Mimi Garrard Dance Theatre
Wu Wei
January 2012
Play Wu Wei
Directed by Mimi Garrard
Dancer: Dai Jian
Choreography: Mimi Garrard with Dai Jian
Camera, Editing, and Sound: Mimi Garrard
See Videodances to play other full-length videodances.
More videodances may be viewed at vimeo.com/mimigarrard.
The Mimi Garrard Dance Company has intrigued and delighted audiences across the country and abroad, and has, as the Los Angeles Times put it, “opened eyes, stretched ears, caused laughter, and provoked thoughts.” The company has toured extensively since 1973. It has performed at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, been commissioned for CBS Camera Three and WGBH Boston television productions, as well as presented annual concerts in New York and residency programs for colleges and community centers throughout the United States. On three occasions it has performed as part of an international dance festival, Danza Nueva, in Lima, Peru. The company’s repertory of over 90 works choreographed by Mimi Garrard is one of the largest in the modern dance field.
The works have evolved and changed over the years, but they reflect Garrard’s interest in pure movement, theater, and multi-edia.
Most recently Mimi Garrard is experimenting in new ways, creating dance for video using digital techniques to transform the dance material. Her work in this area is unique and is gaining increasing attention. She has a monthly program on Manhattan Neighborhood Network, and has recently been sponsored by Channel 13 on its Metro Arts Channel. WAMtv (World, Art, and Music), based in Scotland, is currently featuring her videos worldwide.
In addition to the United States, her video work has been shown in numerous festivals in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America. Recently, Velez October Circles was shown on the BBC Big Screen throughout England five times a day for two weeks. Time Installation was placed in the permanent collection of the Mississipi Museum of Art. Doctrine of Signatures and Dream State were shown at the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center in a program honoring Alwin Nikolais. She has had two one-woman presentations in São Carlos, Brazil. She received a lifetime achievement award from the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters for her outstanding achievement in dance, both for her work on stage and her work for video. She has created 113 programs for Manhattan Neighborhood Network.
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- May 2011 — February Four 2011 and Illusion and Dissolution presented at the Il Choreografo Electtronic 2011 in Naples, Italy
- July, 2011 — Cosmic Arena” presented at the international film festival of Patras City, Greece
- August 23, 2011 — a selection of videodances by Mimi Garrard presented during the Third Festival Internacional de la Escena in Mancora, Peru
- September 2011 — Minatures was presented as an installation at the Sans Souci Festival in Boulder, Colorado
- November 20, 2011 — Tea Time was presented at the Quad Theater in New York City by the New York Independent Film Festival
- December 3, 2011 — Rock and The Mind’s Eye presented at the São Carlos Festival in São Carlos, Brazil
- December 12, 2011 — Mimi Garrard was presented in a one woman show presenting work from five years at the São Carlos Festival in São Carlos, Brazil.
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Mimi Garrard’s “videodances” are featured on Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN) Channels 56, 34, and 83 on cable in Manhattan only on Sundays at 5 p.m. They are also simultaneously Webcast with streaming video at www.mnn.org.
DVDs of all 112 programs can be purchased for $39 for each program (includes shipping and handling). For more information, please contact the Mimi Garrard Dance Company. |
Dates of Showings
March 18, 2012
April 1, 2012
April 15 2012
April 29, 2012
May 13, 2012
May 27, 2012
June 10, 2912
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- Bearnstow Journal — bearnstowjournal.org
Articles on the Nikolais esthetic and the arts, edited by Ruth E. Grauert
- Patras International Festival of Cinema & Culture – Greece — www.independent.gr/identity
13th International Panorama of Independent Film and Video Makers
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- The David Bermant Foudation: Color Light Motion
- The Harkness Foundation for Dance
- The Baumol Family Foundation
- Claudia Gitelman
- Emmet and Edith Gowin
- Angela Holder
- Jim and Joy Howell
- Charlotte Lawson
- Murray Louis
- Clyde Lynds
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- Robert Ryman
- David M. Sharp
- Mary Lane and John Sullivan
- Merrill Wagner
- Karen Weiss
- Colette Whitney
- Anna Whittington
- Aven Whittington Jr.
- Billy and Aubrey Whittington
- Eddie Wong
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| A very special thanks to Hilda Baumol for writing our annual fundraising letters. |
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