BkSD is pleased to announce a shared evening of dance by Barbara Mahler and Meghan Frederick/Ethan Woods on Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 at 8PM. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased here. 

Mahler's work embodies sparse, architectural elements, often noted as "moving sculpture." Capturing underlying emotional tones that are kinesthetically experienced by the viewer, Barbara Mahler offers two companion pieces, when we arrived (working title), in this shared evening. Part One is a solo performed and choreographed by Barbara Mahler,  followed by Part Two, a duet performed by her longtime dancers Jamie Graham and Trina Mannino. The piece, performed in silence, is a stark portrait of kinship and intimacy, reflecting the sense of support that women in our culture today are giving to one another. 

". . . Mahler's (work) drew us into her introspective world . . . Her movements were, at first, static with accents of a hand, head or foot slamming against the surface. Mahler’s was movement that harkened back to an earlier era of Modern Dance, performed with great skill and attention." - Jeff Slayton of See Dance.

Mahler’s dances are created with the support of BkSD as a 2018 artist in residence, Lift-Off, a group feedback series led by Karen Bernard and NDA, and Movement Research, which supports the artist by engaging her as a teaching artist since 2005-present.

‘no such thing’, a collaborative duet performed by Meghan Frederick (dancer) and Ethan Woods (musician), utilizes egalitarian relationships between Ethan’s and Meghan’s bodies and sound-making capabilities to research the role of performance as spiritual practice under late capitalist Trumpism.

Created over the last 10 months, between North Carolina and New York City, in a shipping container in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and at/with support from the Dragon's Egg (CT), 'no such thing' is an eerily hilarious dance, featuring alien abductions, radio jingles, Mork and Mindy sweaters, and lots and lots of shapes. Join the artists on this shiny, failed quest for enlightenment, or at least something that feels equally sparkly. 

Transportation to Brooklyn Studios for Dance includes: G and C Trains to Clinton-Washington and Buses B38, B52, & B69. Please note that BkSD's studio is located up a flight of stairs. For More Information: bksd.org