OASIS 2005
OASIS 2005
a free festival of music and dance
July 18 - 29, 2005
12p & 5p weekdays
with 1/2 hour pre-shows 7/21 & 7/22 at 11:30a, & 7/25 at 4:30p.
chashama 217
217 East 42nd Street
New York, NY
chashama's signature festival of new performance featured over 40 choreographers and musicians in 20 minute performances with 2 weeks of performances twice a day on the window stage at 217.
1st week schedule featured lunchtime dance and evening music; the 2nd week was lunchtime music with evening dance.
Featured Artists - DANCE:
A Trio: "24 Entrances and Exits"; The Annex Group: "4th World Suspendida"; Anne Bassen: "Girl Fell"; Mariana Bekerman Dance Co.: "Taro" (in progress); Cynthia Berkshire: "Delphie takes a breath"; Kate Brehm: "Outside-In"; Abby Man-Yee Chan: excerpt from "Pipe Dream"; fivefour: "lunch date"; Jordan Fuchs Dance Co.: "Nearly"; Sam Gold/Natalie Thomas/John Collins: an improvisation; Valerie Green/Dance Entropy: "Weapons of Time"; Christine Herzog & Alexandria Wailes: "Neither you nor I"; Shizu Homma: "These people"; Human Kinetics Movement Theater: untitled; Clarinda Mac Low: "GHOST"; oXymoros dance theatre: 'SCALE: 1/8"=1'-0" '; Shelley Poovey & Bret Mosley: "Restless and Ready-Made" an excerpt from "EMERGENCE"; racoco productions: "recidivistas"; Alice Reagan: "1 + 1"; RETTOCAMME: "Window Looming"; Rocha Dance Theater: "Tiny Matters"; Shannon Sindelar: "By Rote"; Natasa Trifan: "Labyrinth 01"; Ella Veres & G-Stompz: "Peacock Incantation"; Kron Vollmer: "Free Mykronesia"; Kim Whittam: "Rise & Fall".
Featured Artists - MUSIC:
Gordon Beeferman (piano) & Seth Misterka (saxophone); Randy Burns (guitar) & Cory Morrison (folklorist); Taylor Ho Bynum (solo cornet) & Rachel Bernsen (solo dance); Kelvin Daly: solo piece improvised from collaged pieces of written material for homemade electric stringed instruments and voice; Edward Ficklin: (composer) "The Context of Love Lives"; Tina Goldstein: (composer) "Cause for Alarm"; Nicholas Hallett: "Our Lady of Late" by Meredith Monk (voice and wineglass); Rebecca Hart: selections from repetoire (guitar and vocals); Zach Layton: electronic biofeedback improvisation; Matt Moldover: on-the-fly remixes and mash-ups; Bret Mosley: selections from repetoire (guitar & vocals); Tasneem Nanji: selections from repetoire (vocals); Bonnie Pipkin Presents: "The Coffin Maker's Workshop" written by Robert Bryn, (live music with a short scene accompaniment); RISE, NYC = Elaine Benavides (drums/backup vocals) Shelly Ebner (vocals/bass, programming/guitar) NYC underground DJ, Die J! Mars: selections from repetoire; Karen Rockower: selections from repetoire (guitar, vocals); Lily Skove (and Arturo Vidich): untitled (choreography & music); The Ukuladies*: Katie Down aka "Jezebel" (uke/vocals), Kristen Espeland aka "Ginger" (uke/vocals), Heather Warfel aka "Cousin Bunny" (tap dance/antics); Nate Walker: selections from repetoire (guitar and vocals).
*minus sister Jimmy Lou
a free festival of music and dance
July 18 - 29, 2005
12p & 5p weekdays
with 1/2 hour pre-shows 7/21 & 7/22 at 11:30a, & 7/25 at 4:30p.
chashama 217
217 East 42nd Street
New York, NY
chashama's signature festival of new performance featured over 40 choreographers and musicians in 20 minute performances with 2 weeks of performances twice a day on the window stage at 217.
1st week schedule featured lunchtime dance and evening music; the 2nd week was lunchtime music with evening dance.
Featured Artists - DANCE:
A Trio: "24 Entrances and Exits"; The Annex Group: "4th World Suspendida"; Anne Bassen: "Girl Fell"; Mariana Bekerman Dance Co.: "Taro" (in progress); Cynthia Berkshire: "Delphie takes a breath"; Kate Brehm: "Outside-In"; Abby Man-Yee Chan: excerpt from "Pipe Dream"; fivefour: "lunch date"; Jordan Fuchs Dance Co.: "Nearly"; Sam Gold/Natalie Thomas/John Collins: an improvisation; Valerie Green/Dance Entropy: "Weapons of Time"; Christine Herzog & Alexandria Wailes: "Neither you nor I"; Shizu Homma: "These people"; Human Kinetics Movement Theater: untitled; Clarinda Mac Low: "GHOST"; oXymoros dance theatre: 'SCALE: 1/8"=1'-0" '; Shelley Poovey & Bret Mosley: "Restless and Ready-Made" an excerpt from "EMERGENCE"; racoco productions: "recidivistas"; Alice Reagan: "1 + 1"; RETTOCAMME: "Window Looming"; Rocha Dance Theater: "Tiny Matters"; Shannon Sindelar: "By Rote"; Natasa Trifan: "Labyrinth 01"; Ella Veres & G-Stompz: "Peacock Incantation"; Kron Vollmer: "Free Mykronesia"; Kim Whittam: "Rise & Fall".
Featured Artists - MUSIC:
Gordon Beeferman (piano) & Seth Misterka (saxophone); Randy Burns (guitar) & Cory Morrison (folklorist); Taylor Ho Bynum (solo cornet) & Rachel Bernsen (solo dance); Kelvin Daly: solo piece improvised from collaged pieces of written material for homemade electric stringed instruments and voice; Edward Ficklin: (composer) "The Context of Love Lives"; Tina Goldstein: (composer) "Cause for Alarm"; Nicholas Hallett: "Our Lady of Late" by Meredith Monk (voice and wineglass); Rebecca Hart: selections from repetoire (guitar and vocals); Zach Layton: electronic biofeedback improvisation; Matt Moldover: on-the-fly remixes and mash-ups; Bret Mosley: selections from repetoire (guitar & vocals); Tasneem Nanji: selections from repetoire (vocals); Bonnie Pipkin Presents: "The Coffin Maker's Workshop" written by Robert Bryn, (live music with a short scene accompaniment); RISE, NYC = Elaine Benavides (drums/backup vocals) Shelly Ebner (vocals/bass, programming/guitar) NYC underground DJ, Die J! Mars: selections from repetoire; Karen Rockower: selections from repetoire (guitar, vocals); Lily Skove (and Arturo Vidich): untitled (choreography & music); The Ukuladies*: Katie Down aka "Jezebel" (uke/vocals), Kristen Espeland aka "Ginger" (uke/vocals), Heather Warfel aka "Cousin Bunny" (tap dance/antics); Nate Walker: selections from repetoire (guitar and vocals).
*minus sister Jimmy Lou
