Choreographic duo Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener present Tesseract, the fruit of their years-long collaboration with pioneering video artist (and fellow Merce Cunningham Dance Company alumnus) Charles Atlas, at BAM Dec 13—16.Context is everything, so get even closer to the production with this curated selection of related articles and videos. After you've attended the show, let us know what you thought by posting in the comments below and on social media using #BAMNextWave.
Program Notes
Tesseract (Coming soon!)
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Article
Q&A with Rashaun Mitchell & Silas Riener (BAM blog)
On collaborating: "We argue until we don’t anymore. We take turns bossing each other and the dancers around. We work on multiple things at once. We are interested in the blurring of authorship."
Collection
Charles Atlas (MoMA)
Read an overview of the pioneering video artist's career, watch an interview about collaborating with Merce Cunningham, and peruse works in MoMA's collection.
Website
Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener (Artist Website)
Learn more about the choreographic duo.
Q&A with Rashaun Mitchell & Silas Riener (BAM blog)
On collaborating: "We argue until we don’t anymore. We take turns bossing each other and the dancers around. We work on multiple things at once. We are interested in the blurring of authorship."
Collection
Charles Atlas (MoMA)
Read an overview of the pioneering video artist's career, watch an interview about collaborating with Merce Cunningham, and peruse works in MoMA's collection.
Website
Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener (Artist Website)
Learn more about the choreographic duo.
Watch & Listen
Video
Merce Cunningham Dance Company at BAM: Silas Riener Split Sides solo (YouTube)
Riener performed this "extraordinary solo" (The New York Times) at BAM as part of Merce Cunningham: The Legacy Tour (2011 Next Wave Festival).
Video
Charles Atlas and Collaborators (YouTube)
Atlas discusses crossing borders between dance, performance, and the visual arts with his piece MC9 2013 at the Tate Modern.
Video
Charles Atlas, Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener in Conversation with Philip Bither (YouTube)
The artists discuss Tesseract with the senior curator of the Walker Art Center.
Video
Charles Atlas | Frieze Films (Frieze.com)
For Frieze London 2015, Atlas collaborated with Mitchell and Riener on a short video.
Merce Cunningham Dance Company at BAM: Silas Riener Split Sides solo (YouTube)
Riener performed this "extraordinary solo" (The New York Times) at BAM as part of Merce Cunningham: The Legacy Tour (2011 Next Wave Festival).
Video
Charles Atlas and Collaborators (YouTube)
Atlas discusses crossing borders between dance, performance, and the visual arts with his piece MC9 2013 at the Tate Modern.
Video
Charles Atlas, Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener in Conversation with Philip Bither (YouTube)
The artists discuss Tesseract with the senior curator of the Walker Art Center.
Video
Charles Atlas | Frieze Films (Frieze.com)
For Frieze London 2015, Atlas collaborated with Mitchell and Riener on a short video.
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