Also, a funny thing happened while I was at the American Dance Festival. I was hanging out with my Russians, playing the role of mysterious American liason, as usual, and started chatting with fellow New Yorker Andrew Champlin, a dancer who was performing with one of the guest companys. I made some vain effort to explain my role as host, program coordinator, meeting organizer, social lubricator, logistical negotiator, cultural and linguistic translator, event planner, publicist, and all around mother to my group.
“Oh, are you a producer?” he asked…
I think, in response, I said no. But, ultimately, yes, thank you Andrew. That is exactly what I am. And, in fact, a much better description of the aspects of my job that I sincerely enjoy doing— i.e. organizing, curating, and publicizing events— than, say, my actual job description. Not that a spy would ever disclose his/her actual job description…
Point being that, here I am, 24-year-old double agent, and oh, look— last week I produced a major dance event at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. I mean, obviously, as an artist, I’ve been producing events for myself and my friends since just about forever (Many thanks to Anne Krauss and As The Crow Flies, circa 1998).
Anyway, you still have a chance to check out my latest, ahem, production— a performance by the charming Vanya & co at The Living Theater on Monday. These guys are only 29, and they formed their own dance company five years ago. Their work sits somewhere on the border of dance, performance, and theater, and it has that superbly Russian quality of being both hilarious and gut wrenching at the same time. Definately, they are two people who know that an audience receives the most when you leave almost everything out, reducing your narrative to its essence.
Hair, Silence and Violence, and A Deal
Russian Contemporary Dance Duo Debut in New York
Monday, July 21st at 6:30 pm
The Living Theater
21 Clinton Street between Houston and Stanton
Free with RSVP to chartblay@cecartslink.org
“… Dialogue Dance Company presents images with light wit[,] sharp mimicry, [and] absurd humor.” (Kultura, Malmo, August 2005)
Ivan Estegneev and Evgeny Kulagin, founders and co-directors of the Dialogue Dance company (Kostroma, Russia), will perform three signature duets: Hair, Silence and Violence, and A Deal.
This singular event is brought to you by CEC ArtsLink, a New York based not-for-profit arts organization encouraging and supporting the exchange of artists and cultural managers between the United States and Eastern and Central Europe, Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus. In 2007 Ivan Estegneev attended the American Dance Festival as a participant in the Open World Cultural Leaders program hosted by CEC ArtsLink. The Open World Cultural Leaders program is an initiative of the Open World Leadership Center at the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts.
![Also, a funny thing happened while I was at the American Dance Festival. I was hanging out with my Russians, playing the role of mysterious American liason, as usual, and started chatting with fellow New Yorker Andrew Champlin, a dancer who was performing with one of the guest companys. I made some vain effort to explain my role as host, program coordinator, meeting organizer, social lubricator, logistical negotiator, cultural and linguistic translator, event planner, publicist, and all around mother to my group.
“Oh, are you a producer?” he asked…
I think, in response, I said no. But, ultimately, yes, thank you Andrew. That is exactly what I am. And, in fact, a much better description of the aspects of my job that I sincerely enjoy doing— i.e. organizing, curating, and publicizing events— than, say, my actual job description. Not that a spy would ever disclose his/her actual job description…
Point being that, here I am, 24-year-old double agent, and oh, look— last week I produced a major dance event at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. I mean, obviously, as an artist, I’ve been producing events for myself and my friends since just about forever (Many thanks to Anne Krauss and As The Crow Flies, circa 1998).
Anyway, you still have a chance to check out my latest, ahem, production— a performance by the charming Vanya & co at The Living Theater on Monday. These guys are only 29, and they formed their own dance company five years ago. Their work sits somewhere on the border of dance, performance, and theater, and it has that superbly Russian quality of being both hilarious and gut wrenching at the same time. Definately, they are two people who know that an audience receives the most when you leave almost everything out, reducing your narrative to its essence.
Hair, Silence and Violence, and A Deal
Russian Contemporary Dance Duo Debut in New York
Monday, July 21st at 6:30 pm
The Living Theater
21 Clinton Street between Houston and Stanton
Free with RSVP to chartblay@cecartslink.org
“… Dialogue Dance Company presents images with light wit[,] sharp mimicry, [and] absurd humor.” (Kultura, Malmo, August 2005)
Ivan Estegneev and Evgeny Kulagin, founders and co-directors of the Dialogue Dance company (Kostroma, Russia), will perform three signature duets: Hair, Silence and Violence, and A Deal.
This singular event is brought to you by CEC ArtsLink, a New York based not-for-profit arts organization encouraging and supporting the exchange of artists and cultural managers between the United States and Eastern and Central Europe, Russia, Central Asia and the Caucasus. In 2007 Ivan Estegneev attended the American Dance Festival as a participant in the Open World Cultural Leaders program hosted by CEC ArtsLink. The Open World Cultural Leaders program is an initiative of the Open World Leadership Center at the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Arts.](http://13.media.tumblr.com/wv99rTggBbi03efbGXxDtwKI_400.jpg)
