Roulette Present Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith in TULIP, Now thru 6/22

Roulette presents Tulip two women rely on each other to make work and perform it. Using the abstract realm as the container for the work, they want to be able to do anything with their bodies. Together they create an empowered and isolated performative culture where movement is used as a way to understand feeling.

Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith have been collaborating since 2006. The connection between them is nothing so obvious or reassuring as warm rapport and eye contact. Instead, their mutual attunement comes across in timing and spatial awareness. They can act independently, seeming not to acknowledge each other, and yet their every move is coordinated, coupled. That could be the definition of a successful duet.

They produced their first show in 2008 at Triskelion Arts. In 2009, their first evening length work, Blanket, was presented at The Tank. In March of 2012 they premiered Beautiful Bone at The Chocolate Factory Theater. An excerpt of Tulip, the pair's newest work, was commissioned in 2012 through the Judson Now Platform at Danspace Project, and will premiere at Roulette this June. Molly and Eleanor have also been presented by CATCH, Dixon Place, Fridays at Noon at 92Y, LaMaMa, Movement Research at Judson Church, Performance Mix, and Rooftop Dance.

DANCERoulette - Tulip will take place at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave Brooklyn, 2/3/4/5/A/C/G/D/M/N/R/B/Q trains & the LIRR, from tonight, June 19th to the 22nd at 8pm. Cost/Info: $15/10; http://roulette.org/events/molly-lieber-eleanor-smith-tulip/.

Roulette - one of New York City's premiere venues for experimental music for over 33 years - has reopened bigger and better than ever. Located in a newly renovated 1920s Art Deco concert hall in Downtown Brooklyn, the new Roulette features two levels of seating for up to 400 people (600 standing), an expanded multi-channel sound system, projection screen for film and multi-media events, state-of-the-art lighting system, modular stage, and a specially designed floor to accommodate dance. Teamed with bold new programming, the new Roulette promises to be one of the most exciting places in New York City - if not the country - to experience adventurous music and art.