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begin /again by cullen + them

cullen+them, founded by Hannah Cullen, is an intergenerational performing arts organization. begin /again is an existential theatrical event. The show follows five people grappling with questions about their purpose, their impact, and their potential for change. An amalgalm of movement, narrative, and film, the piece uses multiple languages to explore themes of crisis, resilience, and recovery. Ultimately it asks what our responsibility is to each other and the collective good.

Written and Directed by Hannah Cullen

Performed and Choreographed by Hannah Cullen in collaboration with Robyn Ayers, Nadia Halim, Maggie Joy, and Corinne Lohner

April 4-6, 2024

Performance Space NY

the end / the beginning by cullen + them

cullen+them, founded by Hannah Cullen, is an intergenerational performing arts organization. The company's latest work “the end / the beginning” is an existential, theatrical event about fracture and possibility. An amalgam of movement, narrative, and film, the work provides multiple perspectives through which to view the disintegration of their reality. If the end of the world as we know it has already happened, is currently happening, and will happen again, might our time be better spent focusing on what we’d like to begin?

Written and Directed by Hannah Cullen

Performed and Choreographed by Hannah Cullen in collaboration with Robyn Ayers, Nadia Halim, Maggie Joy, and Matilda Mackey

June 22-24, 2023

New York Live Arts

BELLY  by dishman + co.

Harnessing the power of shared bodily experiences, dishman + co. aims to build an expanding culture of care that contributes to social healing. Through deep processes of artistic translation, BELLY gradually builds a responsive, connected social space that flexibly holds and nourishes the layered voices within it. 

Featuring Larissa Asebedo, Mary Lyn Graves, Tony Gonzalez, Nadia Halim, Owen Prum, and Julie Seal with original music by Okorie Johnson and live violin performance by Adrian Nicolas Ong. 

March 29-31, 2023

Church of the Ascension and Dixon Place

Women in Dance Conference 2022

Women in Dance provides opportunities in accessing broader and more visible platforms, expanding the voices of artists/scholars, and strengthening the capacity and vibrancy of women in dance-making and dance-related fields. "Relay," a site-specific work by choreographer Debbie Mausner featuring Nadia Halim and Carolyn Silverman, will be presented in Midway Plaisance as part of the conference.

October 13-15, 2022

Midway Plaisance

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DiP Residency In-Process Showing:
How Do I Become WE by Parijat Desai

Choreographed by Parijat Desai, How Do I Become WE will be a performance and participatory ritual built around this evocative Tamil women's tale and structured by reimagined elements of the autumnal Navratri festival. Employing culturally rooted and experimental practices, with a dose of trickster play, the piece inquires into the process of reconnecting with the natural world and our inner power, releasing hurt, and activating the collective body.

June 27, 2022 at 7pm

Gibney

280 Broadway

New York, NY 10007

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Center for Performance Research Open Studios: Recollections by dishman + co.

CPR Programs Manager Regine Pieters brings together an eclectic group of artists with distinct backgrounds and movement practices to share works-in-progress. Works by Elizabeth Dishman, Morgaine DeLeonardis, and Myssi Robinson will be shown, revealing complexities in art creation, performance, and community building in order to foster a greater sense of belonging.

June 23, 2022 at 7:30pm

Center for Performance Research

361 Manhattan Avenue

Brooklyn, NY, 11211