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10.29.14 Sorrow Swag


I got a dance scholarship. I went to Paris and took a method acting workshop. I was reading Aliens and Anorexia. I went to L.A. 

I met Brian in the workshop I organised. We decided to work together. 
We became friends then cohorts along with Simone, Samuel, Billie, Justin, Chris and Martha in an emerging work on sadness. 
Sorrow Swag is where we are at. 
Join us.
 
In action that has method about it we really act because what is unforeseen presents itself to us
Simone Weil 

concept/direction: Ligia Lewis
performance: Brian Getnick, George Lewis Jr. of Twin Shadow
Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in the US, Ligia Lewis lives and works in Berlin. Lewis crafts nuanced embodiments that engage dance, theatre and pop culture in order to construct affective choreographies of empathy and complexity. Her performances have been presented in multiple contexts and venues in Europe and abroad including Basel Liste, Tanz im August, Sophiensaele Theater, HAU, MU Theater, Frascati Theater and Pieter Performance Space. Before focusing on direction Lewis performed extensively across Europe for dance company Les Ballets C de la B, choreographers Eszter Salamon, Kat Valastur, and Jeremy Wade, and with theater director Ariel Efraim Ashbel.

Brian Getnick's performances have been seen at Station Independent Projects in New York City, at Honor Fraser Gallery, Red Cat, and Machine Projects in Los Angeles and at Croxhapox in Gent Belgium. He currently co directs Native Strategies, a journal and performance art platform with Tanya Rubbak, and is the director of PAM, a theater space and artist residency in Highland Park.
George Lewis Jr., better known by his stage name Twin Shadow, is an American singer.  

 

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his is a real swag, i like this post and the picture.

July 5, 2015 | Unregistered CommenterShanaya

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