walter dundervill: ARENA

January 14 - 16, 2016

The return of this installation dance piece by multiple Bessie-winner Walter Dundervill that has caused a sensation at JACK in its two previous incarnations. Over the course of each three-hour installation, Dundervill and his dancers utilize costumes, fabrics, and various everyday materials to build an interior landscape in a continual state of flux. Audience is encouraged to come and go as they please. Read the New York Times review of the piece here.

PERFORMANCES:
Thursday, January 14, 6 - 9 pm
Friday, January 15, 6 - 9 pm
Saturday, January 16, 12 - 3 pm and 7 - 10 pm


FEATURING: Tyler Ashley, Benjamin Asriel, Nicole Daunic, Walter Dundervill, Jessie Gold, Niall Jones, Jennifer Kjos, Kevin Lovelady and Athena Malloy.

LIGHTING CONSULTANT: Ben Demarest

Curated by Stacy Grossfield

WALTER DUNDERVILL is a multidisciplinary dance artist based in New York City. He creates immersive performance environments fusing choreography, visual art, costume, and sound design. His work has been presented at Dance Theater Workshop, The Chocolate Factory, Dixon Place, JACK, Participant Inc., Blakston Gallery, NADA, the Movement Research Festival, and the Solo in Azione Festival in Milan, Italy. Dundervill has received Bessie Awards for the visual design of his own choreography, Aesthetic Destiny 1: Candy Mountain (2011), the costume design for Luciana Achugar's Puro Deseo (2009), and as a dancer in RoseAnne Spradlin's under/world (2003). He has also created costume and set for Ivy Baldwin, Tere O'Connor, and RoseAnne Spradlin. Dundervill has performed for choreographers and visual artists including RoseAnne Spradlin, DD Dorvillier/Future Human Dance Corps, Keely Garfield, Yves Musard, Bruce Nauman, Lovett/Codagnone, Kembra Phaler, and David Wojnarowicz. Dundervill is a member of the Artist Advisory Council at Movement Research. He has been an artist in residence at Movement Research, the New Museum, and New York Live Arts.

Photo by Maria Baranova