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This nine-day workshop is designed for students interested in learning about New York's dance scene from the artists who are creating it. The design of the Intensive is artist centered. This allows students a broad range of explorations, study and inquiry into the profession of dance. If you have ever considered making New York City your dance home, this workshop is a great way to experience more and ask questions in an environment that supports the shaping of young artists.
Past faculty has included: Robert Battle, Rodger Belman, Brian Brooks, Jeffery Bullock, Trisha Brown, Donna Faye Burchfield, Martha Clarke, Sean Curran, David Dorfman, Eiko & Koma, Miguel Gutierrez, Mark Haim, Gerri Houlihan, Ishmael Houston-Jones, John Jasperse, Yangkeun Kim, Nicholas Leichter, Paul Matteson, Meredith Monk, Jennifer Nugent, Pamela Pietro, Lisa Race, Elizabeth Streb, Shen Wei, Doug Varone, Janet Wong, Andrea Woods, Abby Yager, and Ming Yang.

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The Experimental Movement and Media Arts Lab (EMMA) at the Advanced Computing Center of the Arts and Design presents, "We Will Be Going On Now" with Laurie Atkins, Ariadne Mikou, and Rachael Riggs-Leyva. The concert includes choreographies ranging from the 1940's to the presentby Jean Erdman, Trisha Brown and Norah Zuniga-Shaw and features 3D animation, real-time ineractive sound, and motion capture.

Thursday-Saturday, November 13-15, 2008 8pm
EMMA Lab at ACCAD, 1224 Kinnear Rd.

Admission is free, but advance reservation is required due to limited seating.
For reservations: info.goingon@gmail.com

We hope to see you there!
Sincerely
Ariadne, Laurie and Rachael

Natalie Gilbert

We are happy to be working on releasing the beautiful music of Natalie Gilbert!

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i was really happy to get this a few minutes ago in my email. thanks to xan, alex and carmen for sending this along. - michael wall

kids
with
guns

i have just finished the sound design for this very funny play. this is my second collaboration with mike klar and each time has been a blast. the show is playing from oct.1-18 at 59E59 THEATERS NYC...all the information at www.kidswithguns.com

here is a great review of the new work!

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/10/02/175741.php

All my best,

michael

i'm going to lock you in my pocket
Thesis work choreographed by Gina T'ai, performed by Kraig Patterson/bopi and Gina T'ai. Performed at the American Dance Festival July 19, 2008. Music by Michael Wall.

"I really enjoyed working on this piece with Gina. We only had a short amount of time and limited resources to get this going. I think it came out great. Gina performed this a few weeks later, but the piece was much longer. It was fun to take a piece and "stretch" it out another 7 minutes." - Michael Wall

fall 2008

asimplesound is gearing up for a new year after a great summer of dance festivals. over the next few months we will be adding more musicians and lots of music for modern, ballet, improvisation and choreography. if you are looking for new music to use in your dance classes this fall, take a listen to our large library of original compositions arranged by tempo and meter... all created for dance. enjoy.

two traditions
by jim roberts

this instrumental cd is a unique blend of both folk and drum traditions. it is characterized by steady percussive rhythm coupled with contemporary fiddle music. music is a high-quality live recording. expect high-energy to slow and moody. pieces range from one to five minutes. orchestrations range from full band to solo. this disc features the horse flies from ithaca, ny and friends. originally released in 1999, this disc features a sometimes wild, sometimes moody combination of old time string band instruments and array of hand drums and other percussion from the traditions of west africa and cuba. the result is music ancient and new, primitive and beautiful. in july of 1996, the horse flies played a fiddle music set in the dance tent. with their drummer, taki masuko, and percussionists, jim roberts and nery arevalo, they created an experience that was sort of a large wall of fiddle-music voodoo.

you can now find this album in the asimplesound.com main library

waka waka

jim roberts

infectious american-african world music featuring south african singer/bassist, paul petersen. blending the melodies from africa with the rhythms of the carribean and us. these pieces are high-energy, rhythm based with strong ethnic pop melodies and harmony. styles range from afropop to traditional. tempos range from moderate to fast and times range from three to five minutes. of special interest: instrumental drum piece called drum art. also an instrumental afro smooth jazz piece called jol uit.

you can now find this record in the asimplesound.com main library

ancient hand

by jim roberts

this is a rhythm based work with many different types of colors and timbres. melody by seven different vocalists. times range from four to 7 minutes. most tempos are moderate to slow. ancient hand was the first solo recording by percussionist, producer, jim roberts, released in 1998. it is mood-driven music that features experimental use of rhythm instruments such as west african balaphon, banjo uke, djembe, trash snare, conga kit, log drums, strum stick, embira, water gourds, paddle drums, trash bells and big bass tubs. rhythmic and harmonic instruments create poetic mantras for 7 different vocalists, ranging from lofty, cuban inspired "yemaya" to the dark moody "wait for me" sung by horse fly singer, jeff claus. The cd features a number of prominent nashville and ithaca, ny musicians including beth nielsen chapmen, victor wooten, members of the horse flies, the burns sisters, and essra mohawk.

you can now find this record in the asimplesound.com mail library