Chez Bushwick :: Past Events

Past Events

March 5th and 6th : SITE Fest at Chez Bushwick

SITE Fest is a two-day interdisciplinary event highlighting the diversity of performance in Bushwick. Encompassing and blending a variety of forms including theater, dance and music, SITE investigates our neighborhood as an unfolding collaborative performance enacted in urban space For more info, http://artsinbushwick.org/site2011

January , 22nd : An evening of collaborative works in Movement, Sound and Video

Feeturing Movement Artists Nathan Andary, Sarah June, Liz Roncka, Vangeline, Sound Artists Christophe Delerce, Max Lord and video Artist Geoff Shelton

A shared evening program, 'Ocean's Body' features 2 works by artists from Boston and New York City. 'Tidal' is a site-specific piece created for the stage from movement research conducted at the 2010 Bumpkin Island Art Encampment, in the Boston Harbor Islands of Massachusetts. Dancers Ellen Godena and Nathan Andary create a series of body-land sculptures that mimic tidal movement over Bumpkin's "gut" - a land bridge to Hull, Massachusetts that emerges at low tide. As the dancers' movements shift pebbles and stones, piles of rock will accumulate and dissipate, appearing as rolling ‘waves' across the landscape. The piece features live sound by Max Lord on buchla synthesizer, persephone, and mixed percussion. The second half of the evening will feature 'Spectral' a short film and butoh performance by Vangeline and Geoff Shelton. Inspired by the former 19th century textile mill that is now home to the Gaga Arts Center (gagaartscenter.org), Vangeline and Geoff Shelton have created the short film Spectral.

Saturday, January 8th : Low Lives 3 : Presentation

Now entering its third year, Low Lives is an international exhibition of live performance- based works transmitted via the internet and projected in real time at multiple venues.
The project celebrates the transmission of ideas beyond geographical and cultural borders. Low Lives offers local and global audiences a critical and contextual frame from which to consider live performance in both the physical and virtual space. Since 2009, Low Lives has networked live performances by 59 artists from 16 countries at over 13
arts organizations. www.lowlives.net

The 3rd annual Low Lives is co-presented with Chez Bushwick.

Friday, January 7th : SEQUEL

A collaboration between artist Irit Batsry and choreographer Jonah Bokaer

Choreography, Dance : Jonah Bokaer

Video Environment : Irit Batsry

Performance Associate: Adam Weinert

Company Manager : Sam Stonefield

- 2010 -

September 2010 - December 2010 : Hip hop Class by Rebecca Marzalek-Kelly

Fun for anyone who wants to dance and get a workout! This ongoing, cardio-driven class gives students an incredible workout while they learn choreography to the latest hip-hop music. Movement and music will be continuous in class, which starts with a 15 minutes warm-up, continues with some brief abdominal work, and finishes with the creation of a short routine taught in an easy-to-follow add on format. Sneakers are recommended.

Who is she? Rebecca Marzalek-Kelly is a Brooklyn based choreographer, director and performer. Her choreography has been presented throughout NYC at venues that include Terminal 5, The Public Theater, PS122, the 14th Street Y... She has degree from Skidmore College and has trained with Anne Bogart and the SITI Company, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival.

November 22 - December 27 : Capoeira Class and Workshop by Moses and Sasha McCarter

In this six week introductory workshop we will being with the fundamentals of capoeira including ginga ( basic swinging step), esquivas (ducks) and kicks. We will then move on to floor movements, sequences and working in pairs. Basic acrobatics, handstands and bridges will also be introduced. As music is an integral part of capoeira, we will be learning songs in Portuguese and getting familiar with the instruments, including berimbau (single stringed instrument), atabaque ( drum), pandeiro ( tambourine) and agogo ( cow-bells).

november 18th : Chez Bushwick Benefit Gala at Abrons Arts Center

November 18th : The Moving Architects

In their NYC debut, Chicago-based company The Moving Architects presents an eclectic evening of dance works that showcase Artistic Director Erin Carlisle Norton's unique voice in contemporary dance. The program includes the 60's inspired mod celebration of The New, a tightly carved solo of coordinated complexity created and performed by Norton Standing Girl with Raised Right Elbow, as well as a journey with a brash and travel-weary caravan in This Sandy Cube.

November 14th: BETA Spaces : To the Limit

Presented by DataLore Collective and Chez Bushwick, in conjunction with Arts in Bushwicks BETA Spaces 2010

Experience the light and sound created by the biometrics of a single cyclist. Utilizing electronic sensors, witness the transformation of biofeedback into sounds as a cyclist pushes herself to her physical limits. With the space, video of the Bushwick streetscape metamorphoses to the pulse of her racing heart. Live music improvisations will draw upon the sights and sounds to express the thrill and struggle of cycling on the streets of New York City.

Oct 10th -24th : Writing for Film
The workshop is based on the idea that the best way to learn and polish the craft of screenwriting is through writing and workshopping screenplays. Over the course of 3 weeks, each participant will write a short, (3-5 page), script that will be workshopped by the class. The goal is to prepare participants for feature-film screenwriting by using their short scripts as a means for honing their writing skills.

The workshop is presented by Chez Bushwick and led by Gabriel Long. Gabrielhas evaluated scripts for Lawrence Bender, (Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting), and Larry Kasanoff, (True Lies, Beowulf), and his films have played at festivals such as NewFest and the San Diego Latino Film Festival.

Oct 25th/ 26th: Clowning Workshop, with Alex Suha and Jeffrey Worden

When was the last time you considered, or better yet, felt what you wanted to do, and then did it? In five days, we'll get nice and comfy in the meaningless, yet supremely meaningful, killer void; where a clown calls home.

With plenty of time for individual exploration, we'll flush out the clown state in you. Participants will leave this workshop with momentum and tools enough to begin material development!

October 15th / 16th: US Premiere of BASCULE by David Wampach/Association Achles

The presentation of BASCULE marks the second New York City engagement of French choreographer David Wampach. Originally performed in France, 2005, BASCULE is re-mounted this fall with new cast of American dancers : Michelle Boulé, Liz Santoro, and Bryan Campbell.

Presented at CPR, Produced by Chez Bushwick, with support from FUSED: French U.S Exchange in Dance and Cultural Services of the French Embassy.

...and in the press: http://culturebot.net/2010/10/8246/dave-wampach-at-cpr-and-amanda-loulakis-at-ps-122/

October 16th: Shorts at Bushwick

5 Award-Winning Filmmakers, 1 Great Night!
After playing numerous festivals across the country, five directors bring their films home to Brooklyn. Chez Bushwick, in collaboration with Scene:Brooklyn, presents the screening and a reception with the filmmakers after the show.

March 6th and 7th: Bushwick SITE Fest '10

Arts in Bushwick Presents a Multi-Venue Celebration of Live Art! SITE Fest is a two-day interdisciplinary event highlighting the diversity of performance in Bushwick. SITE Fest focuses around three hub venues: Chez Bushwick, Grace Exhibition Space, and 3rd Ward. For more information, please visit Arts In Bushwick's SITE Fest page HERE.

- 2009 -

CAKE is a weekly program of Dance, performance and related forms. Curated and produced by Jerome Pique, Cake is an artist-run series offering " Carte Blanche" to an artist each week, in order to present work and ideas of their choosing. This program is designed to challenge the status-quo of performance presentation. Embracing developments in other disciplines as integral to the history and future of comtemporary dance, Chez Bushwick exhibits new dance works in conjunction with presentastions of new music, video, theater, performance, and installation-based work. Contributing artists will be given complete artistic freedom for their contribution.

Jan 10th : CAKE - Jack Ferver

Jan 17th : CAKE - Jeanne Salome Rochat

Jan 24th : CAKE - Ryan Tracy

Jan 31st : CAKE - Mike Kelley

Feb 7th : CAKE - Jill Sigman/Think Dance

Feb 14th : CAKE - Josie Davis

Feb 21th : Rockafella + Kagel Night

Feb 28th : CAKE - Rachel Mason

March 14th : CAKE - Martin Lanz

March 21st : CAKE - Makram Hamdam

March 28th : CAKE - Seth Kim Cohen

April 4th : CAKE - Myrna Nieves