Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) is pleased to present Gene Pool, DNA's performance series dedicated to the artists and faculty engineering Lower Manhattan's leading dance experience. Offering a sample of new and re-staged works, Gene Pool features choreography from artists and teachers with longstanding relationships to DNA. Choreographers this season are Julie Bour, Marijke Eliasberg, Anabella Lenzu, Deborah Lohse, Nia Love, Paul Matteson, Heather McArdle and Belinda McGuire.

The choreographic program will vary by performance date:

Thursday, June 25 8:00pm: Program A: Bour, Lenzu, Love, McGuire

Friday, June 26 8:00pm: Program B: Eliasberg, Lohse, Matteson, McArdle

Saturday, June 27 8:00pm: Program A: Bour, Lenzu, Love, McGuire

Sunday, June 28 3:00pm: Program B: Eliasberg, Lohse, Matteson, McArdle




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Why now?
Choreography by Julie Bour
Performed by Jacquelyn Elder, Lloyd Knight, Jaqlin Medlock, Loic Noisette, Angela Paul
Music by Devotchka
Costume and Set Design by Bour and dancers

This excerpt of Why now? is the first chapter of a piece to be developed next year by The Flying Mammoth. It follows the path of a woman on the leave, facing the complexities of her memories while trying to gather the strength for a leap forward.

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Twisted Levitation with Courteous Determination
Choreography by Marijke Eliasberg
Choreography Assistance by Jana Hicks
Performed by Chip Abbott, Dwayne Brown, Julia Ehrstrand, Michael Garber, Adam Sher, Nana Suzuki, Akiko Tomikawa, Linsey O'Neal (June 28), Shane Rutkowski (June 28)
Soundscape by Akiko Tomikawa (AST)
Costume design by The Next Stage Project

This new work will focus on organic, transitional and liberating movement possibilities alongside honest and human interaction.

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Country of the Absence
Choreography by Anabella Lenzu
Performed by Briana Fail, Debra Zalkind, Lauren Ohmer, Emily Vescht, Dawn Quiguey, Samuel Humphreys & Anabella Lenzu
Music by Astor Piazzolla, Eladia Blazques & Alejandro Lerner.
Costume Design by Delia Nobile
Photo Projections by Todd Carroll

Community. Chaos. Revolt-- Country of the Absence is a piece that explores the themes of homeland and patriotism. As a native Argentinean and a foreigner on United States soil, I often ask myself: which country is my "home"--the country where I was born or the country that nourishes me (financially/culturally) now? For me, the question of "society" and personal identity are interwoven, and the work I want to develop centers around the destruction and subsequent rebuilding of that relationship. It tells the story of one specific country, but the message is global. The pages of history in any country are written with the same words: anger, power, joy, fear and hope. - Anabella Lenzu

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her
Choreography by Deborah Lohse
Performed by Tammi Shamblin and Candice Thompson
Music by Ladytron and Stefan Weisman
Costume and Set Design by Candice Thompson
Lighting Design by Amanda K. Ringger
Music by Owen Dalby (violin), Melody Fader (piano)

Lohse will present an excerpt from her, a full-length work that premiered at the Joyce SoHo in May 2009 that addresses female intimacy, desire, aggression, and the continuously redefined relationship between two women.

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Meet Me In Okemah
Choreography by Nia Love
Performed by Marjani Forte, Leslie Parker, Chevon Stewart and Nia Love
Music by Jimi Hendrix and St. Germaine -Rose Ruge
Costume and Set Design by Nia Love
Additional Collaborator Rhonda L. Haynes- Filmmaker documentarian on - Let The Eagle Scream! -A Look into America's ugly history on Lynching

Body over water, not a baptism but a hanging...
In deepest felt respect and honor of Laura Nelson and her 16 year old son L.W. who were lynched on May 25,1911 in Okemah, Oklahoma

We, the present generation of women come from city, from mountain, from the forest, from the bush to rescue, resurrect and re-construct from across the water.

This work is an ongoing investigation of different types of communicational connections through spiritual web.

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Dreaming For Awhile
Choreography by Paul Matteson
Performed by Talli Jackson & Paul Matteson
Music by Sam Crawford

Dreaming For Awhile is a self-help strategy to keep it together.

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An Interval of Leisure
Choreography by Heather McArdle
Performed by Michelle Torino, Hannah Harpole, Heather McArdle, Lea FultonM
Music by Eric Auner, Esse Jain, Heather McArdle
Costume and Set Design by Heather McArdle
Films by Aaron Rhames, Hannah Harpole, Heather McArdle

An Interval of Leisure. explores the emptiness of a vacant mind and present body. Utilizing time lapse techniques, dance, and an open sound score, An Interval of Leisure. creates a collage of events that re-define what vacancy can feel like.

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Hex
Choreographed and performed by Belinda McGuire
Music by Gavin Bryars
Costume and Set Design by Belinda McGuire

Set to haunting music by Gavin Bryars, Hex is a dynamic solo propelled by possession, environmental forces and internal strength.