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Dance Theater Workshop presents "your unison uses unicorns" — a new work by Christine Elmo. Part of Studio Series (June 5-6, Manhattan, NY)

by Sarah Hart
June 5, 2009
Dance Theatre Workshop
219 West 19th Street
New York, NY 10011
212-924-0077
New York, NY, April 22, 2009 – Christine Elmo culminates her 100-hour residency as a part of Dance Theater Workshop's Studio Series with a performance of your unison uses unicorns - a quartet featuring Laurie Berg, Elle Erdman, Ruby MacDougal, and Megan Byrne. In this structure, Elmo gleans from a number of movement patterns developed over her life in a Western culture. With the contributions of the four women, she will display these culture-specific affectations and how they contribute to an inauthentic Self.


Performances will take place at Dance Theater Workshop in David R. White Studio on the third floor, June 5-6 (Friday – Saturday at 7:30pm). There will be a Post-Performance talk with Biba Bell on June 6 (Saturday). Tickets are free with a suggested donation of $5 at the door. Tickets can be reserved in person at the box office or by calling (212) 924-0077. Dance Theater Workshop is located at 219 West 19th Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues.


About the Artist


Christine Elmo (1984-) was born in Princeton, NJ, raised in Lexington, KY and now resides in Brooklyn, NY. As a child she trained strictly in ballet at the Lexington Ballet, Hartford Ballet and at Walnut Hill. In 2001 she was a recipient of the National Society of Arts and Letters for her execution of variations from Les Sylphides and Sleeping Beauty.


Elmo's work has been presented in New York City and its outer boroughs with AUNTS, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, CATCH!, Dixon Place, Live Sh** and Space Space. Her work has also been presented outside of New York; solo number one (2005) at the Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis, MN (2008), Ann Liv Young I love you (how ugly are you with your clothes off) (2008) at the Sirály in Budapest, Hungary (2009), three moments in istanbul – (film, 2008) at Live@8 in Galway, Ireland (2009).


For the Movement Research Spring Festival 2008, Elmo and Jmy Leary co-curated, The 80s and 90s on Screen, an evening dedicated to the documentation from the downtown dance scene. She is a contributor of 'the zine' a free DIY publication promoting the art and ideas of the NYC-based dance community organized by Ana Keilson.


Elmo holds a BFA from SUNY Purchase. Post-graduation she has continued her education in America and abroad; Atlantic Center for the Arts with Douglas Dunn (FL), March to Marfa with Steve Paxton (TX), Trisha Brown Dance Company (NYC), Daniel Lepkoff (DE), Compositions in Outdoor Landscapes with Helen Poyner (UK) and the Siobhan Davis Company (UK).


In 2005, she commissioned and performed, Widget, a solo choreographed by Douglas Dunn. Other contributions as a performer include; Dance by Neil Greenberg, Charlotte Gibbons, Miguel Gutierrez and the Powerful People, Juliana May, Meredith Monk, Movement Research Fall Festival (2007), Susan Rethorst, Vicky Shick (NYC, HU), among others.



The Studio Series brings new artistic voices to Dance Theater Workshop and opens our studios for public showings. Eight artists each year receive a 100-hour creative residency in our studios and a commission/stipend. This residency gives each artist the opportunity to research and develop work in a raw, process-oriented space. The outcomes are

shared through two informal presentations by each artist, inviting the audience to see work at different stages of development. Studio Series artists are curated internally by the Artistic Director in conjunction with Programming staff and guest curators from Urban Word NYC and Dance Theater Workshop's season artists.


your unison uses unicorns is commissioned by Dance Theater Workshop's Commissioning and Creative Residency Program with support from The Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Jerome Robbins Foundation.
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