Jon Kinzel to Perform New Work This Month at The Yard

With a cast of five, including four dancers and one sculptor, Jon Kinzel's untitled new work explores new performance material, dance vocabulary, humor, gravitas, and the connections between live art and object making. The piece reveals unadorned and deeply detailed kinetic, articulate, and visual language. A construction of a set will be built on site.

The performance will take place on Thursday, June 22, 2017 at 8 p.m. at The Yard's Patricia Nanon Theater, 1 The Yard, Middle Road, Chilmark, MA 02535. Tickets: $25 (Adult); $15 (Seniors, Students, Military); $5 (Children under 12). Behind the Counter and Membership discounts apply.

"All of my art making, which has been a serious and valued lifetime endeavor for me, is based on the vision of a consensual relationship between audience and performer - a 'psychic network' that allows both parties to engage in an open liberating atmosphere in which a very special 'social' equilibrium is possible. I address this wavering terrain in a non-linear and interdisciplinary way." - Jon Kinzel

The Yard's multi-week OFFSHORE CREATION RESIDENCIES (OCSR) offer selected artists and their collaborators extended space and time as well as weekly stipend, travel and housing support to all participating individuals for the research and construction of new works. All residencies end with a performance outcome of the work(s) in progress presented to the public. In 2017, other artists benefiting from OSCR support include SCHONBERG FELLOWS Raja Feather Kelly and David Thomson; SCHONBERG (BOSTON) FELLOWS Peter DiMuro, the duo Claire Johannes and Jordan Jamil Ahmed, and McKersin Previlus; as well as Pam Tanowitz and Camille A Brown. The OCSR program is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council and The Yard's valued individual donors.

Choreographer, multimedia artist, and improviser Jon Kinzel has presented numerous commissioned works and solo shows at a variety of national and international venues. He has received critical praise for his large scale gallery installation Atlantic Terminus (2016) at The Invisible Dog, Responsible Ballet and What We Need Is a Bench to Put Books On (2010) at The Kitchen, Someone Once Called Me A Sound Man (2013) at The Chocolate Factory - Best of 2013 ARTFORUM, COWHAND CON MAN (2015) at Gibney Dance: The Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, and Provision Provision (2015) at La MaMa. Kinzel has received support from foundations, fellowships, and residency programs and had opportunities to mentor, curate, and work with many influential choreographers, composers, designers, and artists. Kinzel has been featured in publications such as SCHIZM and the MR Performance Journal. He has taught at Barnard, Yale, GWU, LIU, Tsekh Moscow, Dance House Ireland, Gibney Dance, and the Merce Cunningham Trust. Today, he is a faculty member at LCE, NYU, and Movement Research.

Kinzel investigates rigorous relationships to the body in time and space; discloses physical and psychic attributes that are both disciplined and naïve; researches the corporeality of thoughts and feelings; explores dialogues between internal and external stimuli; and examines historical and cultural exchange.

Driving Directions:

Driving to The Yard from Vineyard Haven

Head south on Water Street toward Beach Road. Take the 3rd right onto Beach Road. Continue onto State Road. Turn right onto Middle Road. Take the 2nd left into The Yard.

Driving to The Yard from Edgartown

Head southwest on Water Street toward Davis Lane. Take your 2nd right onto Cooke Street. Turn left onto Edgartown West Tisbury Road. Turn left onto State Road. Continue onto South Road. Make a left onto Middle Road. Take the 2nd left into The Yard.

Bus:

There is a public bus service on Martha's Vineyard that connects to all of the towns on the island. There is a bus stop just a short walk from The Yard in front of the Community Center, which runs every hour. Fare is $1 per town, each way.

The Yard supports diverse, contemporary dance-makers and related artists in their creative processes through paid, creative residency, public performance, long-term education, and artist-driven civic engagement. We serve all ages and cultural populations on Martha´s Vineyard, and work collaboratively with artists, producers, and other cultural organizers within regional, national, and international contexts.

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