New York Live Arts

In Residence: March 25- April 21, 2013

Located in the heart of Chelsea in New York City, New York Live Arts is an internationally recognized destination for innovative movement-based artistry offering audiences access to art and artists notable for their conceptual rigor, formal experimentation and active engagement with the social, political and cultural currents of our times. At the center of this identity is Bill T. Jones, Executive Artistic Director, a world-renowned choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer.

“Something is happening.” With these words, Harold Pinter evokes the quickening back to life of a bedbound older woman, to the astonishment of her attending physician.

Developed by IRT Theater and WeildWorks presented by New York Live Arts, Pinter’s one-act A Kind of Alaska twice:
First, a conventional, sign language interpreted staging of the Atlantic Theater Company’s proclaimed production directed by Karen Kohlhaas with Lisa Emery, Reed Birney, and Rebecca Henderson. Interpreted by Anna Carter and Jon Wolfe Nelson.

Next will be a second version entirely in American Sign Language (no voice interpretation) in celebration of Oliver Sacks’ special relationship with the Deaf community and featuring Deaf actors: Terrylene, Alexandria Wailes, Lewis Merkin, directed by Kim Weild.

This performance also features Re:Awakenings, a Bill Morrison film based on original footage taken by Oliver Sacks.

For seating close to interpreters please contact Hands On. Links are below for special seating:

To order individual tickets online for A Kind of Alaska, Saturday, April 20 at 8:00pm click here!

To order individual tickets online for for A Kind of Alaska, Sunday, April 21 at 3:30pm click here!

Additional Events:

Wednesday April 17- 8-9:30pm
Keynote / Opening
Open Caption/ INTERPRETED
Featuring: Bill T. Jones, Oliver Sacks, Lawrence Weschler
A heartfelt discussion between three profound thinkers and writers, this keynote conversation will examine ideas of neurology and the soul, as well as current and past trends in neurological and choreographic research.

Wednesday April 17 3-4:15
Disembodiedness: Body Image and Proprioception
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Featuring: Ian Waterman, Dr. Jonathan Cole, Marsha Ivins
One day, in the wake of a virulent viral infection, 19-year-old Englishman Ian Waterman suddenly lost his proprioception—which is to say any sense of the relative position of parts of the body. And yet, assisted by Sacks’ student Dr. Jonathan Cole, Waterman would come to achieve a remarkable accommodation to his condition. Waterman and Cole will be joined by Sacks longtime friend astronaut Marsha Ivins, to discuss bodily awareness, both in and out of gravity.

Thursday April 18 6-7:15pm
Minding the Dancing Body
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Featuring: Bill T. Jones, Miguel Gutierrez, Colin McGinn, Alva Noë
Two celebrated philosophers of consciousness, Colin McGinn, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami and author of The Mysterious Flame: Conscious Minds In A Material World, and Alva Noë, author most recently ofOut of Our Heads, will discuss some of the intellectual foundations of dance with New York Live Arts’ Executive Artistic Director Bill T. Jones and fellow choreographer Miguel Gutierrez.

April 21 12:00 – 1:15
The Deaf Community – A Panel Discussion
Open Caption/ INTERPRETED
Featuring:
Janice Rimler, Terrylene, Lewis Merkin, Aaron Kubbey, Teresa Curtin
In March 1988 students at Gallaudet University in Washington DC, the country’s premiere institution for the deaf, rose up in revolt at perceived threats to the primacy of American Sign Language as the distinct expression of their culture and community. Sacks travelled to Gallaudet to witness the tumultuous events and subsequently chronicled them with remarkable sympathy and insight in his book Seeing Voices. This panel, moderated by Janice Rimler, will focus a variety of such voices on Sacks’ contributions to the wider discourse between hearing and Deaf individuals.

Tickets are Free for the panel discussion (but reservation required). To reserve tickets for additional events, visit the Live Ideas microsite at newyorklivearts.org/liveideas. Click here to Reserve tickets 

Address/Contact Information:
New York Live Arts
219 W 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
Tel: 212.691.6500
Fax: 212.633.1974
http://www.newyorklivearts.org/liveideas/
info@newyorklivearts.org

Directions:
New York Live Arts is located at 219 West 19th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in the Chelsea district of New York City.
Subway
1/2 to 18th Street.
3, F, M, L and A/C/E to 14th Street.

Accessibility/Additional Information:
Wheelchair seating available but please let us know in advance if you need special seating.
A wheelchair accessible restroom (unisex) is located on the main level.