Freefall Presents 'lie, lay, laid' Beginning June 12

The acclaimed New York-based dance and performance group FREEFALL is proud to present "lie, lay, laid", a new dance show choreographed and performed by Artistic Co-Directors Lynn Brown and Lynn Marie Ruse. lie, lay, laid will play Thursday, June 12 - Sunday, June 15 at walkerspace (46 Walker Street).

In "lie, lay, laid" audiences are given the opportunity to observe intimate physical acts at a distance by sitting above a sunken stage and looking down upon a grid, stacks of mattresses and four dancers. In this world premiere, dancers arrange and rearrange themselves upon twin mattresses, framing the relationship of bodies while complicating efforts to smoothly negotiate choreography. The mattresses transform an abstract physical construction of bodies wrapping around one another into an emotionally powerful narrative. This context is the emotional heart of the piece -- a kinesthetic connection to home, sleep, and sex. "lie, lay, laid" will feature set design by architect Illya Azaroff, lighting design by Jay Ryan, and an original score by Ljova Zhurbin, which will be performed live by Zhurbin's ensemble "Ljova and the Kontraband".

Lynn Brown (Artistic Co-Director/Choreographer/Dancer) holds his MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He has performed nationally and internationally with Keely Garfield, Pooh Kaye, Jody Oberfelder-Reihm, and Victoria Marks. His work has been presented extensively in the Chicago area and in New York at PS122, Mulberry Street Theater, and on various community groups throughout the city. Brown is a Teaching Artist in Dance for the Lincoln Center Institute and the Orchestra of St. Lukes.

Lynn Marie Ruse (Artistic Co-Director/Choreographer/Dancer) holds a Professional Diploma from the Laban Centre in London and an MFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She has performed with Henry Montes in London, The Moving Company in Florida (Site-Specific Theater), Clarinda MacLow, Aiden Teker, Athena Malloy, and Rebecca Moore in NYC. Ruse choreographed Moving Company productions such as Mac Wellman's Why the Y in Ybor?, Alyse Rothman's Nerve Ensemble's production of Phenomenon, and her choreography has been presented by Dance Force (Hechscher State Park and the World Trade Center), The Florida Dance Festival, The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, and Wave Hill. Ruse is a Teaching Artist in Dance for Lincoln Center, the Orchestra of St. Lukes, an occasional costume designer, and a Vinyasa yoga instructor.

FREEFALL(ltd) is a New York-based dance and performance group headed by Lynn Brown and Lynn Marie Ruse. FREEFALL is committed to the creation of a dynamic, theatrical dance vocabulary with emotionally challenging themes. Brown and Ruse have shown their dedication to expanding accepted definitions of concert and community dance by developing site-specific pieces. FREEFALL has presented work in Dance Theater Workshop's "Fresh Tracks and Family Matters" series, Dance Now, The Fringe of Toronto Theatre Festival, Toronto's Fringe Festival of Independent Dance, The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, The Florida Dance Festival, The Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Miami's Florida/Brazil Festival, Chicago's Movable Beast Festival, The University of Rochester, The 92nd Street Y, Dancer's Responding to Aids at Dancespace St. Marks, Up!On the Roof at John Jay College, Dixon Place and University Settlement. Most recently, FREEFALL collaborated with jazz composer Elliot Sharp to create a site-specific piece for the Angel Oransanz Foundation—a decaying synagogue on Manhattan's Lower East Side.

"lie, lay, laid" plays Thursday, June 12 through Sunday, June 15 at walkerspace (46 walker Street). Schedule: Thursday through Saturday @ 8:00 PM, with a matinee on Saturday at 4:00 PM & Sunday @ 2:00 PM. Tickets are $20/$15 student, artists. Purchases can be made online at www.theatermania.com or 212-352-3101. For more info, check out www.freefallltd.org.

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