Claire Porter / PORTABLES

SATURDAY, January 7, 7:00 p.m.
Gina Gibney Studio
890 Broadway (at 19th)
New York, NY 10003
RSVP info@gibneydance.org
212.677.8560

SEE YOU AROUND with Claire Porter, Sabatino Verlezza

About two corrupt bureaucrats meeting/conniving in an elevator
Last seen in WestFest Dance Festival at The Cunningham Studio Theater

LADY LAMP with Claire Porter

About a job as a lamp in a bar. 
Last seen performed by Jen Katz in the Encore Performance of DanceNow Series (Audience Favorite) at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater

AT THE GATE with Irving Burton, Jim Martin, Claire Porter, Susan Thomasson, Sabatino Verlezza.

About Airport Security having its say. 
Developed during a Fall 2011 Residency at the Baryshnikov Arts Center.
Premiere

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SUNDAY, January 8, 9:24 p.m.
Pentacle Gallery Showcase
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School
120 W. 46th (between 6th & 7th Ave)
New York, NY 10036
RSVP reservations@pentacle.org
212.278.82111 x8

LADY LAMP with Claire Porter

About a job as a lamp in a bar

Last seen performed by Jen Katz in the ENCORE PERFORMANCE of DANCENOW SERIES (Audience Favorite) at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater

Reviews on this work

“Lady Lamp: Claire Porter. More Porter magic — lamp speaks, tells all: Jen Katz, as an elegant floor lamp, explores darkness and shedding light with humor and perfect timing, with a classic Porter movement phrase to go with a sidebar of how she 'could have been a low-on-the-floor-behind-the-couch-looking-up lamp.” By Quinn Batson in Offoffoff.com, October 2011

“See You Around choreographed and performed by Claire Porter and Sabatino Verlezza was sheer genius. With text by Claire Porter, they took the every-day occurrence of two business colleagues that meet in an elevator and turned it into parody.  First they established the parameters of the elevator with red tape and then the fun began. Each in business attire and carrying file folders in their arms Ms. Porter calmly asks Mr. Verlezza if he has seen Bob around. They enter and exit the elevator several times, each seeking information and the whereabouts of present or past colleagues. It’s a brilliant comedic piece about the everyday lives and occurrences in the work place.” By Darrell Wood in nycdancestuff.wordpress.com, December 2011.

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Coming up in 2012 (stay tuned)

1/12-14 Hope College Michigan Teaching Residency.

2/9-12 Hope College Michigan Teaching Residency.

2/21 Rutgers, Class Performance.

3/1-5 American College Dance Festival, Adjudicating, Penn State, PA.

3/12 Dancers Over 40, Ailey Theater NYC (Lady Lamp).

3/15 The Flea, NYC (At The Gate or…).

3/22-25 New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Newark NJ (Interview, Happen Chance).

6/1,2 Museum of Art and Design (MAD), Columbus Circle, NYC (Lost in The Modern).

6/16 Center for Modern Dance, Fair Lawn Theater, Fair Lawn NJ (A What is Modern Dance, Dance) (with 20 dancers). Developed with a New Jersey State Council on The Arts Fellowship.

8/5-11 Moving and Writing, a Creativity Retreat in Bearnstow Maine.