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Mariana Valencia has been in residency at Brooklyn Arts Exchange, investigating the latest chapters in “herstory,” and is ready to share some of it this weekend. Telling it In movement, song, and text, “herstory” is funny, moving, with veins of thoughtfulness and sadness. This in-progress chapter, “Covers, Singles, Shout Outs,” is about the many edges we live on, as Valencia examines life and linkages in her multi-disciplinary performance journal. Her personal and humorous angle on urban life, including the cultural references that we share, brings the audience close to her. “herstory” is an offer, not a challenge – but it is challenging, nonetheless. Opens Friday, April 6 at 8 pm.
Forty years covers a lot of territory, a lot of history, and a lot of art. Jane Comfort, a dancer and choreographer who has created work since 1978, will be grandly celebrated this week at LaMama, in a retrospective produced by Lumberyard. The 40th anniversary celebration of Jane Comfort & Company will tap several of the 50 dance/theater works that she’s created over these four decades, and touches on a broad swath of social issues she’s grappled with through her art. One that’s likely to feel especially relevant in the #MeToo era is Comfort’s”S/He,” inspired by the 1991 Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings. Performing in several works will be 23 current and former company members, many who have gone on to create work of their own. Opens on Wednesday, April 5 at 7:30 pm.
Cover: Mariana Valencia. Photo © Vharlotte Curtis.
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