Dancers: Denisa Musilova, Erika Eichelberger, Savina Theodorou
Sound design by Tei Blow
" Shemy's unflinching approach and her imaginative way of presenting cruelty are admirable."
- The Village Voice
Last review from Dance Magazine
Five inexhaustible women are out to get each other, entangled in virtually unrelenting combat. There are no permanent allegiances or wins, but perhaps that’s what makes the work so hard-hitting in the end. more
We are very excited to invite you to our first site-specific performance:
2 Kilos Of Sea
July 12 - 14, 2010 at 12:30pm & 5pm
July 15, 2010 at 12:30 pm
John Street United Methodist Church at
44 John Street
Choreography: Deganit Shemy
Sound Design: Jim Dawson
Collaboraters and performers: Christina Jane Robson, Nicholas Bruder, Savina Theodorou, Erika Eichelberger, Leah Nelson, Denisa Musilova and Michael Ingle
ADMISSION FREE
Photo: Yi-Chun Wu
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More news:
-Shemy was invited to create a piece with Rhode Island University students March 21st-28th.
-Shemy will create a new work on Princeton students in fall semester 2010.
-Deganit is an Barbara Bray Ketchum Artist-in-Residence at Sarah Lawrence College for spring semester 2010. She will create a piece with the students to be performed May 7th and 8th at the Bessie Schonberg Dance Theater on campus.
Recent activity :
-round 2 and Blink at DanSpace Project, February 11-13, 2010
-Master Class with Deganit Shemy at Princeton University, Wednesday, January 13, 2010. more info
- Excerpts of Blink and Arena at Danspace Project, Thursday, January 7th at 8pm.
- Arena at Baryshnikov Arts Center, Sunday, January 10th at 2:30.
-Arena at “Women in Dance at the 92nd Street Y: History in the Making,” Friday, December 11th at 8pm.
- The Baryshnikov Arts Center, in partnership with the Inaugural Ringling International Arts Festival, commissioned an evening-length version of Arena. The company toured to Florida for a residency at the Maggie Allesee National Center for choreography in Tallahassee, September 21th – October 3rd, followed by the festival in Sarasota, October 7th -11th.
- The company was granted a residency to develop Arena at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.
- Arena premiered at Dance Theater Workshop, April 16th-18th.