Visual Environments News

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) hosts the world premiere of acclaimed choreographer Julian Barnett's newest evening-length commission, Super Natural, in its state-of-the-art 130-seat theater November 18 - 21, 2010. Super Natural is a work of abstract possibility that investigates the cohabitation of open and closed realms. Barnett, joined by Phina Pipia, Justin Ternullo, Jocelyn Tobias and musician Chris Powers, will embody the space, traversing specific states of being through both individual and collective memory and discovery.

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) hosts the world premiere of acclaimed choreographer Julian Barnett's newest evening-length commission, Super Natural, in its state-of-the-art 130-seat theater November 18 - 21, 2010. Super Natural is a work of abstract possibility that investigates the cohabitation of open and closed realms. Barnett, joined by Phina Pipia, Justin Ternullo, Jocelyn Tobias and musician Chris Powers, will embody the space, traversing specific states of being through both individual and collective memory and discovery.

Park Avenue Armory announced its first full season of cultural programming, comprising productions of visual art, dance, theater and music that are conceived and performed 'outside the box' of conventional theaters and museums. Dedicated to presenting works that cannot be realized in traditional institutions, Park Avenue Armory's season will include monumental, immersive installations by visual artists Peter Greenaway and Ryoji Ikeda; Tune-In, a contemporary music festival featuring new music ensembles curated by and including eighth blackbird, the New York premier of Inuksuit by John Luther Adams and a new site-specific commission by Sympho; a six-week residency by the Royal Shakespeare Company in a full-scale Shakespearean theater built inside the Drill Hall; and free-form performances by Shen Wei Dance Arts, Streb, and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. With its soaring 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall and array of dramatic period rooms, the Armory's unique spaces enable artists to create-and the public to experience- unconventional work in all genres that could not be realized elsewhere in New York City.