FD13 presents: Ligia Lewis. Minor Matter for the Theater (work-in-progress)
Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 7 pm
FD13 at Public Functionary
Public Functionary
1400 12th Ave NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Grounded in an ongoing investment in affect and embodiment, Minor Matter takes the “minor” position to be understood racially, sonically, and thematically as it’s translated into aesthetic experience. In the score dancers negotiate themselves in relation to sight and phonic play, while exploring the limitations of signification and the fallacy of neutrality.
At Public Functionary, Ligia Lewis will share an excerpt of the research for Minor Matter as a solo with dancer Jonathan Gonzalez. Minor Matter will be performed by three dancers when it premiers later this year at HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Berlin.
Concept/Choreography: Ligia Lewis
Performed by: Jonathan Gonzalez
Musical Accompaniment: Sarah White
We are pleased to announce that Minor Matter will additionally be presented at White Flag Projects in Saint Louis/Missouri on Saturday, 19 March, 8pm.
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Ligia Lewis is a choreographer and dancer who inhabits a variety of contexts from the visual arts to the theater. Her work has been presented by American Realness, New York; Impulstanz, Vienna; Flax/Fahrenheit, Los Angeles; Tanz im August, Berlin; NGBK, Berlin; Basel Liste, Basel; Human Resources, Los Angeles; Sophiensaele Theater, Berlin; and Hebbel-am-Ufer, Berlin. She has performed at Festival d’ Avignon, Avignon; Spectacles Vivantes Centre Pompidou, Paris; Serralves Museum, Portugal; and the National Museum of Singapore, among others. Lewis has upcoming performances with Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Les Subsistances, Lyon; Centre National de la Danse, Paris; and Theatre Garonne, Toulouse. She has collaborated with artists Eszter Salamon, Mette Ingvartsen, Vincent Riebeek, Jeremy Wade, Wojciech Kosma, Wu Tsang, and Les Ballets C de la B. Lewis was awarded the Prix Jardin d’ Europe for her work Sorrow Swag. Minor Matter will be the second work to follow Sorrow Swag in a triptych of works. Ligia Lewis lives and works in Berlin.
Ligia Lewis: Minor Matter for the Theater (work-in-progress) is co-produced with HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Supported by Collective Address New York, Tanzhaus Zuerich, and Human Resources Los Angeles. Funded by the Governing Mayor of Berlin Senate Chancellery – Cultural Affairs. Special thanks to Will Rawls.
Ligia Lewis’ FD13 residency is supported by the Goethe-Institut Chicago.
