Also, I’ll be showing work here this fall (plus a special spring date!)
September 18- Triskelion Arts Center’s Collaborations in Dance Festival (Conversations on Interiority, a collaboration between myself and my brother James Diewald who is an architect).
September 19- Fertile Ground at Green Space in Queens (Cheek to the Light)
October 24- WAXworks (Cheek to the Light)

December 3-5- TDC Presents “Second” at Triskelion Arts Center in Williamsburg

March 10, 2011- Conversations in Dance at the Flea Theater

Lovely footage and news to come. Be well, all!

2. We are showing this work in progress this Saturday at Steps on Broadway’s Performance Lab Series at 8pm. Do Come.

3. I have also started research on hopper sketches. I want to finish one by second. Probably this one:

The light on the legs, the grip on the coffee cup, the chair facing, the removal of one glove, the fur on her coat, the round table, the repetition of reflected lights. Beautiful.

Breathe
Breathe from the elbow
Push the air down
Like you have a jewel on your chest
Rings on your fingers
A Thread lifting your head to the ceiling
No weight on that working leg
If there was a droplet of water on your shoulder, it would drip right down to the tips of your fingers.
Four zippers on your body-
here
here
here
and here
reach for her
reach for him
take off
like a pendulum
The upper back is like a waterfall
you should be able to see your pinkie fingers
relax the fingers
like flower petals
like bullets
thumbs in
don’t break the wrist
up to come down
drawing a line through the body
opening a door
stirring something thick
like you’ve been there for a million years
like you’re balancing a teacup on your heel
drawing a line up the leg
drawing a circle on the floor
elbows lifted
head up
you could hold a sheet of paper between them
here I am
I am here
almost like an embrace
cheek to the light

August 14- STEPS on Broadway Performance Lab Showing, “Cheek to the Light”

August 31-September 2- TrioDance Collective DanceNOW(NYC) Silo Artist Residency at Kirkland Farm

September 18- Collaborations in Dance Festival at Triskelion Arts Center, Featuring a new collaboration between myself and my brother, architect James Diewald.

September 19- Fertile Ground at Green Space, “Cheek to the Light”

Looking Forward to it!!! And now, making the big and very stressful move from brooklyn to manhattan!

In other TrioNews, we booked our theatre for our next show (aptly named “Second”). We will be presenting our next full length performance December 3-5 at Triskelion Arts Center. They were so accomodating and generous for our last show, and we’re eager to continue our relationship with them.

Also, TrioDance Collective is doing a three day residency at DanceNOW NYC’s Silo at Kirkland Farm in Pennsylvania. This is an opportunity to work intensively, unfettered from the anxiety and obligations of the city. Also, it lets us build a rapport with our dancers so that we can work with trustfully and economically once we really crack down in rehearsals come September!

In Barbie Diewald news, I’m working on an excerpt from my next ballet “Cheek to the Light” to show at the STEPS on Broadway Perfomance Lab! This will definitely be a work in progress, but it’s a great opportunity to show work and get feedback in a beautiful space.

I’m interested in technical integrity, yes. Also, I’m interested in ritual (especially the twisting of hair into a bun for some reason. it is an image that sticks with me)….and HABIT. What about bad habits makes them BAD? There’s a difference between dangerous/unhealthy habits in dance and mere affectation or anatomical limits. I want to use the affectations and anatomical limits I struggled with (and those of my dancers) to establish a new vocabulary that will turn into something good, interesting, honest, beautiful. I also want to look into images teachers and choreographers use in class and rehearsal (cheek to the light, like balancing a tea cup on your heel, like you have jewels on your chest, so a water droplet could drip from your shoulder to your fingertips).

For some reason, I am married to the idea that at least part of this piece is performed to “class music.” The kind of piano music an accompaniest plays in class, sometimes drawn from ballet and opera scores, sometimes original compositions. The music is often so stark, it allows for much interpretation.

My dancers will also be speaking in this work. Yay! I’m letting my two worlds collide here, and i hope the result speals well.

At any rate, TrioDance Collective will be presenting “Cheek To The Light” in December, paired with new pieces by Jessie and Emily, and we have our final audition for the upcoming season today. I’m excited to know the bodies and people I have to work with! It’s always hard for me to start work on a piece when I don’t know who I’m using.

We have an informal showing of “Cheek to the Light” in process at the STEPS on Broadway performance lab ib August 14, so I need to get on this piece very soon. Rehearsal footage and information about out new cast of TDC dancers to come.

I’m not quite ready to let go of the ensemble I had for “First,” so my four ladies and I are going to work on a collaborative site-specific piece for Brooklyn Bridge in July.

Our final audition in our workshop series in July 14 at Triskelion Arts Center. Registration is at 1:00, and the audition will begin promptly at 1:30. Email triodancecollective@gmail.com to reserve a slot!

FIRST.

Our Inaugural Performance in New York City, featuring 3 premieres by 3 emerging New York Choreographers.
Honey- Emily Jeffries
Albedo- Barbie Diewald
Beyond The Monolithic Black- Jessie Cosentino

Please Join Us!
JUNE 25 and 26 (Friday and Saturday) at 8pm. The show runs appx. 1 Hour.
At: TRISKELION ARTS CENTER, 118 N. 11th St. in Williamsburg.
Directions:
Take the L to Bedford Avenue. Walk north along Bedford 4 blocks to N. 11th. St. Take left onto N. 11th Street. 118 is on your left just over a block down N. 11th, between Berry and Wythe. You’re at the right place if fhe sign over the door says OFFICE and beneath it BOTTLING CENTER.
Tickets are $5.

Email TrioDanceCollective@gmail.com for reservations.

This week’s work on the opening: