Open Showing: Sat, June 6 at 6:30pm

Join us for our next Dance Dish!
Sat, June 6 at 6:30pm

Topaz Arts is pleased to host
an informal showing of:
2125 Stanley Street
a collaborative performance by:
Dahlia Nayar, Margaret Paek and composer Loren Kiyoshi Dempster

Sat, June 6, 2015 at 6:30pm
Admission is free. Please RSVP at: rsvp[at]topazarts.org or on Facebook
at Topaz Arts, 55-03 39th Av, Woodside, NY > directions

 2125 Stanley Street is a dance performance exploring notions of home.  Dahlia Nayar, Margaret Paek and composer Loren Kiyoshi Dempster, excavate the everyday and the mundane in search of a poetic consciousness. Household objects transform into potential sources of revelation and reflection. Basic tasks are infused with virtuosity and nostalgia. Fragmented lullabies and nursery rhymes create an evocative soundscape. Ultimately, the work aims to invite the audience into a home that unfolds through movement and sound, a home that exists in the present moment through intimate exchange, a home that is is both familiar and yet cannot exactly be located.

“Dance Dish” is a dance series featuring informal showings/open rehearsals, with each event offering fresh harvest from the Topaz garden. Our strawberries are ready for harvest! See new dance & enjoy fresh fruit. This event is made possible, in part, by TOPAZ ARTS, Inc. with support from NYS DanceForce with funds from NYSCA Dance Program.

About the Artists:

Dahlia Nayar‘s works have recently been selected for the Venice Biennale/Danza Venezia Showcase for Emerging Choreographers, Dance Place in Washington DC, the 2012 Next Stage Dance Residency at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in Pittsburgh, and the Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn, NY. In addition, her site specific projects have been performed at the National Botanical Gardens, the Kennedy Center and the Complejo Cultural, in Puebla, Mexico. She was a National Dance Project Regional Dance Lab artist in 2007. From 2008-2010, she received the Jacob Javits Fellowship during which time she received her MFA in Dance/Choreography from Hollins University. She has been a guest artist at Salem State College, College of the Holy Cross, Long Island University in Brooklyn, Marymount Manhattan College, Duke University and Smith College. www.dahlianayar.com

Margaret Sunghe Paek is dedicated to collaboration and sees dance as a life practice. She is a Lower Left collective artist (www.lowerleft.org) and is deeply influenced by her relationships with contact improvisation, Ensemble Thinking, Alexander Technique, Barbara Dilley, Nina Martin, Shelley Senter, Dahlia Nayar, Loren Dempster and their daughter. In NYC, Margaret teaches for Movement Research and Manhattanville College, and her work has been presented at the Whitney Museum Biennial 2012, Judson Church, Danspace at St. Mark’s Church, and Joyce Soho.  www.margaretpaek.com

Loren Kiyoshi Dempster uses a combination of computer, electronics, cello and extended techniques to create and perform music. An active chamber musician, composer, and improviser he performs with the Dan Joseph Ensemble, Trio Triticali, and Left Hand Path among many others. Ever interested in the relationship of movement and sound, he has recently performed for choreographers and collaborators Harrison Atelier, Jonah Bokaer, Merce Cunningham, Chris Ferris, Dahlia Nayar, Margaret Paek, and projectLIMB. www.lorendempster.com

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