9/8/2023 at 7:30 p.m.
IVESIAN ARTS presents
MICHELE BRANGWEN DANCE & MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Friday September 8, 2023 at 7:30 P.M.
JAMES & MARTHA DUFFY PERFORMANCE SPACE
MARK MORRIS DANCE CENTER
3 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11217
ADVANCE PURCHASE OF TICKETS REQUIRED:
https://michele-brangwen-dance-ensemble.square.site/
FACES OF SUN AND WIND inspires us to think on the power of one person linking their energy to another, as in a microgrid set up to deliver renewable energy to a community that has united to generate it. The mircrogrid is also a perfect metaphor for how activism can start with just one person and grow to the power of the many working for meaningful change. FACES OF SUN AND WIND features choreography & costumes by Michele Brangwen and music by Jon Irabagon, with sections of movement & music created in the moment by all performers. The performance is co-presented by Ivesian Arts.
Michele Brangwen writes: “When the Amazon labor union leader Chris Smalls was asked “what is the single most important component of activism,” he replied: “to start from a place of love.” When you think about it, that quote is quite powerful. We have a lot of work to do to combat the climate crisis. I don't think we are going to mobilize in the ways in which we need to if we approach it from a place of shame or anger, but instead I think the progress will come from a place of love: love for each other and love for the earth. In creating FACES OF SUN AND WIND I wanted to create a work that would surround the audience with a feeling of welcome.”
The program will also include UNENDING, a work inspired by the music of John Coltrane, with choreography and costumes by Michele Brangwen, music by Grammy-nominated composer & trumpeter Tim Hagans, and movement and music created in the moment by all performers. UNENDING follows the form of a traditional jazz tune, with set choreography and music to the head and bridge, and then improvised duets for dancers and musicians during the choruses.
Performers: MEREDITH FAGES, CRISTIAN LAVERDE KOENIG, LINDSEY McGILL & MICHELE BRANGWEN, dancers; TIM HAGANS, trumpet; JON IRABAGON, saxophone; THOMAS HELTON, double bass; SAM KNIGHT, drums.
9/17 & 9/18, 2022 at 6 p.m.
Ivesian Arts Presents The Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble
in Rooftop Concerts
Diego Salazar Artist Studios
21-25 44th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101
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Please join us for these special performances where the live dance and music will surround you in this beautiful open air venue, with the Manhattan skyline as a backdrop. Stay after with a complimentary beverage and watch the sunset.
The Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble will be performing a special version of "Asa Nisi Masa" configured for live performance. The idea behind this work, with its secular riff on the Tibetan prayer flag, is to send good and comforting thoughts out to all spaces. Come and be a part of this special work that features choreography by Michele Brangwem; music by Danielle Reich, Thomas Helton & Tim Hagans, with movement and music created in the moment by all performers.
The program will also include the ecstatic "Unending," the wildest work in their epertoire, with choreography by Michele Brangwem, music by Tim Hagans, and movement and music created in the moment by all performers.
Performers are Meredith Fages, Cristian Laverde König, Michele Brangwen, dancers; Tim Hagans, trumpet; Michael Eaton, saxophones; Roxie Maisel, voice; Kyle Motl, bass; Daniel Prim, drums.
PLEASE NOTE OUR COVID 19 POLICY:
For the safety of our artists, staff and audience members, all attendees must show proof of vaccination to enter that matches your ID.
This is an open air venue, but masks must be worn in the lobby and elevator to the venue. There is an elevator to the 4th floor and then one flight of stairs to the roof. We apologize that the roof is not wheelchair accessible.
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12/14/2019
Ivesian Arts in association with BJ Spoke Gallery present
Allen Ginsberg's HOWL
Read by actors Peter Josyph & Raymond Todd
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Saturday December 14 at 8 p.m.
ADMISSION IS FREE but seating is limited; please call the Gallery
at (516) 549-5106 to resrve a seat
BJ Spoke Gallery
299 Main Street
Huntington, NY 11743
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9/26/2019
Ivesian Arts Presents The Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble
in a Pop-Up Performance at Diego Salazar Artist Studios
21-25 44th Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101
Thursday September 26, 2019 at 7 p.m.
Please join us for this intimate performance program at the twilight hour in the beautiful windowed Diego Salazar Artist Studios. The program will include an excerpt from "Dancing The Blue Hour."
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More info at brangwendance.org
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Click Here To Purchase Tickets!
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7/2/2019 through August 24, 2019
The Art Of Collaboration
Inspired by the Brush/Lens Collaboration & Curated by Holly Gordon
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View Works by Peter Josyph & Kevin Larkin
Islip Arts Museum
50 Irish Lane, East Islip, 11730
Museum Hours:
Tue - Fri 10 to 4 p.m.
Sat - Sun 12 to 4 p.m.
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Opening Reception:
Saturday August 3 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Closing Reception:
Saturday August 24 from 1 to 4 p.m.
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Josyph & Larkin on exhibit at the Islip Museum of Art
See more of their work on artsy.net/ivesian
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6/22/2019
Nassau County Museum of Fine Art
Artist in the Gallery
Peter Joseph, Filmmaker
"A Few Things Basquiat Did In School"
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Saturday Jun2 22 at 3 p.m.
Free with museum admission.
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When artist-teacher Cynthia Schecter met Jean-Michel Basquiat in 6th Grade of P.S. 101 in Brooklyn, neither could have predicted that he would become one of the most exciting painters of his day. Join author, painter and filmmaker Peter Josyph for a special screening of his film followed by an informative Q & A.
More info at: https://www.nassaumuseum.org/programs.html
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3/9 to 3/20
Treasure That Trash
March 9, 2019 - March 30, 2019
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Josyph & Larkin: The Lives Of The Saints
on exhibition at The Village Center
Main Street On the Harbor
97 Main Street, Stony Brook, NY 11790
631-751-2244
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The Ward Melville Heritage Organization (WMHO) Educational and Cultural Center
presents an exhibition of artists whose work encompasses found object, collage and up-cycling of used materials. Read Diedre S. Greben's article in New York Newsday about the exhibition.
https://www.newsday.com/entertainment/long-island/museums/treasure-that-trash-stony-brook-1.27923295
3/13
IVESIAN ARTS recommends Peter Josyph shows, and lectures on, THE MYSTERY OF PICASSO
ART LEAGUE OF LONG ISLAND
11/9
IVESIAN ARTS recommends Michele Brangwen Dance Ensemble in concert at THE JAZZ LOFT
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10/12