Salon I just want to dance my way through life you know-April 4-10

By Douglas Dunn + Dancers

Apr 4 - Apr 10  |  Culture

DOUGLAS DUNN + DANCERS present Salon I just want to dance my way through life you know – April 4, 5,6,7,8,9 and 10, 2022

8-9pm
Douglas Dunn Studio, 541 Broadway, 3rd Floor

Douglas Dunn + Dancers presents a Salon of dances dating from 1974 to the present in an hour of solos, duets and group work.

Choreography
Douglas Dunn

Painting
Mimi Gross

Dancers
Alexandra Berger, Janet Charleston, Grazia Della-Terza, Douglas Dunn,
Vanessa Knouse, Emily Pope, Jin Ju Song-Begin, Timothy Ward

Dances:

Nevada (1974)
Roses (1990)
Shovel Dance (2007)
No Man’s Land (2016)
Nothing is Enough (2021)
Roundelay (2021)
Dancing Made Easy (2022)

Tickets are $15 and may be purchased here.

Douglas Dunn + Dancers is a modern dance company with a 44-year history dedicated to creating and performing original work by Douglas Dunn, nurturing the careers of artists, and stimulating the imagination of diverse audiences. While dancing with Merce Cunningham, Yvonne Rainer and the daring no-rehearsal collective, Grand Union, Dunn showed his first choreography with Sara Rudner in 1971. He formed DD+D in 1978, which tours the US and abroad, and at the age of 79 continues to be an active, original and influential voice in dance. With movement as foreground, Dunn’s free combining of elegance and anything goes produces a layered aesthetic as witty as it is serious. He collaborates with poets, painters, sculptors, musicians, composers and playwrights to offer a multifaceted theatrical experience. Long-time DD+D collaborators include Charles Atlas and Mimi Gross. Dunn is the recipient of many awards and commissions including, Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and a Bessie. www.douglasdunndance.com

Mimi Gross is a painter, set and costume designer, and teacher. Working in a variety of media, she has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her work is in numerous significant public and private collections. She has received fine arts grants from the NEA, NYFA, Institute of Arts and Letters, and a Bessie. Currently she is represented by Eric Firestone Gallery, New York. Mimi has worked with DD+D since 1979 and has made sets and/or costumes for over 25 dances choreographed by Douglas. She lives and works in New York City. For CV, see website www.mimigross.com.

“Astringent, but never abrasive, it’s like fire on ice – impossibly beautiful and always in the process of disappearing before your very eyes” – Allen Robertson, Time Out 

“Dunn has acquired an impressive reputation as an intrepid and illuminating explorer of new dance forms…a presence and individuality that have few counterparts today” – Dale Harris, The Guardian