Performance in NY!

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I am doing arts administration for this wonderful

dance company, MIsnomer Dance Theater. If you want to

see something out of the ordinary, with beautiful

shapes and intriguing dynamics, here's the info:

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CHRIS ELAM / MISNOMER DANCE THEATER

Premieres " THROW PEOPLE " for five performances May

11-14 at PERFORMANCE SPACE 122

Join us for a raucous evening of new dance and live

music! " Throw People " blends serious play with jarring

tenderness and manages to be simultaneously

otherworldly and innately human. Featured as a

must-see performance in The New York Times's Season

Preview, the work is accompanied by Andy Teirstein's

original music which will be performed live on

marimba, accordion, trumpet, mandolin, and harmonica.

Details and videos at misnomer.org.

THEATER May 11-14, Thurs-Sat at 8pm and Sat-Sun at

5pm, Performance Space 122, 150 1st Avenue at 9th

Street.

TICKETS ($20 general / $15 students and seniors)

AFTER-SHOW BENEFIT PARTY in the theater with live

music by Andy Teirstein and DJ {L V R} May 13 ($60

general / $35 for artists) Info / buy benefit tickets

online @ misnomer.org or call .

Choreographer: Elam;

Performers: Brynne Billingsley, Elam, Jen

Harmer, Coco Karol, Dorian Nuskind-Oder, and Luke

Wiley;

Composer: Andy Teirstein;

Musicians: Peck Allmond, Herold, Andy Teirstein;

Costume Designers: Kaibrina Sky Buck, McArdle;

Photography Exhibit: Mark Sadan.

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To subscribe to Misnomer's e-mail list, contact

maillist@... with the word SUBSCRIBE in the

subject.

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REVIEWS:

" Elam's mythic and playful dances suggest something

that might have happened at the dawn of the world. " –

Dance Magazine

" A true original, Mr. Elam is one of the most

individualistic of modern dance voices today. " – New

York Times

" Terrifically weird. " – Back Stage

" Throw People " will be accompanied by a gallery

showing of photographs of the company taken by

photographer Mark Sadan. If you are unable to attend

this performance please mark your calendar to see our

ten-night extended run of " Throw People " August 18-27

at The Brooklyn Lyceum Theater.

Misnomer is a NYC-based, six-person modern dance

company that has performed across the USA, Cuba,

Turkey, Ireland, Brazil, and Indonesia. The company

will be featured later this spring on the homepage of

apple.com in a documentary shot by Apple Computers

featuring Misnomer's upcoming dance project for the

Resfest digital film festival.

" Throw People " was made possible in part by The

American Music Center Live Music for Dance Program and

The Manhattan Community Arts Fund/New York City

Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. The work was

created during a residency provided by The Joyce

Theater Foundation, New York City, with major support

from The W. Mellon Foundation. Photo by Mark

Sadan.

-Thania Acaron, MA DTR

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