NEUTRAL GROUND
April 26, 27, 28, 2018 - 7:30 pm
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center at LaGuardia Community College
31-10 Thomson Avenue, E-241
Long Island City, N.Y. 11101
718-482-7200
$20 / $10 students
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| v e s s e l s | invites you to our inaugural evening-length performance of Neutral Ground, a 60-minute dance theatre piece that explores existing in the in-between space and the search for belonging as Asian-Pacific Americans. Giving voice to the singular monolith that is the “model minority,” Neutral Ground seeks to bring to life the buried stories and emotional landscapes that exist within our communities.
Neutral Ground was the created thanks to the support of the CUNY Dance Initiative, Laguardia Performing Arts Center, and Asian American Arts Alliance.
CREATIVE TEAM
Artistic Direction/Choreography
Kris Seto + Shoey Sun /vessels/ in collaboration with the artists
Movement Artists
Rebecca Corrigan, Niki Fara, Maurice Ivy, Elizabeth Shew, and Haley Sung
Music + Sound
Cameron Thompkins
Set Design
Simon Schabert
Lighting Design
Christopher Weston
Stylist/Wardrobe
Lee Hubilla
Illustration
Lilly Lam
ABOUT | v e s s e l s |
Founded in 2014 by artistic directors Shoey Sun and Kris Seto, | v e s s e l s | is a dance-theatre collective comprised of diverse, multidisciplinary artists. Their mission is to create transformative, genre-blurring work that is witty, honest, and a touch surreal.
Evocative and raw, their movement intersects traditional Thai and Chinese folk dances, hip-hop, street jazz, as well as influences from contemporary forms including Nadine Bommer's Kinetica.
CUNY Dance Initiative
The CUNY Dance Initiative receives major support from The Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Jerome Robbins Foundation, the SHS Foundation, the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and the Harkness Foundation for Dance. CDI is spearheaded and administered by The Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College.
