Please join DZ MACIEL for TAKE ON ME: A dance theater piece exploring the negotiation of needs in close relationships.
The evening will begin with an interactive arts marketplace featuring Brooklyn-based visual artists and will culminate in a Q&A with the TAKE ON ME team.
Tickets are set on a sliding scale- pay what you can starting at $12.
If you are unable to pay for a ticket please email [email protected] as sponsored tickets are available. No one who wants to see the work will be turned away.
Follow the process via Instagram at @dz.maciel or facebook
This show is the culmination of a week long residency for DZ Maciel at Mi Casita, a bi-lingual pre-school and cultural center in Bed-Stuy. During this residency DZ Maciel will be offering a host of dance + theater classes for community and proffesional dancers alike- all donation based and benefiting Mi Casita as they prepare to open their doors this Fall! Stay up to date with class offerings through social media @dz.maciel or at micasitabk.org
The TAKE ON ME Team
Choreographer & Dancer: Debbie Z Maciel
Dancer: Justine Lee
Featured Visual Artists: Freedom Fibers (Jayme Markus), Neon Nectarine (Kellie Matthews), Kening Zhu, Audicia (Astrid Garcia), GraceAnn Leadbeater, Ansley Pentz, Ashly Aquije, & Madeleine Kobold.
It takes a village to put up a show. Big ups to:
Carlisle Peloquin, Megan Wicks, Kellie Matthews, Zane Lehman, Erika Oakvik, Tess Pereyo, Amanda Stambrosky, Janiel Myers, Jayme Markus, Eva Ruiz + Mi Casita!
Debbie Z Maciel is a dance artist and educator currently moving and making work in Brooklyn, New York. Unbound by medium Maciel finds creative expression across genres with training in theater, literary and visual arts, while carrying her modern and contemporary dance sensibility with her. She was most recently seen dancing with installation artists Brendan Fernandes for Smithsonian American Art Museum, Sarah Cameron Sunde in 36 PEAKS at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, dance companies JACKS, BOINK dance + film, Joanna Mendel Shaw's The Equus Projects creating site-specific dances with horses, and in Washington, D.C. as a partnering artist for Dance Exchange, working with inter-generational communities. In the past she has also performed with legendary contact improviser Nita Little, evocative performance artist Ann Liv Young, Neta Pulvermacher, Tzveta Kassabova, and site-specific Shua Group.
