Joyce Unleased to Showcase Works of Three Choreographers

The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc., moves beyond its historic Chelsea home to present groundbreaking performances in intimate spaces through Joyce Unleashed, a series of experimental work presented off-site. One of Finland's most talented young choreographers, Elina Pirinen will make her U.S. debut with her award-winning trio, Personal Symphonic Moment, performed at New York Live Arts (May 31-June 1). Brooklyn-based artist Anna Sperber's latest creation, Prize, will also be performed at New York Live Arts (June 3 & 4). Performance-based artist Vanessa Anspaugh will present The End of Men; An Ode to Ocean at Abrons Arts Center (June 8-11). Both Pirinen and Anspaugh are making their Joyce debut.

New York Live Arts is located at 219 West 19th Street. Tickets are $20. For New York Live Arts, visit www.tickets.newyorklivearts.org or call (212) 924-0077.

Abrons Arts Center is located at 466 Grand Street. Tickets are $20. For Abrons Arts Center, visit www.abronsartscenter.org/

May 31-June 1

Elina Pirinen: Personal Symphonic Moment (U.S. Premiere)

An "on-stage autopsy" of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 - written during the siege of Leningrad and hailed as a symbol of resistance against totalitarianism - the work examines the concept of living within the "zeitgeist." The result is a raw and arresting exploration of the inner self, expelled, analyzed and taken to the extreme, as well as of eroticism, shame, danger, and excess. Performances will take place on Tuesday, May 31 and Wednesday, June 1 at 7:30pm at New York Live Arts.

June 3 & 4

Anna Sperber: Prize (World Premiere)

Anna Sperber makes poetic choreographic work with rigorous attention to details. Set to an original score by Ryan Sawyer to be performed live, Prize investigates the delicate line between certainty and uncertainty. Tending to emotion and form in equal measure, it aims to affect our perception of space, time and architecture. Performances will take place on Friday, June 3 at 7pm and Saturday, June 4 at 7pm & 9pm at New York Live Arts.

June 8-11

Vanessa Anspaugh: The End of Men; An Ode to Ocean (World premiere)

In this Joyce debut which features an all-male cast, Brooklyn-based choreographer Vanessa Anspaugh considers the question, "What does a feminist work look like without women?" Delving into religion and ritual, the piece investigates masculine vulnerability and the dynamics of domination and surrender. Performances will take place on Wednesday, June 8 through Saturday, June 11 at 7:30pm at Abrons Arts Center

Elina Pirinen is a choreographer, dancer, singer-songwriter-musician, artistic director, and pedagogue currently living in Helsinki. In her stage work, she often uses important pieces of classical music as a frame for different corporal qualities. She collaborates often with Finnish organizations, including Zodiak - Center for New Dance, Kiasma Theatre, and Performance Art Center. Pirinen studied dance and choreography in the Theatre Academy Helsinki, graduating with a Master of Dance with special studies in contemporary theatre in 2008. She has wide classical and pop music training with piano, voice, and violin.

Anna Sperber is a native of Brooklyn NY, where she is currently based. Her work has been commissioned by The Kitchen, Dance Theater Workshop, Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Chocolate Factory Theater, Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, and The American Dance Festival, among many other venues. Anna has been an Artist in Residence at Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Gibney Dance Center DiP (Dance In Process), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council at Governors Island, Movement Research, and Sugar Salon, (through Barnard Dance Department of Columbia University). As a performer she has worked with luciana achugar and Juliette Mapp. She is a co-founder of classclassclass, and she founded and ran BRAZIL, a studio and intimate performance space in Bushwick (2004-14).

Vanessa Anspaugh is a choreographer and performance based artist. Her work has been both commissioned and presented by Danspace Project, Dance Theater Workshop, New York Live Arts, River to River Festival, BAX, The Sculpture Center, The Hessel Museum of Art, AUNTS, Movement Research, Catch Series, `The Kitchen (through Emily Roysdon) Performance Mix at HERE Arts Center, Studio 303 in Montreal, as well as The Cowles Center in Minneapolis, for The Zenon Dance Company. She has had funded creative residencies through DTW Studio Series, Mount Tremper Arts, Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, The MacDowell Colony, LMCC, BAX, BOFFO Fire Island Performance Residency, and The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College. As a performer Anspaugh has worked for Aretha Aoki, Juliette Mapp, Robbinschilds, Faye Driscoll, Taylor Mac, Emily Johnson, Jen Rosenblit, among others. She has recently returned from Stockholm Sweden where she collaborated with performance artist Malin Arnell in Arnell's latest work Setting the Scene at the DOCH.

Joyce Unleashed, a series of experimental work for intimate spaces, began in 2013 with the goal of presenting contemporary performance by emerging artists from New York and beyond. Now entering its third season, the series has previously featured the work of zoe|juniper (Seattle), Laurie Berg (Brooklyn), SuperGroup (Minneapolis), Yossi Berg & Oded Graf (Tel Aviv), Hillel Kogan (Tel Aviv), and Netta Yerushalmy (New York).

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