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OPIYO OKACH
November 11 at 9PM
November 12 at 9PM
New Theater (1156 Chapel Street)
NO MAN’S GONE NOW
US Premiere
Feeding on the character of the space in which it is performed, No Man’s Gone Now, created with choreographer Julyen Hamilton for Festival Avignon 2003, evokes the transience of experience—the ephemeral nature of time, place, objects, and choices.
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TERRITORIES IN TRANGRESSION
US Premiere
Territories in Transgression, which premieres in France only days before arriving in New Haven, explores the body as the site of transgression—personal, social, cultural, and political—and its attempts to negotiate and construct its own identity.
Making his US debut, Opiyo Okach exemplifies the cosmopolitanism of contemporary African choreographers. Traveling between his home country of Kenya and France, Mr. Okach absorbs and reprocesses the cultures of both environments in his subtle poems-in-motion.
The running time for No Man’s Gone Now and Territories in Transgression, which will be performed consecutively, is 75 minutes including a transition.
TICKETS PRICES
Adult |
Senior |
Student |
| $15 | $15 | $10 |
Festival of International Dance at Yale ticket prices made possible by The Mellon Foundation.
RELATED PROGRAMS
Free and Open to the Public
Dance Workshop with Opiyo Okach
Monday, November 10, 2-4PM
3rd Floor Dance Studio, Broadway Loft Studios, 294 Elm Street
An interactive studio session with choreographer Opiyo Okach. Open to the first 30 people to arrive on the day of the workshop.
Co-Sponsored with Alliance for Dance at Yale
MOVEMENT PERFORMANCE AND DANCE THEATRE, OR, (WHERE) SHOULD THE COMMAS GO?
November 10, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Loria Center, 190 York Street, Room 351
Peggy Phelan considers the points of contact between theatre, performance, dance, and movement in some contemporary dance. Concentrating on the legacy of Judson Dance Theatre on the one hand, and Pina Bausch on the other, the talk considers the relative benefits and the possible futility of maintaining distinctions between dance, performance, theatre, and movement when thinking about contemporary work.
Co-Sponsored by the Department of the History of Art at Yale.
Panel: Movement in the Age of Globalization
Wednesday, November 12, 4PM
Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street
The three choreographers featured in the Festival of International Dance at Yale discuss a range of topics, including the diaspora of contemporary dance aesthetics and the relevance and power of movement in the age of globalization. Moderated by Thomas F. DeFrantz.
Co-Sponsored with Yale University Art Gallery and African American Studies
Talk Back
Q&A sessions with the artists will be held immediately following all performances.
