STAGE TUBE: Visual Artist Nick Cave Presents Dance Labs on the Streets

If you've attended, or have followed DPTV's coverage of Nick Cave's exhibit at Cranbrook, you will want to check outNick Cave's Dance Lab performances, the second of which is this Sunday, July 26th, at the Dequindre Cut (under the East Lafayette overpass) at 4pm EDT.

Nick Cave's Dance Labs are presented by Cranbrook Art Museum's partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), and involves Cave pairing three local dance companies with three musicians to create their own choreographed works with his extraordinary sculptures. This performance is FREE and open to the public, and is a great opportunity to showcase the local talent we have in the city of Detroit.

Coinciding with this performance is an interview with the artist himself, from a special episode of Detroit Performs that aired this past week. His interview is not only a wonderful example of the great work Detroit Public Television is producing, but also a terrific example of the amazing artistry that exists in Detroit. Don't believe us? Read this article from The New York Times proving our point: http://nyti.ms/1HvDYL5

Check out the interview below!

Nick Cave is an artist, educator, and foremost a messenger, working between the visual and performing arts through a wide range of mediums including sculpture, installation, video, sound, and performance. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Award (2008), Artadia Award (2006), the Joyce Award (2006), Creative Capital Grants (2002, 2004, and 2005), and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award (2001). Cave, who received his MFA at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1989, is Professor and Chairman of the Fashion Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

His exhibit at Cranbrook continues through October 11th, 2015.

Go out, enjoy Detroit and Nick Cave this weekend. Thanks to Cranbrook for bring Nick home.