Armitage Gone! Dance
in the New York Premiere of "Three Theories"
in the New York Premiere of "Three Theories"
Saturday, June 5, 2010, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Internationally renowned choreographer Karole Armitage has created a stunning dance of high-speed duets, sensual undulating moves and shape-shifting formations. Inspired by Brian Greene’s book, The Elegant Universe, Armitage translates key concepts in contemporary physics into a thrilling kinetic ride. Following performances on Friday and Saturday, the choreographer and noted physicists Michio Kaku (Friday), Lawrence Krauss (Saturday afternoon) and Janna Levin (Saturday evening) will discuss the science behind the work and explore how these concepts informed the dance’s development.
Moderator: Faith Salie
Participants:
Karole Armitage is a dancer and choreographer widely known for combining disparate styles and themes with the discipline and techniques of classical ballet. Armitage danced with the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Switzerland, and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, before forming her own New York-based company in the 1980s. She has created dances for numerous companies including American Ballet Theatre, Paris Opera Ballet the White Oak Dance Project, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo, Lyon Opera Ballet, the Washington Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Rambert Dance Company, and most recently, Bern Ballet and Kansas City Ballet.
Janna Levin researches the early universe, chaos and black holes. Her second book, a novel called A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines (Knopf 2006), won the PEN/Bingham Fellowship for Writers that honors debut fiction. She is also the author of the popular science book “How the Universe Got Its Spots: Diary of a Finite Time in a Finite Space.”
Faith Salie hosts Treehugger TV on Discovery’s Planet Green and Sundance Channel’s coverage of the Sundance Film Festival. She is a panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me and a contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning, Oprah.com, Slate.com, VH1, and Fox News. As an actor and comedian, she’s appeared in numerous sitcoms and dramas—from Bravo’s Significant Others to Sex and the City. Faith earned her sci-fi cred singing an aria and getting beamed up as the genetically-engineered savant Sarina Douglas on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
