Friday, November 22, 2024
4:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Multi-Use Room in J. Hood Wright Recreation Center
Free
The Grand Tour: An Immersive Dance Experience
May 29th, 2024 at 6:30PM – FREE
By Julia Bengtsson from New York Baroque Dance Company. Accompanied by Paul Shipper, Dongmyung Ahn, Jason Priset and Patrick Pride
Attend “The Grand Tour,” at the Dyckman Farmhouse Museum! Visitors will experience an immersive dance performance, and have a chance to dance themselves. The Grand Tour was the name of the popular trips of youngsters that visited the main capitals of Europe in the 18th Century. Attendees will experience a music and dance program that transports them to 18th Century England, France and Spain. Our guides are dancers Julia Bengtsson and Patrick Pride from The New York Baroque Dance Company, America’s leading Baroque dance ensemble, and the musicians Paul Shipper, Jason Priset and Dongmyung Ahn.
About the performers
Julia Bengtsson
Swedish-born Julia Bengtsson has choreographed over 20 ballets, operas and films for venues including Carnegie Hall, UN Headquarters and Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center. Her stage direction of Opera Lafayette’s production of Venus and Adonis was praised by The Washington Post as “a fine evening’s entertainment”. She has made presentations at Temple University, NYU, and University of Pittsburgh. She joined The New York Baroque Dance Company in 2018 and in 2021 she was the first dancer chosen for Early Music America’s Emerging Professional Leadership Council. She is a mentee of Bessie-awarded director/choreographer Catherine Turocy and a graduate of Royal Swedish Ballet School. http://www.juliabengtsson.com/
Paul Shipper
Paul Shipper is a Grammy nominated singer, instrumentalist, stage director and coach. In his confused career, he has performed in all 50 states and 17 countries with early music groups, theater, dance, contemporary chamber ensembles and opera companies. As well as his concert work on vocals, lute, guitar, recorder, flute, winds and percussion, he can be heard on over 60 recordings and on soundtracks for museums and library exhibits, PBS, HBO, Showtime’s hit series ‘The Tudors’ and various bad horror movies.
Dongmyung Ahn
Early string specialist Dongmyung Ahn is a performer, educator, and scholar whose interests span from the twelfth to eighteenth centuries. She regularly performs with Pegasus, Raritan Players, The Sebastians, and TENET Vocal Artists. She has played rebec in the critically acclaimed production of The Play of Daniel at the Cloisters. A dedicated educator, Dongmyung has taught music history at Columbia University, New York University, Queens College, Rutgers University, and Vassar College. She received her PhD in musicology at the Graduate Center, CUNY and has published articles on medieval liturgy and Jewish-Christian relations in Henry VIII’s court.
Jason Priset
As a performer Dr. Jason Priset regularly travels around the United States and abroad, and has performed with a variety of different organizations and venues. This includes the Scottish Rite Temple in Miami, Florida, the Museu de la Música in Barcelona, Spain, and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. And as a Director has organized and executed the Lute Society of America Festival, serves on faculty and staff for Amherst Early Music, and has been the musical director for various concerts including the Collegium Musicum at Montclair State University.
Patrick Pride
Born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, Patrick Pride Jr. graduated with a BFA in Dance at Austin Peay State University in 2018. After graduating, Patrick performed in various musicals around Tennessee and was a member of Found Movement Group (a contemporary-based dance theater company). Since Patrick moved to NYC in 2020, he has performed in music videos, dance projects and choreographed Lion King Jr. Patrick joined The New York Baroque Dance Company in 2021. He also performs with the Brooklyn dance company, AP Dance Inc., winner of the Special Mention award for the 2021 Global Shorts Awards.
The New York Baroque Dance Company
The New York Baroque Dance Company, founded in 1976 by Catherine Turocy, Artistic Director, and Ann Jacoby, specializes in 17th and 18th century programs ranging from street performances to fully staged operas. There are over 80 operas in its repertoire as well as reconstructed dances and ballets choreographed in period style. NYBDC has toured North America, Europe and Japan with conductors James Richman, John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Hogwood, Nicholas McGegan and Wolfgang Katschner. The company also performs with Opera Lafayette Orchestra and Chorus, The Dallas Bach Society, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale and Ars Lyrica Houston. http://www.nybaroquedance.org/
El Gran Tour: Una Experiencia de Danza Inmersiva
29 de mayo de 2024 a las 6:30PM – GRATIS
Por Julia Bengtsson de la Compañía de Danza Barroca de Nueva York. Acompañada por Paul Shipper, Dongmyung Ahn, Jason Priset y Patrick Pride.
Asiste a “El Gran Tour” en el Museo Dyckman Farmhouse! Los visitantes experimentarán una presentación de danza inmersiva y tendrán la oportunidad de bailar ellos mismos. El Gran Tour era el nombre de los viajes populares que realizaban los jóvenes para visitar las principales capitales de Europa en el siglo XVIII. Los asistentes disfrutarán de un programa de música y danza que los transportará a la Inglaterra, Francia y España del siglo XVIII. Nuestros guías son los bailarines Julia Bengtsson y Patrick Pride de la Compañía de Danza Barroca de Nueva York, el conjunto de danza barroca líder de Estados Unidos, y los músicos Paul Shipper, Jason Priset y Dongmyung Ahn.
Sobre los artistas
Julia Bengtsson
La sueca Julia Bengtsson ha coreografiado más de 20 ballets, óperas y películas para lugares como el Carnegie Hall, la sede de la ONU y el Auditorio Bruno Walter en el Lincoln Center. Su dirección escénica de la producción de Venus y Adonis de Opera Lafayette fue elogiada por The Washington Post como “una excelente velada de entretenimiento”. Ha realizado presentaciones en Temple University, NYU y University of Pittsburgh. Se unió a la Compañía de Danza Barroca de Nueva York en 2018 y en 2021 fue la primera bailarina elegida para el Consejo de Liderazgo Profesional Emergente de Early Music America. Es aprendiz de la directora y coreógrafa ganadora del premio Bessie, Catherine Turocy, y graduada de la Royal Swedish Ballet School. http://www.juliabengtsson.com/
Pablo Shipper
Pablo Shipper es un cantante, instrumentista nominado al Grammy, director de escena y entrenador. En su ecléctica carrera, ha actuado en los 50 estados y 17 países con grupos de música antigua, teatro, danza, conjuntos de cámara contemporáneos y compañías de ópera. Además de su trabajo de concierto con voz, laúd, guitarra, flauta dulce, flauta, instrumentos de viento y percusión, se le puede escuchar en más de 60 grabaciones y bandas sonoras para exposiciones de museos y bibliotecas, PBS, HBO, la exitosa serie de Showtime “Los Tudor” y varias películas de terror de bajo presupuesto.
Dongmyung Ahn
La especialista en cuerdas antiguas, Dongmyung Ahn, es una intérprete, educadora y académica cuyos intereses abarcan desde el siglo XII hasta el XVIII. Toca regularmente con Pegasus, Raritan Players, The Sebastians y TENET Vocal Artists. Tocó la rebeca en la aclamada producción de El juego de Daniel en los Cloisters. Dongmyung, una educadora dedicada, ha enseñado historia de la música en la Universidad de Columbia, la Universidad de Nueva York, Queens College, la Universidad de Rutgers y Vassar College. Obtuvo su doctorado en musicología en el Graduate Center, CUNY y ha publicado artículos sobre liturgia medieval y relaciones judeo-cristianas en la corte de Enrique VIII.
Jason Priset
Como intérprete, el Dr. Jason Priset viaja regularmente por Estados Unidos y el extranjero, y se ha presentado con una variedad de organizaciones y en sedes diferentes. Esto incluye el Scottish Rite Temple en Miami, Florida, el Museu de la Música en Barcelona, España, y el Alice Tully Hall en el Lincoln Center de la ciudad de Nueva York. Y como director, ha organizado y ejecutado el Festival de la Lute Society of America, forma parte del cuerpo docente y staff de Amherst Early Music, y ha sido director musical de varios conciertos, incluido el Collegium Musicum de la Montclair State University.
Patrick Pride Jr.
Nacido y criado en Richmond, Virginia, Patrick Pride Jr. se graduó con un BFA en Danza de la Universidad Estatal de Austin Peay en 2018. Después de graduarse, Patrick actuó en varios musicales en Tennessee y fue miembro de Found Movement Group (una compañía de teatro de danza contemporánea). Desde que Patrick se mudó a Nueva York en 2020, ha participado en videos musicales, proyectos de danza y coreografió el Rey León Jr. Patrick se unió a The New York Baroque Dance Company en 2021. También actúa con la compañía de danza de Brooklyn, AP Dance Inc., ganadora del premio Mención Especial en los Global Shorts Awards 2021.
The New York Baroque Dance Company
La Compañía de Danza Barroca de Nueva York, fundada en 1976 por Catherine Turocy, Directora Artística, y Ann Jacoby, se especializa en programas de los siglos XVII y XVIII que van desde representaciones callejeras hasta óperas completamente escenificadas. Tiene más de 80 óperas en su repertorio, así como danzas y ballets reconstruidos coreografiados en estilo de época. NYBDC ha realizado giras por América del Norte, Europa y Japón con directores de orquesta como James Richman, John Eliot Gardiner, Christopher Hogwood, Nicholas McGegan y Wolfgang Katschner. La compañía también actúa con la Orquesta y Coro de la Ópera Lafayette, la Sociedad Bach de Dallas, la Orquesta Barroca de la Filarmónica y el Coro y Ars Lyrica Houston. http://www.nybaroquedance.org/
Annual Event!
May 27, 2024
Meeting Time: 10:30am
Start Time: 11:00am
Join Q & T Community for its Annual Pride Picnic! Enjoy food, games, and good company in Fort Tryon’s beautiful Cloister’s Lawn.
Q&T Community is a small LGBTQ+ group based at Word Up Community Bookshop. Its weekly virtual writing group celebrated 4 years of intimate co-working and creative space in April 2024. Run by a team of one, its annual pride picnic and occasional open mics supplement its program.
WHEN: Sunday, July 7th from 1-4pm
WHERE: Cloister’s Park, Fort Tryon Park
SCHEDULE
1:00-2:00pm | Mingling w/ Food + Drinks
2:00-2:45pm | Queer Trivia w/ Prizes
3:00pm-End | Games + Food + Drinks
Feel free to bring:
Accessibility:
If you have dietary restrictions, questions, comments, or concerns, please email Memphis Washington at qntcommunity@gmail.com.
***This is meant to be an open space for mingling and getting to know more Uptown LGBTQ+ people. This is an explicitly LGBTQ+ space, which means that we expect people to respect each other’s various modes of expression, pronouns, and showing up.
If you want to support our programming, please support the immediate needs of those experiencing increasing genocidal violence, famine, water and medicine shortage in Palestine, please donate to a crowdfunding campaign vetted by Operation Olive Branch, an organization that shares the crowdfunding links of people directly affected.
Date: Sunday, June 30th | Doors: 4:00pm | Closing Ritual: 6:00pm | Free with registration |
Join us for “The Labyrinth: A Journey Within,” an immersive art installation on the main stage of the United Palace. The labyrinth is a pathway into the unknown. It symbolizes your life’s journey & all its unexpected twists & turns. Life is not linear & filled with uncertainty. How do we ease into natural rhythm of our lives & the flow of all the Universe has to offer us? Participants will be invited to write a message or question to carry into the labyrinth, then walk the labyrinth & allow the answer to be revealed. The event will close with a group ritual & communal walk to help us remember that we are never journeying alone.
The labyrinth is created by award-winning Mexican artist Andrea Arroyo. Andrea works in painting, site-specific installation, public art & installation. Her work has been exhibited in 54 individual exhibitions & over 200 group shows in museums & galleries in the US & abroad. Her work is in many public collections, including The National Museum of American History, the Smithsonian Institution, The Library of Congress, The New York Public Library, The Latin Recording Academy of Arts and Sciences, The City University of New York, and The National Museum of Mexican Art. Her book “ImagiNATIONS: Art as Solidarity” received the Gold Medalfor Best Art Book at the International Latino Book Awards. Ms. Arroyo has received numerous awards & she is also a curator & an activist. www.andreaarroyo.com
“The Labyrinth: A Journey Within” is the fourth public event offered by The Muse, the United Palace of Spiritual Arts’ monthly program celebrating inspiration, the arts & community, challenging participants to reimagine what’s possible in art & in life.
The event is free with registration. The event schedule is as follows:
4:00pm Doors open
6:00pm Closing ritual
6:30pm Reception
