Parallel Exit Presents 'Time Step' at the Joyce SoHo

Parallel Exit, New York's highly acclaimed physical theatre company, returns to Joyce SoHo from November 6-9 with 'Time Step,' a brand new work blending tap, rhythm, and physical comedy. Tickets are $15 and are available by phone at 212-352-3101 or www.joyce.org.

Fresh, funny, and filled with visual magic, 'Time Step' tells the story of three hoofers entirely through rhythm and choreography. The narrative jumps back and forth in time, juxtaposing the characters' performances from their youth with their attempts to transcend the limits of age. 'Time Step,' created by Parallel Exit, is directed by Mark Lonergan and choreographed and performed by Ryan Kasprzak, Brent McBeth, and Derek Roland. Set and projection design by Anna Kiraly, lighting design by Eric Kwak, and sound design by Duane McKee.

Parallel Exit, recipient of a 2008 Drama Desk nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience and a "Spirit of the Fringe" award from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, creates physical theatre inspired by the films of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin. The company's goal is to create moments of simple magic that can only be experienced live. Parallel Exit's work has explored a wide range of physical forms, from dance to vaudeville, live-action silent film to tap. The Company's work has been presented to great critical acclaim in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Time Out New York says, "Parallel Exit's kinetic style says so much without uttering a single syllable."  The New York Times writes, "They can get laughs simply breathing." 

'Time Step' was created with support from The Bossak/Heilbron Foundation, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Dance Theatre Workshop's Outer/Space Program, and The Nancy Quinn Fund, a project of A.R.T./New York.

The creation of Joyce SoHo was made possible by the magnanimous support of the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust. Joyce SoHo is supported by private funds from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, First Republic Bank, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, JPMorgan Chase Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, The Shubert Foundation and The Starr Foundation; and by public funds from the New York City Council; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Special support for Joyce SoHo provided by the Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund established in The New York Community Trust by the founders of the Reader's Digest Association, The Greenwall Foundation, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Foundation for Contemporary Arts.

'Time Step' will be performed November 6-9, 2008 at Joyce SoHo, with performances Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 3pm. Joyce SoHo is located at 155 Mercer, NYC (between Houston & Prince). Tickets are $15 ($10 for students and seniors; $75 for benefit performance on November 8) and are available by phone at 212-352-3101 or www.joyce.org.

For more information, visit www.parallelexit.net.

 

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