jill sigman/thinkdance is available for residencies at universities, art centers, galleries, theaters, and alternative sites. Residency activities include development of new artistic work for the company, new work for students or local companies, performance, site-specific events, teaching, and other forms of community involvement.
Residencies can be designed to fit a specific community, time frame, and location. At a university, residency activities might involve departments of dance, philosophy, women’s studies, cultural studies, art history, and theater. Additional activities can include outdoor performance game structures, cross-disciplinary workshops, open studio events, and public presentations. Sample presentations include:
Window on the
Work: an informal presentation about the
choreographic process. This one-hour studio event involves
speaking, video clips, excerpts from dances, and audience
discussion.
A Look Inside jill
sigman/thinkdance: a kind of living scrapbook. This
presentation interweaves personal texts about travel,
artmaking, and social issues with video of performance and
rehearsal, to create an intimate tapestry of the thoughts and
influences behind the work.
Dance as a Tool for Intercultural
Communication: a presentation that centers around
the solo Embers. The audience will hear about its
history in the US and Eastern Europe and see how the piece
has generated dialogue and bridged art and activism.
The Role of the Artist in Contemporary
Society: a talk that deals with the importance of
making live performance and the ways art, advocacy, and
ritual interface. Includes discussion of secret message
campaigns, cell phone games, and site-specific performance.
How Dances Mean: a philosophy seminar that
explores how dances communicate intellectually without
functioning like spoken language.
To discuss or arrange a residency, please contact:
jill sigman/thinkdance
235 West 102 Street, #14T
New York, New York 10025
thinkdance@attglobal.net