Tag Archive for PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century

Gallim Dance Brings Youthful Exuberance to PS21

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Brooklyn-based contemporary dance company Gallim Dance brings its inventive combination of quick wit, movement, introspection, youthful exuberance, and technical virtuosity to PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Friday and Saturday, August 14 and 15, 2015, at 8pm. Gallim will be performing two pieces by company founder, artistic director and choreographer…

Pearsonwidrig Dancetheater Brings Comic Approach to PS21

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Ordinary Festivals, a dance-theater piece for 300 oranges, seven performers, and two knives, is among those that will be performed by Pearsonwidrig Dancetheater at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Friday and Saturday, August 16 and 17, 2013, as part of PS21’s comedy-themed season. Also on the program is Oashisu,…

Monica Bill Barnes & Co. Kick Off PS21 Dance Program

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – New York City-based Monica Bill Barnes & Company (MBB & Co) will perform two evenings of humorous, contemporary dance at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Friday and Saturday, August 2 and 3, 2013, at 8pm. As part of PS21‘s summer season of comedy, Monica Bill Barnes and her dance…

Short Comedies by David Ives at PS21

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Long Ago and Far Away and other short comedies by playwright David Ives will be performed by Walking the Dog Theater company at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century from Friday, July 5, 2013, through Sunday, July 21. Ives is known for his verbal dexterity, theatrical invention, and quirky humor. David…

Parsons Dance to Perform New Works at PS21

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Parsons Dance returns to PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century for the seventh consecutive season on Friday and Saturday, August 31 and September 1, 2012, at 8pm, with performances to include two new works: Round My World and A Stray’s Lullaby, as well as several others. A Master Dance Class Workshop…

Arabic Music Virtuoso Simon Shaheen to Perform at PS21

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Grammy Award-nominated oud player Simon Shaheen, considered by many to be one of the most significant contemporary Arab musicians and composers, performs his unique blend of Arabic, jazz and Western classical styles at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Saturday, June 30 at 7:30 pm. Shaheen will be accompanied by…

Parsons Dance Returns to The Tent at PS21

Parsons Dance

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – New York City-based Parsons Dance – noted for its uplifting, athletic, engaging contemporary style that often commissions new scores by contemporary composers, including Dave Matthews, Steely Dan, Juan Garcia Esquival, Michael Gordon of Bang on a Can, John Corigliano, and Phil Woods, as well as such standbys as Bach, Schubert, and Rossini…

PS21 Presents Mask and Puppet Theater Ecological Allegory

Osiris & the Fire

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – To Fuel The Fire, a large-scale mask and puppet theatre production by Arm-of-the-Sea Theater about the ecological costs of acquiring and delivering energy, will take place at PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Saturday, August 27, at 3 and 7. Created after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, this…