PR ARCHIVES
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.
Mixed Abilities @Nelson A Rockefeller Park - summer 2017
Summer of 2017 a handful of mover with disabilities and Andrew began to build curriculum for Mixed Abilities Parcon at the Nelson A Rockefeller Park, NYC, NY.
Mixed Abilities Parcon classes is an affinity class for people who identify or have been forced to identify as a person with a disability and allies. These workshops and classes are co-created with people with disabilities in the Parcon community to craft curriculum for all that centers the experiences of people with disabilities.
Location: Nelson A Rockefeller Park: West on Chambers St toward the Hudson, NYC NY
*All Parcon Resilience classes are physically integrated! These classes in the summer of 2017 were particularly centered on the development of affinity and tools for people with disabilities.
Testimony: "As a movement form, Parcon has the capacity to publicly expose and dismantle the limitations that society has imposed on our identities one collective exploration at a time. It's ironic the very bodies which dehumanize us in the eyes of the powerful, also serve as containers of the strength, resilience, ingenuity and creativity we use daily to thrive in environments that are often unjustly restrictive and oppressive." -Colleen Roche
Mixed Abilities Parcon at the Axis Project 2017
Axis Project is a a gym, rehab center, social gathering place for people with physical disabilities. Parcon Mixed Abilities is a class geared toward understanding and teaching toward their experience.
Where: Axis Project 1325 5th Avenue, NYC, NY
When: Every Wednesday 4-5 from summer of 2017 -
Who: Open to all members of the gym
What: Axis Project is a a gym, rehab center, social gathering place for people with physical disabilities. Parcon Mixed Abilities is a class geared toward understanding and teaching toward their experience.