THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Theater/Dance Associates, Inc.
10 East 18th Street, 3rd floor
New York, NY 10003
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ASSOCIATION OF PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTERS
2010 CONFERENCE
Rhinelander Gallery Booth 205
Construction Company Dance Gallery Showcase
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Begins at 9:30 am and repeats at 10:50 am and 12:10 pm
City Center Studio 5
130 West 56th Street, 5th Floor
(between 6th and 7th Avenues)
Admission any time
Refreshments will be served.
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Information and reservations (not required)
212-924-7882
concodance@gmail.com
Sunday, January 10, 2010 Performance Schedule:
DANCE COMPANIES:

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama
Provocative and historically conscious dance-theater
AL/DD explores themes of collective memory, individual identity, and social awareness. Both the dancers and the audience fuse in a psychological and emotional experience. The repertory is an uncommon blend of modern dance, theater, ballet and ethnographic folk traditions.
Contact Information:
Anabella Lenzu
126 Ainslie Street, # 3L
Brooklyn, NY 11211
678-634-3162
info@AnabellaLenzu.com
www.AnabellaLenzu.com

ARTICHOKE DANCE COMPANY
Passionate and humorous theatrical athleticism
“Musical, brave and inclined to gamble.”
- Village Voice
New this year: Recession Dances, and so can you! refashions popular dances from previous recession eras for the 21st Century with daring partnering, historical reflection and wit.
“It has the power to grab you”
- Eye On Dance
“funny and provocative”
- ExploreDance.com
Contact Information:
Lynn Neuman, Director
121 Sterling Place, #2B
Brooklyn, NY 11217
917-627-8770
info@artichokedance.org
www.artichokedance.org

Christopher Caines Dance Company
Lush, taut, dramatic; passionately devoted to live music.
Showcasing New Deal, full-length ballet set to Christopher O’Riley’s piano transcriptions of Radiohead for 2010/11 touring.
“One of the most musically erudite and articulate dance-makers around”
- New Yorker
“Dramatic and musical extravaganzas”
- Village Voice
“Caines is the most musically sophisticated choreographer under 45 in the United States”
- Dance View Times
Christopher Caines, Artistic Director
Christopher Caines Dance Company
639 West 204th Street, 5E
New York, NY 10034-3913
646.623.4433
cc@christophercainesdance.org
www.christophercainesdance.org

FREEFALL
“Extravagantly, outrageously physical”
-Toronto Sun
FREEFALL: low-tech, high-concept dance-theater headed by Artistic Co-Directors Lynn Brown, Lynn Marie Ruse.
"The New York-based troupe follows in the absurdist footsteps of Beckett and Weill by employing a menacing vaudevillian style…urgent in a rambunctious-sad way. Performers are lovely and engaging even as frightening truths brew underneath."
-Chicago Tribune
Lynn Marie Ruse, Artistic Co-Director
241 East 7th Street, #3A
NY, NY 10009
212-995-0149
freefall.ltd@mindspring.com
www.freefallnyc.org

Heather Harpham, writer/performer
A vibrantly physical solo play on risk and revival
Solo performer Heather Harpham’s latest work, Happiness, distills the emotional marathon of caring for a perilously sick child into a lyrical narrative that swerves into unexpected, ethereal landscapes.
“Harpham exudes dynamism on stage, capturing the audience with her rich storytelling, wit and beautiful physicality.”
- Shelley Molad, NYTheatre.com
Heather Harpham, writer/performer
100 West 93rd Street, #26E
New York, NY 10025
415-250-7228
hharpham@earthlink.net
www.heatherharpham.com

photo by Harry Schnitzler
human kinetics movement arts
Mesmerizing, slow motion elegance in fabric
"… a bravura performance… extraordinary... beautifully nuanced…"
- This Week in New York
Ever evolving 'fabric landscapes' with time-bending subtlety amplify the environment, creating an otherworldly magic. Inspired by the architecture, the site-specific installations by choreographer Yana Schnitzler invite the audience to get lost in the poetry of the moment.
Yana Schnitzler, Artistic Director
200 East 33rd Street, #22i
New York, NY 10016
917-620-6693
yana@humankinetics.org
humankinetics.org
Paradizo Dance
High-flying, explosive, intimate Acrobatic Dance
Paradizo Dance pushes the boundaries of both artistry and ability in their multi-themed repertoire of acrobatic dance works. Sculptural movement, intimate partnering and heart-stopping acrobatics are the palette for emotional expression. And audiences cheered their now-famous strength and virtuosity on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” (2009 Semi-Finalists!).
Melissa Rodnon, Managing Assistant
110 St. Marks Place #12
New York, NY 10009
917-699-7854
bookings@paradizodance.com
www.paradizodance.com

photo by Robert Polkosnick
RACOCO PRODUCTIONS
Fantastic excavations of ordinary things
“A refreshing alternative...magic. . .major accomplishment to come.”
- John Rockwell, New York Times
Idiosyncratic movement blends with tactile explorations of everyday materials like clay and chewing gum in unpredictable, humorous, poignant metaphors about people and their interactions.
“Something truly different. Surreal, quixotic . . . enchanting”
- The Dance Insider
Rachel Cohen, Artistic Director
109 N 9th Street, 3R
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-381-4074
info@racoco.org
www.racoco.org

photo by Bryan Hayes
SONIC CROSSROADS
Exploring musical exchange across the globe
Pianist Kathryn Woodard curates solo and ensemble concerts that explore cross-cultural exchange in music. Between Tides presents the intersection of Japanese and Western aesthetics and features Masayo Ishigure on koto together with piano trio. Works by Ishii, Mayuzumi, Miyagi, Satoh, Takemitsu and Yamada.
Sonic Crossroads
Kathryn Woodard
TAMU MS 4240
College Station, TX 77834
kw@kathrynwoodard.com
917-755-5042