancers

Performed by Tara Aisha Willis

Music by The Idiot

Additional choreographic research by Kirstan Clifford

This excerpt is one section of our larger work in process, barrish , or: i promise i’ll only look at the sky (goddamn black fucking hole).  La Mama Experimental Theater will present the (pre)premiere of the work at La Mama Moves! this May 27/28 in NYC.  The entire work is transmutable – able to be put together in any configuration for any space – and available for curation by anyone interested. Find out how you can participate at www.theAOMC.org/menu

AOMC Bio:

Founded in 2006, the A.O. Movement Collective is a home for hard falls and heavy slow dances: a community of dancers, thinkers, and makers who live by their art.  The AOMC encompasses my choreographic work; when joined with blog Urgent Artist and freelancing collective A.O. PRO(+ductions) , it is the movement third of a platform representative of a new model for dancemaking.

Choreographically, the AOMC pioneers pomo-humanism via a rigorous love affair with the aesthetics of mess.  At the same time, we are developing a discourse of anti-ephemeralism that surrounds our dancemaking.  We believe that by actively questioning the underlying assumptions of our field (be they artistic or economic) we become radical agents of progress, evolving the form and creating a more sustainable future.

Performer Bios:

Image: Hosea Johnson

TAR A AISHA WILLIS (dancer) dances, makes dance, and writes things from her overly cozy apartment in Brooklyn. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Barnard College in 2009 with a B.A. in Dance and English, where she performed the work of Sean Curran, David Parker, Ivy Baldwin, Yanira Castro, Stephen Petronio, Gerald Casel, Nora Chipaumire, and Susan Rethorst. She received the Dance Theater Workshop Van Lier Fellowship just after college, and has shown work at DNA’s Works-In-Progress and Green Space’s Fertile Ground Series. Tara’s newest works will be presented this spring as an Alumni Guest Artist at The Latin School of Chicago, at the new REHEARSAL workshop series, and in the RoofTop Dance Series.  Aside from The A.O. Movement Collective, Tara has most recently danced with Sydnie L. Mosley Dances, Anna Brown Massey and Edisa Weeks. She is completing her Pilates Teacher Certification at The Kane School, and teaches at the Pilates Garage in Park Slope. She supports her artistry as a freelance writer for A.O. Pro(+ductions), House Manager at Dance Theater Workshop, and hostess at Joe’s Pub. www.bodypoem.blogspot.com

The IDIOT (composer) is the per­form­ing Alias of  THEODOR WILSON , a per­form­ing artist liv­ing in Brook­lyn, NY. He calls his style of music “ Elec­tro­Drama ,” because it com­bines trashy elec­tronic riffs with melo­dra­matic nar­ra­tives, and because his live shows incor­po­rate the­atri­cal devices. Related gen­res include post-punk cabaret, new roman­tic, and indus­trial pop. Wil­son is a trained pianist and occa­sion­ally per­forms acoustic ver­sions of his elec­tronic numbers.

The Idiot has referred to his per­sona as a “grotesque bitch,” and a “har­le­quin.” In con­cert, as well as in pro­mo­tional appearances, he often wears arti­cles of women’s cloth­ing, notably high-heeled shoes, but insists he is not a drag queen, and that drag is “its own medium, with its set of own rules.” How­ever, The Idiot does per­form under the rap alias, “Ham­Samwich,” a self-described drag queen to end all drag queens, whose num­bers often appear in the Idiot’s live act.  The Idiot released his first offi­cial album, called “JUVENAL!A,” in 2010.

Wilson has collaborated with Rosner and the AOMC since 2007, and has scored both her performance works ( Haunt, The What’s Left Over After ) and short films ( Flour, Eggshells, Study #4 ).  He has also appeared in her performance works ( in Love and Defense of the Ones I Destroy, barrish ) and is a performative force to be reckoned with.  The composition he created for The What’s Left Over After appears on his 2010 album JUVENAL!A.

SARAH A.O. ROSNER is the founder of A.O. ³ (the A.O. Entity), a three-part platform uniting the A.O. Movement Collective , freelancing collective A.O. PRO(+ductions) , and the Urgent Artist blog.  A.O. ³ represents a new model for downtown dancemaking by holistically supporting all involved – artists, audience, funders, and critics. When not working on her own ventures, she is the Manager of Engagement at New York Live Arts in NYC.

Born and raised outside of Washington, DC, Rosner attended Sarah Lawrence College in New York where she studied dance and film with teachers including Emily Devine, Sara Rudner, Keith Sabado, Tony Schultz, and Kathy Westwater.  Rosner founded the A.O. Movement Collective in 2006, and has been at their helm creating Anti-Ephemeral PoMo Humanist discourse and works ever since, presenting work at the RAW festival, THROW, Open Perform, WAXworks, Green Space, AUNTS, Dance Place (DC), the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center and most recently, Joyce SoHo.

Image: Dan Paul Roberts

WENDELL COOPER is is modern shaman and creative artist based in Brooklyn, NY. A graduate of the George Washington University (Dance/Religion), he is also a certified practitioner of energy bodywork and Thai Yoga Massage. He has taught, performed, and choreographed in China, Kenya, Russia, and the Netherlands. Cooper creates all of the elements of his interdisciplinary multimedia works that include both choreographed and improvised dance, original music, and video installation. He has worked with Nicholas Leichter Dance, the Maida Withers Dance Construction Company, Grisha Coleman, and the Magpie Music Dance Company. Wendell also self- produces as well as collaborates on projects with Mathew Heggem (as Kinaeathesia), Monstah Black, and Yozmit. SEA GLASS is his latest collaborative project.  [ www.complexstability.com ]

We Are Singing Songs of the South

Queer Art Impact presents Cabaret Cataplexy:

Songs of the South

Following the 2010 holy holidays, the cementing of resolutions anew and the national celebration of MLK we deliver the first 2011 dose of Cabaret Cataplexy! This 3D rendition, carefully themed Songs of the South is one part variety, two parts dance party with major irreverence and a touch of racial inappropriateness.  Expect to be titillated and transformed. For more information, click here .

EVENT DETAILS

Monday, January 24th, 2011 @ 8:30pm

Doors at 8pm

Haven, NYC

244 East 51st Street (between 2nd and 3rd Aves.)

Tickets: $15 Online; $20 @ Door

21 and Finer; ID Required

Micia Mosely Kicks Off the Second Season of the Progress Report!

Micia Mosely returns with a second season of Progress Report . To watch, click below.

NPA Thandiwe de Shazor featured in 25th Anniversary Celebrations for NPN

Nursha Project Artist Thandiwe de Shazor is making an appearance at the National Performance Network’s 25th year anniversary celebration in Dallas, Texas. Thandiwe is featured in Pomo Afro Homo’s acclaimed Fierce Love : Stories from Black Gay Life .

Fierce Love: Stories from Black Gay Life by Pomo Afro Homos (San Francisco) is a jazzy mix of wicked humor and personal narratives exploring the pleasures, pains and complexity of African-American gay life in the U.S. The published scripts of the Pomos are regularly taught in African-American, LGBT, and American theatre history classes in colleges across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

For more details, click here .

Gay Marriage Approved : Let Them Eat Cake…

Nursha Project Artist Micia Mosely is featured in Let Them Eat Cake : A gay marriage in one act with confections!

Written by Miss HOLLY HUGHES,

Miss MEGAN CARNEY and Miss MAUREEN ANGELOS

Cake by LOWER EAST SIDE GIRLS CLUB

Directed by Miss MEGAN CARNEY

It’s the wedding nightmare your mother warned you about: a gay marriage gone wrong that asks the guests to salvage the situation by interrogating what it means to be married, single, gay, straight, commitment-phobic, a joiner, included or jeering from the outskirts. Come for the cake, if nothing else! Find out more on the show’s site .

EVENT DETAILS

Thursdays – Saturdays, December 2* – 4, 9 – 11, 16 – 18 at 7:30pm

Saturday matinees, December 4 & 11 at 2pm

Dixon Place

161A Chrystie Street (between Rivington and Delancey)

New York City

Tickets: $15 advance purchase ; $20 / $18 (stu/sen) at the door

Saturday matinees: $10 advance purchase ; $15 at the door

For more information, click here .

Nursha Project Guest Curates Mason-Rhynes Late Night Series

For the December 18, 2010 edition of Late Night with Mason-Rhynes Productions, Nursha Project is proud to present Adaku Utah.

Adaku Utah Bio

EVENT DETAILS

December 18, 2010 at 10pm

Late Night at Joe’s Movement Emporium

3309 Bunker Hill Road

Mt. Rainier, Maryland

Featuring : Tyra Jackson, Liaison Movement Ink., JT McIntosh, Deviated Theatre and Other Special Guests!

Co-presented with Joe’s Movement Emporium

Tickets: $20 General Admission; $15 Student Tickets with ID

Must be 18 to attend

For more information, click here or visit joesmovement.org

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