THE WORK OF DANCE IN THE AGE OF SACRED LIVES
A RESPONSE TO VASLAV NIJINSKY’S LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS (1913)
PERFORMERS: Marc Crousillat, David Kishik, and Netta Yerushalmy
TEXT: David Kishik
RUNNING TIME: 25 minutes
ESSAY: The Work of Dance in the Age of Sacred Lives
COSTUMES: Magdalena Jarkowiec
“The Work of Dance in the Age of Sacred Lives explores the link between classical ballet and modern politics. Weaving together René Descartes and Rudolf Von Laban, Thomas Hobbes and Vaslav Nijinsky, this text constructs an alternative history of dance informed by the work of the contemporary philosopher Giorgio Agamben. Starting with Court Ballet and Renaissance discourse on dance, the essay concludes by positioning The Rite of Spring as a turning point in our understanding of art and power.”
PERFORMANCE HISTORY:
HAU / Berlin, Germany / November 2013
Jerusalem International Dance Week / Jerusalem, Israel / December, 2013
Movement Research at Judson Church / New York, NY / January 6, 2014
F.D. 13 – Inaugural Performance Event / Minneapolis, MN / March 22, 2014
Open Forum @ American Dance Festival / Durham, NC / June 28, 2015
Rutgers University / New Brunswick, NJ / March 2, 2017
NCCAkron / Akron, OH / April 18, 2017
Roger Williams University, Alive Arts! Series / Providence, RI / February 12, 2018
Hope Mohr's Bridge Project in partnership with ODC and SFMoMA / San Francisco, CA / February 23-24, 2018
Jacob’s Pillow / Becket, MA / August 8-12, 2018
University at Buffalo / Buffalo, NY / November 17, 2018
Live Artery at New York Live Arts / New York, NY / January 7, 2019
Wexner Center for the Arts / Columbus, OH / February 7-9, 2019
New York Live Arts / New York, NY / March 14-17, 2019
Bates Dance Festival / Lewiston, ME / July 25-28, 2019
Wesleyan University / Middletown, CT / October 4, 2019
The University of Virginia / Charlottesville, VA / January 31, 2020
PHOTOGRAPHS: Sandi Aldieri ( 1 , 3 ); Maria Baranova ( 2 )