Nursha Co-Hosts the Official Unofficial APAP Afterparty
December 31, 2010 by Nursha
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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 .
Nursha Project Guest Curates Mason-Rhynes Late Night Series in D.C.
December 31, 2010 by Nursha
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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
December 30, 2010 by Nursha
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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
Nursha Project Guest Curates Mason-Rhynes Late Night Series
December 7, 2010 by Nursha
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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
Join Nursha In Launching Our Newest Project, Queer Art Impact
September 14, 2010 by Nursha
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Stay tuned as Mat Heggem , Brooklyn-based Artistic Director and Curator of Bushed/Gay Wars, and Nursha Project Founder, 
Shalonda Ingram, launch their newest initiative, Queer Art Impact .
What is Queer Art Impact?
Queer Art Impact (QAI) explores the conversation between politics, art and action. The New York City-based initiative is intended to bring together individuals and organizations who self-identify their body of work as queer. By supporting artists whose works challenge the hetero-normative, QAI seeks to embrace queerness and create opportunities for all artists – living in the political and social fringe – to move to the center.
QAI is about action and re-action . It’s the motivation to do something and to speak out . This action/reaction takes the form of art, politic gesture, youth engagement, community movement, education, and business training with/by/for queers.
QAI features performances, cabarets, parties, panel discussions and networking events that occur throughout the year, culminating in an annual spring festival where QAI commissioned works are premiered. Subsequent discourse catapults the community into a Summer of Inspired Pride — S.I.P. – a Rooftop WrrkQ P(art)y on the regs!
We accept applications on an ongoing basis, and are especially looking for those who want to build on-going communications with their fellow queers. Upon receipt and approval of materials, the artist will be included on our website, provided access to www.wrrkq.com (coming soon), and may be curated and/or commissioned for QAI events throughout the year.
QAI welcomes partnerships and shared programming proposals from educators, community organizers, and other arts entities.
What is WrrkQ?
WrrkQ is about sharing resources, creating opportunities, developing collaborative relationships, keeping communications open, and providing a physical & virtual space to meet individuals who share the same motivation for their queer agendas. But, it’s also about the business side too — having your needs met and understanding the systems that need to be in place to make the wrrkq happen.
WrrkQ includes a monthly gathering hosted by a QAI artist and a quarterly newsletter on relevant artist resources for the queer community. Stay tuned for more information about www.wrrkq.com .
Micia Mosely in a BLISS(ful) Place
August 11, 2010 by Nursha
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BLISS Weekend announces events, performers, and artists, and this year, NPA Micia Mosely will be performing at the Oasis for Women of Color!
BLISS Weekend Details
September 30th-October 3rd, 2010
Palm Springs, California
Join Micia Mosely, NP Collaborator Mona Webb, and a lineup of other talented artists at the Artist Showcase.
BLISS Artist Showcase
Friday, October 1st, 2010
7-8:30pm
Hotel Zoso
Micia hosts Comedy Night
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
7-8:30pm
Hotel Zoso
To purchase tickets or learn more, click here .
Events
August 5, 2010 by Nursha
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The Events Archive Page documents Nursha Project Productions that have just been missed. Check out descriptions and images from recent events:
Micia Mosely & Friends is a series of performances intended to provide audience members a sneak peek into Micia’s newest project, Get Into It! Micia Mosely & Friends is a fund-raising initiative to help with the cultivation and development of the show. If you would like to donate to this project, or other Nursha Project initiatives, you’re welcomed to via:
Credit Card, click here .
Make Checks Payable to Nursha Project and mail to :
Nursha Project (East)
748 Putnam Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11221
MEMO : “Get Into It!” (or the Nursha Project Production of your choosing)
Cash may also be donated during the Micia Mosely & Friends performances.
Micia Mosely&Friends At Nuyorican Poets Cafe; July 18, 2010
Images by: S. Torho
FIERCE 10th Anniversary Gayla
This year, Nursha provided production management services for FIERCE’s Tenth Anniversary Gayla; the show was hosted by NPA Micia Mosely. For more information on the event and some images, click here .
Artists
August 3, 2010 by Nursha
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milDRED
Notable Quotes
“A lean, sinuous woman, milDRED Gerestant is a charismatic performer, brimming with raw talent, high energy and a gentle, winning charm. Using a blend of poetry, dance, music and monologue, she explores the fragile, fluid definitions of sexual identity and cultural stereotypes…Gerestant is a trickster. Watching her channel her characters produces a strange sensation. As her costumes change, we witness transformation by degree, an experience that not only challenges our assumptions but also teases us with an uneasy feeling of dislocation. Just as we settle into one character, Gerestant pulls a quick change and sends us looking for another label.”
– Mark Muro, Anchorage Daily News
“From Flip Wilson as Geraldine to Martin Lawrence as Sheneneh, men have made tons of money as drag performers. Now it’s the women’s turn, and one of the world’s leading character actors is Haitian-American milDRED Gerestant, the artist formerly known as DRED.”
– Port of Harlem Magazine
“At “Divercity,” … the Haitian-American star actress DRED Love created a remarkable gender collage in motion… out of a trunkload of hairpieces, costumes, props, and sexy, dead-on body language . With muscles and curves… goatee, and a surprise between her shapely legs, she danced a manifesto of freedom and self-respect.”
– Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Village Voice
“milDRED Gerestant’s own act is a gender-bending roller coaster ride alternating between man and woman, outrageous and serious, ironic and sincere. It also preaches the message of self-love as if Eddie Murphy were to perform Eve Ensler’s “Vagina Monologues… milDRED Gerestant uses sexuality as a departure point to preach the message of tolerance, acceptance, and diversity. While a lot of her act uses hilarity to demonstrate that femininity and masculinity are not set in stone, she hopes that once her audiences realize the multiplicity of beings in themselves, the various shades of man and woman that is in all of us, regardless of sex, then we are more apt to realize and accept all the myriad differences of those around us.”
– The Korean Herald
Awards and Recognitions
2009 OUTMusic’s Spirit Award
GO Magazine’s ” 100 Women We Love ”
Two-time Recipient of The Field’s Artward Bound Artist in Residency
Thandiwe de Shazor 
“In him, I see a sense of purpose, the art we have yet to express, the fantasies we’re forced to suppress, the release of the rawest and realest gay divinity and the lives we have yet to save.”
– Tahea Robie, Oakland Local
To read the Oakland Local article that features this quote, you may click here .
Links to Other Articles:
Locals Chip in on Globally Popular LGBT Support Videos (Karmah Elmusa, Oakland North )
Projects
August 3, 2010 by Nursha
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“Children of the Last Days” 
Written and Performed by Thandiwe Thomas deShazor
Directed by Norman Gee
Produced by Shalonda Ingram
A Nursha Project Production
Notable Quotes
“Afro Solo won’t be ‘Last Days’ for gifted performer!”
– Kevin Thomas, examiner.com
Links to Full-Length Articles
“Where My Girls At?”
Written and Performed by Micia Mosely
Directed by Tamilla Woodard
Produced by Shalonda Ingram
A Nursha Project Production
Notable Quotes
” Where My Girls At? , written and performed by the talented Micia Mosely, is a laugh-out-loud comedy that pushes the envelope in too many ways to describe… Where My Girls At? is a great night out and a shining example of what a talented and flexible mind can do when given the freedom.”
-New York Amsterdam News
“Where My Girls At? was a rich multi-layered experience that provided a dissertation into being black and lesbian including having the audience rate by applause which of the “contestants” was the most black, which was the most “womanly” and which was the most “lesbian”. I didn’t stop laughing during this whirlwind performance by an extremely talented artist. As a matter of fact it wasn’t until I sat down to write this review that I noticed the “medicine” of this show was so cleverly hidden in the candy.”
-D.C. Theatre Scene
Awards and Recognitions
2009 New York Innovative Theater Award Nominee for Best Solo Performance
Links to Full-Length Articles
Get Into It
August 2, 2010 by Nursha
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Join Nursha Project in launching our newest production, Get Into It ! Written and produced in a talk-show format, Get Into It will delve into topics relating to health, wealth, and prosperity. The purpose of the the project is to document and share the experiences of transnational pop-culturalism in real-time through the kaleidoscope of arts, entertainment, social, political, historical, and environmental media. Community members will be encouraged to express current and ever changing experiences that reflect their hyper-local social experiences.
Based in New York City with satellite correspondents throughout the United States and eventually, Europe and Africa, Get Into It will engage underrepresented populations; tweens, independent artists, communities of color and their allies, as well as micro-enterprise developers who are taste-makers in their respective markets. Performance artists, health-care workers, community-organizers, 
technology widget users, social media fanatics, students, and educators will also be targeted.
Get Into It will be hosted by Nursha Project Artist Micia Mosely, Ph.D. Independent and mainstream artists of traction will also be highlighted in the capacity of band membership, correspondence and scripted skits.
To donate to Get Into It or other Nursha Project initiatives, you’re welcomed to via:
Credit Card, click here .
Checks can be made payable to Nursha Project and mailed to:
Nursha Project (East)
748 Putnam Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11221
MEMO : “Get Into It!” (or any NP Production of your choosing)
Also, cash donations my be made at any Nursha Project Event.
Stay tuned for more details!
