Roulette Presents:
Award Winning Choreographer
Simone Forti
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an evening of movement, sound and spoken word
October 28, 8:00pm
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*Artist talk, October 26, 8:00pm
What: Simone Forti, an evening of movement, sound and spoken word
Where:Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, 2/3/4/5/A/C/G/D/M/N/R/B/Q trains & the LIRR
When: October 28, 8:00pm (Artist talk, October 26, 8:00pm)
Cost/Info: $20/$15 members/students/seniors, (Artist Talk, Oct 26, $5/Free for Oct 28 ticket holders) / www.roulette.org
Brooklyn, NY: Internationally acclaimed dancer and choreographer Simone Forti presents an evening of movement and spoken word October 28, 8pm and an artist talk on October 26. Forti will perform a “News Animation”, an improvisation in movement and language exploring thoughts and feelings as they come, in relation to the world. In Striding Crawling, a piece based on Forti's animal movement studies of the 1960's & 70s, Forti will be joined by French dancer Claire Filmon, artistic director of Paris based dance company Asphodele Danses Envol. This event will feature recorded sound by Peter Van Riper and Forti will be playing her molimo horn, a traditional instrument of the Mbuti Pygmy population.
Forti will also read excerpts of her soon to be published new manuscript, The Bear in the Mirror, an experimental mosaic of approaches to writing about generations of her family, interwoven with thoughts on animals and the roots of dance behavior.
October 26, Forti will lead an artist talk. Audience members will get Forti’s unique perspective on her work in an intimate, conversational setting. Tickets are $5 or free with the purchase of tickets to her October 28th performance.
About Simone Forti
Simone Forti is a dancer and writer based in Los Angeles. In 1955 she began dancing with Anna Halprin who was doing pioneering work in improvisation. Forti went on to study composition with Robert Dunn who, at the Merce Cunningham Studio, was introducing the dancers to the work of John Cage. At this historical moment of dialogue between artists, musicians, poets and dancers, Forti was an influential figure in the Judson Dance Theater community that revolutionized dance in New York. Forti's work ranges from her early minimalist dance constructions through her animal movement studies which she developed in collaboration with musician Peter Van Riper, centripetal/centrifugal forces studies which she developed in collaboration with musician Charlemagne Palestine, and moving/speaking Logomotion improvisations. Her book Handbook in Motion was published by the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Press in 1974. Oh, Tongue (temporarily out of print) and Unbuttoned Sleeves were published by Beyond Baroque Books, 2003 & 2006. The Bear in the Mirror is due to be published this year, in English and in French translation, by La Rumeur Libre. Forti is the recipient of a 2005 Guggenheim Fellowship in dance and a 2011 Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts.
About Claire Filmon
Claire Filmon has been dancing professionally since 1985. Based in Paris, she is artistic director of Asphodede Danses Envol. In 1990, with a grant from the French Ministry of Culture, she traveled to the United States to study Horton technique with Bella Lewitzky and improvisation with Anna Halprin. Since 1995 Claire Filmon has created and/or participated in performances with, among others, Loretta Livingston, Barre Philips, Julien Hamilton, Simone Forti, Nancy Stark Smith and Lisa Nelson in venues including the Bastilles Theater in Paris, The Bauhaus Naunynstrasse in Berlin, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain in Geneva, Judson Church in New York and the Mark Taper Auditorium in Los Angeles. She is regularly invited to teach improvisation in France, particularly in the universities, and throughout Europe and the United States.
About Roulette
Roulette – one of New York City’s premiere venues for experimental music for over 33 years - has reopened bigger and better than ever. Located in a newly renovated 1920s Art Deco concert hall in Downtown Brooklyn, the new Roulette features two levels of seating for up to 400 people (600 standing), an expanded multi-channel sound system, projection screen for film and multi-media events, state-of-the-art lighting system, modular stage, and a specially designed floor to accommodate dance. Teamed with bold new programming, the new Roulette promises to be one of the most exciting places in New York City - if not the country - to experience adventurous music and art.
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