Tap dance artist and choreographer John Manzari shares an in-process presentation of his newest work, The Way Up, set to Pat Metheny’s acclaimed album of the same name. Drawing inspiration from Metheny’s innovative approach to jazz, Manzari explores new possibilities for tap dance, challenging perceptions of how the form moves, sounds, and is experienced.
This in-process presentation culminates Manzari’s Works & Process creative residency at Guild Hall, offering audiences an intimate glimpse into the work’s development ahead of its January 17 presentation at Works & Process’ Underground Uptown Festival at Guggenheim New York.
ADDITIONAL DANCE OUT EAST EVENTS
Friday, January 8, 7 PM
The Church: Quaba V. Ernest / Venza Dance
Sunday, January 17, 2 PM
The Watermill Center: Cassiel Gaube
Come experience and enjoy a soothing, deeply relaxing, immersive sound meditation with crystal bowls, gongs, Himalayan bells, and other objects, played by expert Sound Artist Stephanie Joyce. First select a work of art to focus on prior to the meditation, lay down and open your mind and heart to the sound and vibration, and once finished, go back to that same work of art and see if you notice anything new with your mind cleared of distractions.
Let this amazing sound bath and deeply relaxing mindfulness meditation in an artful setting melt away your stress and leave you calmer, recharged, and your mind clear and vibrant.
Please bring your own mat.
Join Sarah Harrelson, founder and editor-in-chief of CULTURED, and gallerist & collector, Gordon VeneKlasen for a conversation celebrating The Cultured Collector, moderated by Guild Hall Museum Director & Curator of Visual Arts, Melanie Crader.
Offering an intimate look inside 30 distinctive private collections, The Cultured Collector explores not simply what people collect, but why. Through more than 200 photographs and conversations with collectors including Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, Rashid Johnson, Michelle and Jason Rubell, Joe Jonas, and Daniel Humm, Harrelson reveals how art and objects become expressions of taste, identity, memory, and personal history.
Book sale & signing to follow.
What role can poetry play in shaping how we understand, question, and participate in civic life?
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Philip Schultz and acclaimed poet, novelist, and editor Jill Bialosky join David Rattray, editor-in-chief of The East Hampton Star, for an afternoon of readings and conversation exploring poetry as both a reflection of its time and an active form of civil discourse. Through their newly published collections, Schultz and Bialosky consider how poets respond to the social and political forces around them—and how writing can become an expression of conscience, resistance, empathy, and collective understanding.
The afternoon weaves live readings by Schultz and Bialosky with historic recordings of some of America’s most influential poetic voices—including Walt Whitman, Sylvia Plath, Allen Ginsberg, and others—placing contemporary work in dialogue with generations of poets who have challenged, chronicled, and helped shape the American conversation.
Copies of Bialosky’s new collection, Mock Heart, and Schultz’s new collection, Enormous Morning will be available for purchase.
by Martin Crimp after Molière
Directed by Indhu Rubasingham
Award-winner Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) plays the title role in this razor-sharp reimagining of Molière’s classic dark comedy.
Telling the truth isn’t always that simple. Alice, a brilliant novelist, despises the carefully constructed lies of modern society. But the more she challenges those around her, the fiercer the backlash becomes. Soon, she must confront the price of speaking her truth in a world that would rather silence her.
Filmed live on stage at the National Theatre, Indhu Rubasingham directs Martin Crimp’s (Cyrano de Bergerac) highly anticipated play.
RUN TIME: 125 minutes, no intermission
RUSH TICKETS
A limited number of $25 Rush tickets may be available for Guild Hall-produced programs, 20 minutes before start time, in person only. Guests are instructed to line up outside in the rush line for the potential release of tickets.
