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Slack Equality
Cecilia Fontanesi and Funda Gul on the slackline
Photo: Kurt Brungardt
Where: The Dragon's Egg Plague Project
When: August 15, 2020
Who: Cecilia Fontanesi and Funda Gul (Performance), Kurt Brungardt (Video)
Music: Nina Simone “Mississippi Goddam” (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 1964)
What: When Camus wrote “everyone has inside it himself this plague, because no one in the world, no one, can ever be immune,” he was not writing about one plague in particular. In face of the impossibility to be immune to the pain created and perpetuated in our society, Nina Simone sings “Can't you see it, can't you feel it, it's all in the air.” We take a tragi-comic perspective on this matter, playing with the edges of a slackline.
Move Different Research
Move Different Research 2018: Ione Lewis and Andrew Suseno
When: October 19th, 2018
Performers: Ione Lewis and Andrew Suseno
What: We performed for the opening night of Move Different Research! This was the opening of a new studio called, MDR.STUDIO by Kenta Naoi. “The goal of this exhibit is to create a space to build community around examining our relationship with movement through an interactive installation, performance, workshops, and discussion.” They created a cool modular gym that interacts with the participant through light and sound!
Where: LES at 198 Allen St Gallery in Manhattan.
Special Thanks to:
Ione Lewis for an awesome performance
Kimberly Tate and Akhim(Funk Buddha) for helping me with the music selection.
Nelson Gutierrez for allowing us to share this and rehearse with the seniors at La Corsi.
AND Kenta Naoi and Laura Ravn for inviting us to be part of opening night performances for this amazing weekend.
Dragon Egg Presents: Triskeleon Arts 2016
Parcon NYC manipulated dozens of cardboard boxes as environment, objects and partners in a Black Box Theater for Dragon Egg Presents.
Where: Triskelion Arts (106 Calyer St, Brooklyn, NY 11222)
When: September 24, 2016
Perfomers: Dean James Beckwith, Cecilia Fontanesi, Javaka Steptoe (Parcon NYC)
Created by: Dean James Beckwith, Cecilia Fontanesi, Funda Gul, Richard Kim, Javaka Steptoe, Andrew Suseno
What: Parcon NYC performing as part of Dragon’s Egg Presents at Triskelion Arts. Parcon NYC explored using Card board boxes as an extension for expression and weight sharing with each other and the environment.
read an audience review on the “Dance Enthusiast” website here!
Harlem Arts Festival: SPACES
Parcon partnered up with the Kaimera Productions and Human Collective to play with using Parcon to emphasize the tactile and kinesthetic cues from live local story tellers from Harlem.
Where: Mount Morris Ascension Presbyterian Church (15 Mt. Morris Park West, NYC NY)
When: June 24, 2017
Who: Akojaiye Ausar, , Cecilia Fontanesi, Funda Gul, Andrew Suseno, in collaboration with Kaimera Productions,
What: Parcon NYC partnered up with the Kaimera Productions and Human Collective to play with using Parcon to emphasize the tactile and kinesthetic cues from live story tellers.
Parcon Project IDACO 2016
Film festival where Parcon NYC debutted Parcon NYC #1: Subway Stops and performed on scaffolding brought into the lobby of the Film Festival.
Where: Italian Performing Arts Center, NYC, NY
When: May 27, 2016
Who: Dean James Beckwith, Cecilia Fontanesi, Richard Kim, Javaka Steptoe (Parcon NYC) in collaboration with Jesse Danger (The Movement Creative)
What: Film festival where Parcon NYC debutted Parcon NYC #1: Subway Stops and performed on scaffolding brought into the lobby of the Film Festival.
photo credit by M. Noyale
photo credit by M. Noyale
photo credit by M. Noyale
Sticks Stroll IDACO 2017
Parcon NYC opened the Italian Dance Connection Festival with 10 minute structured improvisations using wooden poles to vault, sense, and influence each other and the environment.
Where: Baruch Performing Arts Center (55 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10010)
When: June 2 & June 4, 2017
Who: Akojaiye Ausar, Cecilia Fontanesi, Funda Gul, Andrew Suseno (Parcon NYC) in collaboration with Jose Gabriel Alvarez-Manilla Sanchez, Ruby Romero, Albert Yau (Movement Creative)
What: Parcon NYC opened the Italian Dance Connection Festival with 10 minute structured improvisations using wooden poles to vault, sense, and influence each other and the environment.
flim by Perry Sheffield
Click here to see a video of one of our performances!
Parcon NYC #1: Subway Stops
Silver Judges Award for the Contact Dance International Film Festival 2017
Where: 96 st station 2/3 train Subway stop, nearby scaffolding, train, and house in the Bronx.
When: Screening NYC, [National Debut] May 27, 2016 ; Screening Venezia, [international debut] May 14, 2017
Screening Toronto, June 28 to July 2, 2017: Silver Judges Award for the Contact Dance International Film Festival 2017
Who: Dean James Beckwith, Cecilia Fontanesi, Richard Kim, Javaka Steptoe and Andrew Suseno.
What: A Latinx teenager makes her way through NYC using the subway and begins to notice interesting movement in the background of her everyday world.
Filmed and editted by Martin Martin and Satoko Sugiyama
Press here to see the short film!
Project East Harlem (LMCC)
Parcon Lenses, each one expressed at a different location on a shared walking tour of the park. By the final location the audience and performers had a Parcon moving experience together on the playground. Photo by Luka & Editting of film by Jacqueline Wade
Where: House of Duende and Jefferson Park (1st ave & 112th street)
When: September 23 & 24, 2017
Who: Akojaiye Ausar, Cecilia Fontanesi, Funda Gul, Andrew Suseno (Parcon NYC), Dorren Moglii Smith (House of Duende), and (Brianna Anderson, Leah Moriarty) Movement of the People Dance.
What: Our performance consisted of exploring Parcon from different lenses, each one expressed at a different location on a shared walking tour of the park. By the final location the audience and performers had a Parcon moving experience together on the playground. Project East Harlem was made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
Thanks to Jacqueline Wade for editting the camera work.
Testimony:
Beyond Playing Chicken INSITU 2017
Photo by Javier Gamboa #insitudancefestival + #insitudance2017
Where: Queensbridge Park Playground (Vernon Blvd, Long Island City, NY 11101)
When: July 8 and 9, 2017
Who: Akojaiye Ausar, Cecilia Fontanesi, Funda Gul, Albert Yau, Dorren Moglii Smith, Andrew Suseno (Parcon NYC) as part of the INSITU site specific dance festival
What: 6 performances on a playground where we explored how the textures of the playground influenced our solo and duet Parcon movement. We were also curious about how we could use Parcon to invite audience members into playing together across differences on the playground.
Culture Shock! Highline Performance!
Where: Highline at the Stepping Benches
graphics by Friends of the Highline
When: April 21, 2018 at 1-2pm
Who: Parcon NYC: Fumi Kikuchi, Funda Gul, Cecilia Fontanesi, Kimberly Tate, Ruby Romero, and Andrew Suseno
What: Parcon NYC performed 3 ten minute performances on the Stepping Benches kicking off the Highline's Spring Season to 200+ person crowds. The performers moved to three different pieces of music, expanding and contracting and rising and falling throughout the space in solo and contact combinations.
photos by P. Sheffield
Testimony from New Parcon NYC performers:
"It was my pleasure to be a member of Parcon and performed at the High Line as a part of Culture Shock: The High Line's Season Kick-Off. Many people stopped and watched our performance. They were curious what we were doing. After each performance, I saw many smiles and had a round of applause, and some audience members are interested in knowing more about what Parcon is. We shared a newer dance form "Parcon" with public people, motivated some viewers to try parcon, and build a circumstance where people can talk about parcon and build a network with people in the community. It was a successful event and performance." -Fumi Kikuchi
"I am so grateful to have you and Parcon in my orbit. Yesterday I was left with an such a profound feeling of joy and well-being. You are right, to explore and challenge my physicality in the environment in connection with others is truly transformative! " - Kimberly Tate
Flash Mob on the Highline!
Where: Highline, NYC NY 10012
When: November 17, 2017
Who: 25+ movers drawing from Parcon NYC, Movement Creative, Parcon classes, and a Parson's Design class thanks to Kimberly Tate.
What: A one hour class combining Parcon with investigation of design followed by a filmed Flash Mob where movers intermingled with pedestrians and then went into Parcon.