MOVEMENT RESEARCH FESTIVAL FALL 2015
VANISHING POINTS
Co-curated by Beth Gill and Cori Olinghouse
November 30 - December 6, 2015

Festival info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1648294212095916/

Studies Project
Artist Conversation between Nelisiwe Xaba and David Thomson
December 1 TUE 6:15 pm / FREE
Gibney Dance Choreographic Center, 890 Broadway

This event will be an informal introduction to choreographer Nelisiwe Xaba who is based in Johannesburg, South Africa and is a participating artist in the festival. David Thomson will lead a live interview and discussion with Xaba around the political and aesthetic resonances in her work.

ARTIST BIO
Nelisiwe Xaba was born and raised in Soweto and is currently based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a celebrated contemporary dance choreographer whose multi-media projects tour extensively and have brought her international acclaim. She collaborates with artists in and outside of her medium. Most notably, with fashion designer Carlo Gibson of Strangelove, choreographer Kettly Noel and film director Mocke J van Vueren for which they received a 2013 FNB Art Fair prize. Her body of work is politically driven and challenges stereotypes of the black female body and cultural notions of gender mainstreams. Xaba is currently represented by the Goodman Gallery South Africa.

David Thomson has worked as a collaborative artist in the fields of music, dance, theater and performance with such artists as Bebe Miller, Trisha Brown ('87-'93), Susan Rethorst, Remy Charlip, Ralph Lemon, Sekou Sundiata, Tracie Morris, Meg Stuart, Dean Moss/Layla Ali, Alain Buffard, Deborah Hay, Tere O'Connor, Yanira Castro, Beth Gill, Marina AbramoviA? and Yvonne Rainer, among many others. His own work has been presented by The Kitchen, Danspace Project at St Mark's Church, Dance Theater Workshop, Roulette and Movement Research at the Judson Church. Thomson is a "Bessie" award-winning artist, USA Ford Fellow and a 2015 Gibney DiP Artist. He holds a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies from SUNY Purchase.
 

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