Molissa Fenley & Company: From the Light, Between the Lamps
$25 advance, $30 doors ($20 student/senior 65+ w/ ID)
- Michael Ferrara, piano
- Enriqueta Somarriba, piano
Ryuichi Sakamoto — 20210310
Vijay Iyer — Crown Thy Good
Nico Muhly — Refine
Juan Pablo "JP" Jofre — Air on America
John Bischoff — Piano 7hz
Molissa Fenley and Company presents new work in an evening of dance: "From the Light, Between the Lamps." This is a performance with several works – a few are new works and world premieres. Three guests from "State of Darkness 2020 Revival" at the Joyce Theater are coming in to work with the core group of Molissa Fenley and Company with live music for some pieces.
Runs Jan. 31-Feb. 3
A livestream will be available free of charge at 8pm Eastern on the day of each performance and archived for future viewing.
About Molissa Fenley and Company
Molissa Fenley founded Molissa Fenley and Company in 1977 and has since created over 85 dance works during her continuing career. She grew up in Ibadan, Nigeria traveling there with her family in 1961, completing all of her early education there in International Schools and her last two years of high school in Spain. She returned to the US in 1971 to study dance at Mills College in Oakland, California. Upon graduation in 1975, she moved to New York. With her company, Molissa Fenley and Company, and as a soloist working in collaboration with visual artists and composers, she has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Her work has been commissioned by the American Dance Festival, the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival, the Dia Art Foundation, Jacob's Pillow, the Joyce Theater, Lincoln Center, the New National Theater of Tokyo, The National Institute of Performing Arts in Seoul, The Kitchen, and Dance Theater Workshop/New York Live Arts. Both Cenotaph and State of Darkness were awarded a Bessie for Choreography in 1985 and 1988 respectively. State of Darkness was awarded Outstanding Revival in 2021.
https://molissafenley.com/