August 16, 2007

Interview with Gina Gibney

Gina Gibney's choreography--which I've been watching for quite a while--always reminds me of what's most important to me about art: serious attention to craft and an equally serious concern about human connection and communication. Gina is a thoughtful spokesperson for the art of dance. I've always enjoyed our encounters and usually go away feeling a little more focused and motivated as a result. I hope you'll be similarly inspired by our discussion today about her work, including her development of a new piece--The Distance Between Us--which will premiere at the Ailey Citicorp Theater in November. (Visit Gina Gibney Dance and their MySpace page).

Listen to interview with Gina Gibney (MP3 format - 26 minutes)

Gina Gibney’s Bio:

Gina Gibney’s choreography has been widely presented and commissioned in the United States and abroad at such venues as Danspace Project, White Bird Dance, Yale Repertory Theater, The Duke on 42nd Street Theater, WORKS & PROCESS at the Guggenheim Museum and elsewhere. In response to her growing concern about the status of women in the professional dance world, she reorganized her company as an all-female ensemble in 1997. Since that time, she has created six evening length works exploring the humanity and physicality of women. In 2000 she launched the Domestic Violence Project, a groundbreaking project that offers dance and creative expression to women who are survivors of domestic abuse. She is the founder of Studio 5-2, an officer of Danspace Project's Board of Directors, and a trustee of Dance/USA. Gibney graduated with honors and received an MFA in Dance from Case Western Reserve University.

Multimedia Highlights

Here are photographs from the work in progress The Distance Between Us. Click on thumbnails below for larger images:

Video excerpts from The Distance Between Us:

Click To Play

Trackback Pings