Marina Abramovic News

Dress is an instant and effective display of identity and an important component of our daily lives. By means of clothing, individuals establish their sense of self as well as their place in society. Through works such as The Troubles: an Artist's Document of Ulster by Les Levine and Green Room by Jackie Nickerson Fabric of Identity explores the presentation of individual and collective identities, private and public personas. The exhibition also includes work by artists Marina Abramovic, James Hanley and Janet Mullarney.

Dance New Amsterdam(DNA) welcomes back 2011 - 2012 RAW Directions artists Elke Luyten and Kira Alker, as well as DNA faculty member Kendra Portier, joining for the first of two SPLICE series this season. The series provides a collaborative performance setting that juxtaposes contemporary artists that share a common thread, however subtle or tangential. Luyten and Alker's Studies of Inertia is a world premiere encompassing Inertia, Part I, which was performed as part of DNA's last season's RAW Directions program. After almost a decade of extensive work with choreographers such as David Dorfman, DNA gives Portier the spotlight for her world premiere of Beautiful Weather for an Air Raid. Six performances will run over two weekends, November 30 - December 1 and December 7 - 8. All shows are at 7:30 p.m., with additional Saturday matinees at 3:00 p.m.

The 2012 Bessies: New York Dance and Performance Award Recipients were held on Monday, October 15, 2012 at the Apollo Theater (253 West 125th Street), hosted by Elizabeth Streb. Scroll down for a full list of the award winners!

TheatreWorks will be presenting an exhibition by Maria Jose Arjona from 28 September to 13 October 2012. The exhibition is part of Theatrework's aim to present innovative and engaging visual artist that has yet to be seen in Singapore, helping to connect Singapore artists with the international arts community. Below are the details.

The 16th annual Philadelphia Live Arts Festival enters its second week with seven Festival openings, including the U.S. premiere production of Montreal-based 7 Fingers' urban circus marvel Sequence 8. Week two also features the world premiere of idiosynCrazy productions' Private Places, by up-and-coming Philadelphia choreographer Jumatatu Poe; local favorite Brian Sanders' JUNK's The Gate Reopened; two New York companies, including Young Jean Lee's Theater Company with UNTITLED FEMINIST SHOW and Elevator Repair Service with Arguendo; Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech from Japan-based theater troupe chelfitsch; and a one-night-only showing of the documentary film Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present.

MARINA ABRAMOVI? THE ARTIST IS PRESENT debuts MONDAY, JULY 2 (9:00-10:45 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, as part of the HBO Documentary Films summer series. The film had its world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

Revealing sobering and often shocking realities behind America's relationship with dogs, ONE NATION UNDER DOG: STORIES OF FEAR, LOSS & BETRAYAL takes an unflinching look not only at how far some dog lovers will go for their pets, but also how far the nation must still go before all dogs are treated humanely.

MARINA ABRAMOVI? THE ARTIST IS PRESENT debuts MONDAY, JULY 2 (9:00-10:45 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, as part of the HBO Documentary Films summer series. The film had its world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

Revealing sobering and often shocking realities behind America's relationship with dogs, ONE NATION UNDER DOG: STORIES OF FEAR, LOSS & BETRAYAL takes an unflinching look not only at how far some dog lovers will go for their pets, but also how far the nation must still go before all dogs are treated humanely.

El Teatro Real de Madrid va a ser testigo de un espectáculo musical totalmente diferente a lo que hasta ahora ha conocido: The Life and Death of Marina Abramovic. No se trata de una ópera, ni de un musical, si no de un espectáculo en el que el teatro, la música pop alternativa y el arte contemporáneo se fusionan. El director de escena norteamericano Robert Wilson y la artista serbia Marina Abramovic han creado junto a Antony de Antony and The Johnsons y el actor Willem Dafoe una aventura teatral cargada de simbolismo y belleza.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President of Waterkeeper Alliance, and Jeff Koons, Artist Chair hosted Art for Water, an auction benefiting Waterkeeper Alliance, the foremost organization in protecting and preserving clean, drinkable, fishable, and swimmable waterways worldwide, and celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act on Monday, March 5th, 2012 at the Matthew Marks Gallery in New York.

Victory Gardens Theater Artistic Director Chay Yew and Executive Director Jan Kallish of Victory Gardens Theater today announce the appointment of Director of New Play Development Geoffrey Jackson Scott. Jackson Scott will begin at Victory Gardens February 1, 2012.

Victory Gardens Theater Artistic Director Chay Yew and Executive Director Jan Kallish of Victory Gardens Theater today announce the appointment of Director of New Play Development Geoffrey Jackson Scott. Jackson Scott will begin at Victory Gardens February 1, 2012.

The directors of Marlborough Chelsea are pleased to announce POWHIDA, a site-specific project by the eponymous artist opening Wednesday, July 27th. The exhibition will be on view through August 12th.

The directors of Marlborough Chelsea are pleased to announce POWHIDA, a site-specific project by the eponymous artist opening Wednesday, July 27th. The exhibition will be on view through August 12th.

Drag Star Puts the 'Fairy' in Fairytale Stage Adaptation THE EMPEROR'S NEW CODPIECE June 10 - July 15 at The Laurie Beechman Theater

In June 2011, the world of film with all its intrigue and glamour will return as the GCIFF partners with the Town of North Hempstead / Nassau County and Clearview Cinemas to celebrate film and community, past and present, in the five towns of Great Neck, Manhasset, Roslyn, New Hyde Park/Herricks and Port Washington.

Choreographer and director Heather Kravas upends the effortful physicality of 9 women, their rehearsal of precision and practice of perfection in her latest work, The Green Surround.

Choreographer and director Heather Kravas upends the effortful physicality of 9 women, their rehearsal of precision and practice of perfection in her latest work, The Green Surround.