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Crossing
the Line
FIAF Fall Festival
2008
September 16–October 5 |
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“One
of the fall’s most exciting and
thought provoking performance events.”
—The
New York Times
“One of the most exciting festivals
to hit New York in years.”
—Time
Out New York |
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Crossing
the Line returns for its second
year, once again presenting three
weeks of inter-disciplinary contemporary
works by artists who are transforming
cultural practices on both sides
of the Atlantic.
Conceived, initiated, and produced
by FIAF, Crossing the Line is
presented in partnership with CPR-Center
for Performance Research @ Greenbelt,
Dance Theater Workshop, Luxe Gallery,
and Performance Space 122.
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Crossing
the Line Prelude
U. S. Premiere
The
Last Performance
(a lecture)
Jérôme Bel
Wednesday,
September 10 at 7:30pm
Choreographer Jérôme Bel discusses
the creative process in light of
his controversial 1998 piece, The
Last Performance.
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U.
S. Premiere
The
Snow White Project
Catherine Baÿ
Opens on Tuesday,
September 16
Various times
and locations.
Artist Catherine Baÿ sets a
troop of Snow Whites free in New
York City, and directs them in
a series of provocative site-specific
performances.
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U.
S. Premiere
Alloy
Virginie Yassef
Tuesday, September
16–Saturday, October 4
Artist Virginie Yassef brings
her poetic videos, photographs,
and sculpture to the FIAF gallery
in a multi-disciplinary, site-specific
installation.
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U.
S. Premiere
The
Image
Created by
Arthur Nauzyciel
Written by
Samuel Beckett
Thursday–Saturday, September
18–20 at 7pm
Director Arthur Nauzyciel’s
breathtaking performance of Beckett’s The
Image features French actress
Lou Doillon, dancer Damien Jalet,
and New York-based musician Mileece,
each interpreting Beckett’s powerful
words in their own, personal ways.
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Public
Discussion
Why
Do Politicians
Need Artists?
Saturday, September
20, from 4–6pm
A roundtable discussion including
an opportunity for audience members’ questions
and observations. The panel features
independent artists from France
and New York whose work engages
with social and political issues.
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World
Premiere
The
Bad Plus
and Benoît Delbecq
Saturday, September
20 at 8:30pm
New York band The Bad Plus (bassist
Reid Anderson, pianist Ethan Iverson,
and drummer David King) share a
bill with French musician Benoît
Delbecq.
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U.
S. Premiere
Marie
Losier’s
Film Portraits
Tuesday, September 23 at 7pm
Co-presented
by Luxe Gallery
Film director Marie Losier presents
a collection of her much-loved
portraits of endearingly eccentric
personalities, such as Tony Conrad,
Richard Foreman, and Guy Maddin.
A Q&A with Tony Conrad will
follow the screening.
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World
Premiere
Outtakes
Marie Losier
Sunday, September
7–Wednesday, October 8
Co-presented
by Luxe Gallery
A fascinating, hands-on installation
by Marie Losier, constructed from
unused pieces of the director’s
upcoming portrait of Genesis P.
Orridge.
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U.S.
Premiere
Thinking
Of Each Other
Like Good Friends
Would
Ivana Müller
Tuesday, September
23–Sunday, October 5
Co-presented
by Dance Theater Workshop
Commissioned for Crossing
the Line 2008, Ivana Müller
unveils a brand new video installation
that will run throughout the festival
in the lobby of Dance Theater
Workshop.
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U.
S. Premiere
While
We Were Holding It Together
Ivana Müller
Wednesday–Friday, September
24–26 at 8pm
Co-presented
by Dance Theater Workshop
The U.S. Premiere of award-winning
choreographer Ivana Müller’s mind-bending
theatrical work, While We Were
Holding It Together.
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U.S.
Premiere
100%
Polyester
and Fantômes et vanités no4
Christian Rizzo
Thursday–Saturday, September
25–27, from 12-9pm
Co-presented
by CPR-Center for Performance Research
@ Greenbelt
Artist and choreographer Christian
Rizzo brings two beautiful installation
pieces to CPR in conjunction with
the U.S. Premiere of his untitled
dance work: the haunting installation/
performance 100% Polyester and, Fantômes
et vanités nº4,
an explosive self-portrait of an
artist shedding light on his unique
creativity that at once is both
spectacular and melancholic.
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U.S.
Premiere
I-Fang
Lin / Christian Rizzo
Thursday–Saturday, September
25–27 at 7:30pm
Co-presented
by CPR-Center for Performance Research
@ Greenbelt
Taiwanese dancer I-Fang Lin
commissioned Christian Rizzo to
create this richly layered, poignant
human portrait.
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World
Premiere
Food
Futures
With Julie
Andrieu,
Wylie Dufresne,
and David Zuddas
Saturday & Sunday, September 27 & 28
from 4-6pm
Culinary superstars from both
sides of the Atlantic come together
to explore what it means to be
on the cutting-edge of cuisine.
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Pierre
Coulibeuf’s
Love Neutral
and Balkan
Baroque
Tuesday, September
30 at 7pm
Screening of two of esteemed film artist Pierre
Coulibeuf's most
absorbing works, one of which (Balkan
Baroque) features a turn by
famed artist Marina Abramovic. Due to unforeseen personal circumstances, Mr. Coulibeuf will not attend the screening as was previously announced.
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U.
S. Premiere
Olivier
Assayas' Eldorado/Preljocaj
Wednesday,
October 1 at 7pm
Director, screenwriter, and
film critic Olivier Assayas presents
his two-part documentary, in which
he chronicles the intense collaboration
between French choreographer Angelin
Preljocaj and composer Karlheinz
Stockhausen. Mr. Assayas will be present to introduce the films.
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U.
S. Premiere
At
the Beginning,
Monteverdi
Sonia Wieder-Atherton
Thursday–Saturday, October
2–4 at 8pm
Celebrated cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton
performs an intimate “musical itinerary,” inspired
by the music of revolutionary composer
Claudio Monteverdi—at once redeeming
the old while simultaneously illuminating
the new.
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U.
S. Premiere
Diptyque:
A Standing Boy
and With My Own Hands
Friday & Saturday, October
3 & 4
Created by Rachid Ouramdane
and Pascal Rambert
Co-presented by Performance
Space 122
Rachid Ouramdane and Pascal
Rambert present two separate, beautifully
intense pieces that will be performed
in two separate spaces over the
course of a single evening. Audience
members will choose whether to
see one or both, and therefore
take an active role in defining
their relationships to them.
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Venues & Tickets
Please visit
the individual event page (click
on titles above) for more information! |
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Co-Presenters:
CPR-Center
for Performance Research @ Greenbelt;
Dance Theatre Workshop; Luxe Gallery;
Performance
Space 122
Festival
Sponsors:
Axial Capital
Management
LLC; BNP
Paribas; Cultural Services
of the French
Embassy; CulturesFrance; Étant
donnés: the French-American Fund
for the Performing
Arts, a Program of FACE; FUSED
(French-US Exchange in Dance);
General Consulate of the Netherlands;
The Goethe Institute; Goldman,
Sachs & Co.; IREO;
Fondation Jean-Luc
Lagardère;
The Laura Pels
Foundation; SACD (Société des
auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques);
Tiger Veda Management, LLC
FIAF Season
Sponsors:
American
Airlines is the official airline
of FIAF; The Florence Gould Foundation;
Cinéma programs are made possible
with public funds from the New
York State Council on the Arts,
a State agency
Co-curator
Simon Dove’s participation in Crossing
the Line made possible, in
part, with the support of Herberger
College Dance, Arizona State University |
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