Concertante: adj. – Affording opportunity to display brilliancy in a solo part in a composition. Mozart’s Wind Quintet K.452 and a new chamber arrangement of Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante. Gwendolyn Toth, fortepiano John Abberger, oboe Jean-François Normand, clarinet Sara Cyrus, horn Stephanie Corwin, bassoon Visit www.gemsny.org for more info!   (more…)

Are we a Fossil, and Of Facings Are we a Fossil, and of Facings proposes a dance in the round imbedded in a dance for the proscenium. Situating the audience inside the belly of the work, Molly Poerstel offers complex rhythmic structures and movement patterns in which forms calcify and disintegrate. Here, Poerstel gives agency (more…)

Are we a Fossil, and Of Facings Are we a Fossil, and of Facings proposes a dance in the round imbedded in a dance for the proscenium. Situating the audience inside the belly of the work, Molly Poerstel offers complex rhythmic structures and movement patterns in which forms calcify and disintegrate. Here, Poerstel gives agency (more…)

Speakeasy Malcolm Low’s new work draws upon his experience of growing up gay in a religious black family. Speakeasy imagines a utopian environment where the challenges of confronting race, homophobia, shame, and loss give way to clarity and candor. Low, alongside performers Mei Yamanaka, Simone Sobers, and Erick Montes, uses text, video, and movement to explore (more…)

Speakeasy Malcolm Low’s new work draws upon his experience of growing up gay in a religious black family. Speakeasy imagines a utopian environment where the challenges of confronting race, homophobia, shame, and loss give way to clarity and candor. Low, alongside performers Mei Yamanaka, Simone Sobers, and Erick Montes, uses text, video, and movement to explore (more…)