Events
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Second Sundays at Counterpulse, San Francisco CA
Showing some new work-in-progress material, followed by a discussion.
February 1 & 2, 2012
Kinetic Makeover (work-in-progress) at The Garage, San Francisco CA
Milka Djordjevich generates perpetual motion for herself in order to transform, shapeshift and groove. As she self-perpetuates the dance, her incessant actions affect and direct her progression. She and the movement are in an incrementally constant dialogue in order to reveal to the various idiosyncrasies of the performing female body.
P A S T E V E N T S
Thursday, November 17th, 2011 8pm – CANCELLED
The Garage, San Francisco CA
study no. 1 (light) & (kris kross)
Monday, October 3, 2011
Movement Research at Judson Church, NYC
Showing work-in-progress material for a new work made with Moriah Evans, Kyli Kleven and Sarah Beth Percival.
Museum of Art and Design
Wednesdays, September 7 – September 28, 2011
6:15 pm-8:15 pm at Movement Research at Eden’s Expressway, NYC
Open Movement Practice
I will lead an open level movement class drawing from elements of social, folk, and contemporary dance forms, as well as from ordinary action. Resisting the urge to transform ourselves into blank slates, we will abandon the term ‘neutral’ and uncover our bodies’ inherent knowledge and history. By using sensorial, perceptual, anatomical, spatial and imaginative pathways, we’ll amplify, morph and direct our individual movement patterning. We will play with technical structures, improvisational concepts, choreographic frameworks and performing. Class will allow us to continuously activate our bodies through space, while discovering the kinesthetic sensitivity of a dynamic body-in-motion.
July 4, 2011
Solo in Azione Festival
Milan, Italy
May 4-7, 2011
The Green Surround, by Heather Kravas
PS 122, New York City
study no. 1 (kris kross) performed by Anna Hall in Scripts for Solos, curated by Gillie Kleiman
Gateshead International Festival of Theatre, Gateshead UK
April 24, 2011
One-Shot, curated by Sarah Maxfield
December 16, 17, 18, 2010
Danspace Project, New York City
Made in China
November 5, 2010
BITEF Theater, Belgrade, Serbia
Made in China
November 3, 2010
Nov.Ples – Contemporary Dance Festival
Per.Art & Serbian National Theatre, Novi Sad, Serbia
Made in China
October 19, 2010
Uferstudios Berlin, Germany
Made in China
October 1 & 2, 2010
Fabrik Potsdam, Germany
Premiere of Made in China created in collaboration with Dragana Bulut.
August 28, 2010
Catch! NYC
May 26 – July 14, 2010
Fabrik Potsdam, Germany
Residency for the creation of a new work co-created with Dragana Bulut.
Thursday, April 18, 2010
Toihaus Theater Embassy of 4 days, 3 nights Salzburg, Austria
study no. 1 (light), (kris kross) & (action)
Friday, April 9, 2010
WUK Kiosk59 Vienna , Austria
study no. 1 (light), (kris kross) & (action)
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Artdanthé Vanves, France
study no. 1 (light), (kris kross) & (action)
Monday, March 15, 2010, 8:00pm FREE
Movement Research at Judson Church, NYC
A showing of the progress of a new work made with Dragana Bulut as a part of a month-long developmental residency in New York City. This project is funded, in part, by Dance Theater Workshop’s Suitcase Fund as part of the East/Central Europe Cultural Partnerships Program, with support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
Friday, March 12, 2010 6:30 pm
Whitney Biennial NYC
Live on 5 Songs: Milka Djordjevich and Chris Peck
The Whitney, Lobby Gallery
Choreographer Milka Djordjevich and composer Chris Peck imagine a reversal of the historical divide between music and dance in order to rediscover music as a practice of the body and dance as a mode of listening. A series of collaborative duets accumulate to form an experience in which dance and music become indistinguishable.
Martin Kersels: Live on 5 Songs
Martin Kersels‘s 5 Songs is a sculpture that has double life as a stage for performance. Designed with the idea that the performer needs to adapt to the surface and the materiality of the sculpture–and therefore never truly feels comfortable–5 Songs attempts to be an extension to any performer while at the same time being extended by any performer. Kersels has curated an eclectic mix of performances to take place on and around 5 Songs that occur throughout the duration of the Biennial.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 7:00pm
THROW!
at the Chocolate Factory Theater NYC
Showing of a new dance solo in progress.
October 2009
Residency in Belgrade, Serbia with dance artist Dragana Bulut for the creation of a collaborative work.
October 5, 2009
study no. 1 (light) & (kris kross)
In a shared evening with Gillie Kleiman at Rex in Belgrade.
October 2, 2009
Balkan Dance Platform
Seeing performances and performing in The Giant Women Present the Greatest Show in Town by Dragana Bulut, Gillie Kleiman and Ligia Soares. My participation in BDP 2009 was made possible by Dance Theatre Workshop’s Suitcase Fund as part of the East/Central Europe Cultural Partnerships Program, with support from the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
September 9-12, 2009, 8:00pm
An Evening with Djordjevich & Peck
Chocolate Factory Theater NYC
Premiere of a collaborative work with composer Chris Peck.
Saturday, September 5, 2009, 7:30pm
DOUBLE EXPOSURE With David Wampach and Milka Djordjevich
Center for Performance Research NYC
A shared evening with a European and American artist. Featuring Wampach’s BATTERIE and Djordjevich’s study no. 1 (light) & (kris kross).
Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 8:00pm
A BENEFIT for An Evening with Djordjevich and Peck
at BARN NYC
With performances by Zeena Parkins, Walter Dundervill, Hilary Clark & Larissa Velez and more!
July 2 & 7
Solo in Azione Festival, Milan Italy
Hosted by Perypezye Urbane
June 21
danceWEB fundraser, Postmasters Gallery NYC
study for untitled will be performed in an evening of performances to raise money for Liz Santoro, Moriah Evans and Mina Nishimura who are 2009 danceWEB scholars.
June 6
Re-Imagining Utopia in NYC
An Austrian-NYC dialogue initiated by the Austrian Cultural Forum (NYC) in partnership with Movement Research and Tanzquartier Wien. Curated by Milka Djordjevich and Isabel Lewis in collaboration with Martina Hochmuth and Sigrid Gareis. Featuring presentations by Austria-based Participants Philipp Gehmacher and Vladimir Miller; united sorry (Frans Poelstra & Robert Steijn); Cabula6 (Jeremy Xido and Claudia Heu); Doris Uhlich and Andrea Salzmann; Anette Baldauf. NYC-based Participants Eagle Ager; Jill Sigman; Melinda Ring; Ann Liv Young; Jenn Joy.
May 19 & 20, 2009
Brink at Dixon Place NYC
A showing of a solo in the early stages of development on a shared evening with Anna Sperber.
Sat April 25, 2009, 11-2pm FREE Dance Theater Workshop NYC
Democratic Dance Session
I will be leading a dance session as a part of the Movement Research Spring Festival 2009: Roll Call. Come and enjoy a dynamic, rhythmic, high-energy communal movement session for people of all levels and interests. Drawing from elements of social, folk, and contemporary dance forms, as well as athletic training, we will discover the kinaesthetic sensitivity of a dynamic body-in-motion. We will continuously locomote through space discovering co-ordination potential, while rocking out to some sweet jams.
Fri April 24, 2009, 8:30pm
Food for Thought at Danspace Project NYC
I will be performing with Kevin Lovelady in a work by Elizabeth Ward.
March 7, 2009
Draftwork at Danspace Project NYC
A work-in-progress showing of a new collaborative work with composer Chris Peck.
Monday, December 8, 2008, 8:00pm
Movement Research Fall Festival at Judson Church NYC, FREE
Générique: presentation of everybodys toolbox Come play and discover Générique, an open source performance. The presentation will be supported by DD Dorvillier, Milka Djordjevich, Trajal Harrell, Sarah Percival plus YOU! On an evening where Mårten Spångberg performs “Powered by Emotion” a reconstruction of the Goldberg variations by J. S. Bach, interpreted by Glenn Gould, improvised by Steve Paxton, filmed by Valter Werdin.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 8:00pm
Body Blend at Dixon Place NYC
The showing of the progress of a new collaboration with Chris Peck.
Monday, October 27, 2008, 8:00pm
Movement Research at Judson Church NYC
Study for Untitled, a showing of the progress of a new work made with Chris Peck.
September 22, 2008
Presentation on European Dance at Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY
July 9 – August 13, 2008
danceWEB Europe Scholarship Programme
at the Impulstanz Festival Vienna, Austria
May 26 – Sunday, June 8, 2008
Movement Research Spring Festival 2008
Somewhere Out There
Co-curated with Jeff Larson, Chris Peck, and Anna Sperber.
Friday, January 4, 7:30pm
Saturday, January 5, 2pm and 7:30pm
Fresh Tracks at Dance Theater Workshop
The premiere of The Shape of Things to Come, performed by Cindy Chung, Richert Schnorr, Enrico Wey, Lucy Yim & myself.
Saturday, December 22, 2007, 8:30pm
Food for Thought at Danspace Project
I showed a work-in-progress of The Economics of Mediocrity on a shared evening with Melanie Maar, KJ Holmes & Natalie Green, curated by Jodi Bender.
November 19 – December 14, 2007
PARTS Residency
I attended classes for 4 weeks with the fourth year students at PARTS in Brussels, Belgium through my residency at Movement Research.
