Russian Choreographers On Residency At Jacob’s Pillow And In NYC03:30PM / Monday, August 17, 2009
Leading Young Choreographers and Theatre Directors from Russia Participate in Festival, Take in the Berkshires
Four performing artists participating in a residency co-hosted by CEC ArtsLink and Jacob’s Pillow Dance will participate in a two-week Choreographers Lab session exploring the confluence of choreography and theater. They will be joined by eight other choreographers and directors in workshops guided by Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, artistic directors of Big Dance Theater and recipients of the first annual Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award.
The participating artists are Alexander Andriyashkin (TSEKH Dance, Moscow), Tatyana Luzai (Derevo Physical Theater, Saint Petersburg), Kseniya Petrenko (LIQUID Theater, Chelyabinsk), and Aleksei Zherebtsov (LIQUID Theater, Chelyabinsk), selected for the program through a competitive nomination process.
Prior to the Choreographers Lab, the group will briefly visit New York City, where they will perform at the Storefront for Art and Architecture on Thursday, August 20th, 2009 at 6:00pm, followed by a reception (more information at www.cecartslink.org).
In addition to immersing themselves in the internationally-renowned dance at the festival, the participants will absorb the unique cultural atmosphere of the Berkshires. They will spend four nights staying with host families in the Pittsfield area, enjoy the natural beauty of the area, and visit Mass MoCA, The Norman Rockwell Museum, and other local attractions.
This is the first time that Jacob’s Pillow and CEC ArtsLink have partnered to bring Russian artists to the U.S, a project that is both in line with CEC ArtsLink’s mission of promoting cross-cultural understanding through contemporary arts exchange between the US and the countries of the former Soviet region, and contributes to the Jacob’s Pillow mission of supporting dance.
The residency is part of the Open World Cultural Leaders Program, an endeavor of the Open World Leadership Center at the Library of Congress with partnership and funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. |
