Choreographer Melinda Ring returns to Danspace Project with the all-new Strange Engagements, a highly physical, exuberant, and uninhibited work made for, and in collaboration with, an extraordinary group of dancers: Laurel Atwell, Talya Epstein, Paul Hamilton, Sam Kim, and Rainey White.
Constructed from the dancers’ improvisations — research in which Ring asked them to act as a conduit channeling complex shared rhythms and inner music — this work is driven from within.The dancers plunge into private combinations, often with separate agendas, while flashes of form and pattern illuminate the deliberateness of the polyrhythmic chaos.
Like Ring’s X (2010), which premiered 10 years ago at Danspace Project, Strange Engagements is deeply musical, yet danced almost completely in silence — its unheard anthem loud and driving.
Show Finder
Melinda Ring - Strange Engagements
First Preview: Dec 18, 2019
Opening Date: Jan 30, 2020
Closing Date: Feb 1, 2020
Running Time: 01:15
Playing @
St Mark's Church in-the-Bowery
131 East 10th Street, New York City, NY 10003
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 15
Audience Advisory: Danspace Project’s main entrance is fully wheelchair accessible via ramp. A same-level restroom is available near Danspace Project’s main performance space in the church sanctuary.
Performance Schedule
TUESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 8 PM
Choreography
- Melinda Ring
TDF Tickets Offers:
TDF Member tickets:
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Never
Full-price tickets:
$10.00 - $22.00
Accessibility
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Elevator/Escalator
None on Premises -
Parking
Street parking only -
Telephone
None on premises -
Water Fountain
Lower level -
Assisted Listening System
None available Audibility rarely an issue -
Entrance
Fully wheelchair accessible via ramp -
Restroom
A same-level restroom is available near Danspace Project’s main performance space in the church sanctuary. -
Wheelchair Info
Venue is wheelchair accessible
