Image courtesy of benedict nguyễn
New Voices in Live Performance: the corpus is exquisite, the equinox is vernal has been canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions.
Tickets: Free
March 27, 2020 | 7:00 PM
March 28, 2020 | 3:30- 8:00 PM
March 29, 2020 | 12:00 PM
From March 27-29, 2020, benedict nguyễn curates the corpus is exquisite, the equinox is vernal (ceev), a mini weekend-long residency at CPR for movement makers Malcolm-x Betts and Ogemdi Ude, with support by Stephanie George. As the next iteration of Nguyen’s platform, soft bodies in hard places, ceev falls just eight days after the vernal equinox and the beginning of Aries season (#ariesszn) on March 19.
Ogemdi Ude and collaborators continue research for Dig/Hear/Sing/, an investigation into the histories, memories, and identities of the Black Diaspora. Malcolm-x Betts and collaborators furthers work on Midnight Glow: Kinfolk, a collaborative performance work exploring the ideas around ancestry, lineage, breathe and process around collecting gathering to inform cultural or communal knowledge. Astrologer and dramaturg Stephanie George will provide astrological contexts for these artists’ work.
New Voices in Live Performance is a curatorial platform that invites a curator / artist / collective to organize a weekend-long program of public events at CPR – Center for Performance Research. Invited curators will address a particular inquiry within the expanded field of dance and performance, demonstrating a sense of research and serious play around the proposed question, topic, or theme. The resulting schedule of events and performances are open to the public, and the format is left to the curator’s discretion – it may include panels, workshops, performances, exhibitions, publications, installations, or other forms.
Curators are invited to apply by invitation only.