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John J Zullo Dance/Raw Movement presents the 2013 Season from September 19-21, 2013 at 8pm at Danspace Project, St. Mark’s Church, 131 East 10^th Street, NYC.  Tickets are $20 ($15 for students and seniors) and can be purchased at www.danspaceproject.org.  The evening is part of DANCE: Access, a self-production series administered by Danspace Project that serves independent choreographers and dance companies. 

The evening will include works from John J Zullo Dance/Raw Movement’s repertory including ALL what THIS do HAS you HAPPENED see? BEFORE, as well as the World Premieres of this Exquisite diversion/mysterious Skin and project Xiii, which includes guest performers Barry Blumenfeld of TAPFusion, and choreographer Jeff Rebudal, among others.  Mark Simpson is the lighting designer for the 2013 Season.

ALL what THIS do HAS you HAPPENED see? BEFORE explores perception, perspective, the insistence of memory and the inevitability of repetition. Events unfold, remembering actions we have seen, how they differ from what actually occurred versus what we remember having happened. Movements are repeated, constructed and then deconstructed, rearranged then viewed from different angles shifting the perspective to create something familiar yet new. The work creates a clear space for the action to unfold as the audience is invited to watch the work from any side of the space, as well as within. The music includes works by Monolake, Ludovico Einaudi, David Lynch, and Autechre. Costume design by Hector Perez, lighting by Lily Meyer and set decor by Lily Meyer and Zullo.

this Exquisite diversion/mysterious Skin delves into the physical manifestation of extreme psychological experiences where individual's are blocked from accessing the memories of events that happened. An out of body experience as the walls of mind and memory are slammed and mined for fragments of a lost story whose effects are felt but not always recalled. Using the text of Scott Heim’s novel “Mysterious Skin” as a map and compass for the work where two young boys are sexually exploited and assaulted and the different ways their psyche’s process and both accept or deny the trauma and the subsequent courses that are set in motion in their lives. The piece features a live performance by singer Jessie Davis. Sound score by David Englehard includes Olafur Arnalds, Max Richter, Deru, Jefferson Friedman, and The Mama’s & The Papa’s. Lighting Design by Mark Simpson, Set Decor by Lily Meyer and Zullo. Costumes by Zullo.

John J Zullo Dance/Raw Movement will also appear in LA MAMA Moves! on Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 10pm and Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 5:30pm; and at the Theater for the New City Lower East Side Festival on May 25, 2013.  For more information visit http://johnjzullodance.com.

 

About the Company: John J Zullo Dance / Raw Movement

John J Zullo is originally from the Bronx, New York and currently resides in NYC. He graduated from American University in 1996 with a B.A. in Anthropology and 1999 with an M.A. in Dance. John danced with many artists while at American University, and was privileged to perform in the work of Ohad Naharin, as well as having his work presented at Dance Place in Washington,DC and being awarded the Arts Club of Washington’s Award for
Outstanding Choreographer 1999. John has danced with Regina Nejman Company, performing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and in NYC and worked with Jeff Rebudal for over 10 years as a performer, Rehearsal Director & Associate Director. He currently teaches for the Modern Guest Artist Series at Dance New Amsterdam in NYC and has also taught at Adelphi University, Long Island NY, Hunter College NYC, Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, and the YMCA/Evolve Dance in Tarrytown, New York.

John J Zullo Dance/Raw Movement is exploring ideas from our cultural landscape that are transformed into works that are expressive, imaginative and kinetic. The company strives to create and share these dances in the hope of eliciting an emotional response to a movement-based experience. 

John J Zullo Dance/Raw Movement presented at Theater for the New City’s LES Festival May 2011, 2012 & 2013 as well as presented at Dances for DNA Day May 2013 for Dance New Amsterdam and The New Museum's Ideas City Festival.

Zullo’s newest work was presented at the LaMama Spoleto Open in Spoleto, Italy September 2012. Dixon Place presented an evening of Zullo's work in November 2012 as well as a Split Bill in June 2012 and the July 2012 Moving Men Series as part of the HOT! Festival. Raw Movement performed at the Blooms Festival at Green Space in LIC, NY 2010 & 2012 as well as a full evening in 2011. DanceNOWNYC presented Raw Movement for the RAW Festival in April 2011. John J Zullo Dance/Raw Movement was presented at the Evolve Festival in Tarrytown, New York as well as the IndepenDance Festival at City Center Studio 5, 2010.

John J Zullo Dance/Raw Movement had its first New York Season at Theater for the New City in April of 2011.

Directed by Kristin Horton

Please refer to below for performance dates and locations.
Von King Park, Brooklyn -- July 23 at 8pm
Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan -- July 29 & 30 at 8pm
East River Park, Manhattan -- August 5 at 8pm
St. Mary's Park, Bronx -- August 11 at 8pm

For the City Parks Foundation's first commissioned play, Chisa Hutchinson has put together a production called Dirt Rich. The piece revolves around a group of urban pre-teens after they find money buried beneath their playground. Hutchinson grew up in New York City and didn't see her first play until she was in high school. Then, while attending Vassar College, she noticed that there wasn't much of a chance for black students to explore plays written by black writers -- so she wrote one of her own. In 2007, she wrote She Likes Girls, about two inner city girls who fall in love in a homophobic environment.

Presented by CityParks Theater.

FREE THEATER PERFORMANCE

For more information, visit: http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/arts
 

Directed by Aku Kadog

Please refer to below for performance dates and locations.

Von King Park, Brooklyn -- July 21 & 22 at 8pm
Marcus Garvey Park, Manhattan -- July 28 at 8pm

A Detroit native, jessica Care moore first gained recognition as an Apollo legend after becoming the first poet to win a record five consecutive weeks on the nationally televised It's Showtime at the Apollo. jessica Care moore's one woman show, God is Not An American, fuses poetry, video, and live music to explore the concept of God, race, the war in Iraq, genocide, and other social and political issues.

Presented by CityParks Theater.

FREE THEATER PERFORMANCE

For more information, visit: http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/arts
 

A site-specific multi-venue performance that will travel along historic West Village streets. Along the way, short scenes from over a dozen landmark Off-Off Broadway plays will reawaken the actual sites where they premiered. There will also be original performances between stops. A special treat for lovers of theater and the history of Greenwich Village. Equally recommended for New Yorkers and tourists alike. Suitable for ages 13 and up.

Actors:
A company of 50 actors.

Directors:
14 directors will include: Tim Cusack, Mark Finley, Julie Hamberg, Jeff Janisheski, Ralph Lewis, Anna McHugh, Chris Mirto, Renee Philippi, Barry Rowell, Gabriel Shanks, David Vining, and Miriam Weiner

Playwrights
and Plays:
Will include: Kenneth Brown (The Brig); Diane di Prima (Monuments); Rosalyn Drexler, with music by Al Carmines (Home Movies); Maria Irene Fornes (The Successful Life of 3); Paul Foster (The Recluse); Robert Heide (The Bed; West of the Moon); William M. Hoffman (Goodnight, I Love You); Claris Nelson (The Rue Garden); Richard Schechner and The Performance Group (Dionysus 69); Sam Shepard (Red Cross); Gertrude Stein, with music by Al Carmines (In Circles); Doric Wilson (And He Made A Her); and Lanford Wilson (The Madness of Lady Bright).

Stops will include:
Site or location of the following: Caffe Cino, Provincetown Playhouse, Washington Square Methodist Church, Judson Memorial Church, Circle-in-the-Square (Downtown), Cherry Lane Theater, Sheridan Square Playhouse, Jefferson Market Garden (Women's House of Detention).

The Classical Theater of Harlem (CTH) will present their critically acclaimed production of MACBETH outdoors at Von King Park in Brooklyn and in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem.

Shakespeare's mystical tale of power, revenge and "murder most foul" will feature dance, chant, live music and song, and several severed heads. One of Shakespeare's shortest works, this fast-moving MACBETH will run approximately 90 minutes.

The Fourth Annual Fresh Fruit Festival , a celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Arts and Culture takes over New York from Tribeca to Soho , from Chelsea to Midtown , July 10th- July 23rd. Diversity and creativity off the mainstream is the theme of this Festival that always everyone surprises, delights and challenges assumptions. Fresh Fruit presents all genres of art and performance expanding its boundaries as it grows.

The Shakespeare Classic - performed free and out of doors
Part of the play Outside! Festival