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Jess Curtis/Gravity

Location
San Francisco, CA
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Project Title
The Way You Look (at me) Tonight
Fiscal Year Awarded
2016
Grant or Program
National Dance Project Production Grant
Grant Amount
$45,000

The Way You Look (at me) Tonight is an investigation of the role of movement and sensory dynamics in the perception and performance of otherness, created by choreographer and performance artist Jess Curtis and Scottish, self-identified disabled performer and choreographer Claire Cunningham, in consultation with acclaimed philosopher of perception Dr. Alva Noë. The project will culminate as an evening-length dance-based performance duet that will include video projections and original music, workshop presentations, site-specific installations and exhibitions, and panels and workshops devoted to the implications of the continuing evolution/ manipulation of “sensing” in our digital age. Estimated artist fee: $7,000/performance, $13,000/week.

Tour Coordinator
Alec White, Program Director
Jess Curtis/Gravity
tel 714.595.8547

Presenter Partners
Dance Place (Washington, DC)
PADL West, Cal State University San Marcos (San Marcos, CA)
Tigertail Productions (Miami, FL)
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA)

Photo: Sven Hagolani

Contact the tour coordinator listed above for information on this project’s tour dates, and to discuss joining a project’s NDP tour and receiving a Presentation Grant. The application deadline is April 14, 2017.

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