Jorge

Hi all! My dancers and I will be showing a new piece specifically made for Joe's Pub's tiny little stage. The piece is rather short -about 6 minutes and we are sharing the program with several other choreographers. I'll post the info at the end of this posting. Anyway, it's the first time I'm showing my work in NYC since last Fall (also for dancenOw). I'm a bit nervous. This past weekend we tried to audition a new work-in-progress for Newsteps at Mulberry Street Theater and sadly, we were not accepted. The panel gave me confidential advice on what I needed to work on. My stack of rejection letters just keep piling up. I have an idea about making a monologue based on these letters. It isn't that funny but somehow I don't feel so troubled by it all. As a friend put it to me gently, "you haven't shown your work in a while so just give it some time for people to see that your back at it." She's probably right but to be honest it doesn't feel so great. This experience is teaching me a lot about who I am am as an artist and why it is important to make work that is or at least feels right to you.

This weekend February 10-11 at 9:30 PM. Joe's Pub at The Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street (between Astor Place and East 4th Street)
$15 advance sale or $20 at the door
(212)239-6200 or www.telecharge.com or joespub.com or in person at The Public Theater Box Office

JORGE
Choreography by Gerald Casel (in collaboration with the performers)
Music by The Velvet Underground and The Moldy Peaches
Performed by Kelly Anderson, Lindsay Ashmun, Gerald Casel,
Patrick Ferreri, Kai Kleinbard, Toni Melaas, Omagbitse Omagbemi,
Paul Singh and Isadora Wolfe

on a shared bill with
Mary Cochran/Sara Hook
Kriota Willberg
David Grenke
Wendy Osserman
Laura Peterson
Rocha Dance Theater
Jessy Smith/POW!
Tami Stronach