Perel: Pain Threshold
Jan 10, 2019, 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm EST
$20 – $25
Perel
Pain Threshold
Presented by Gibney as part of American Realness 2019
Thursday, January 10, 3:00 pm & 6:30 pm
Friday, January 11, 4:00 pm & 7:30 pm
Saturday, January 12, 4:30 pm & 8:00 pm
WORLD PREMIERE
What happens when we don’t know which end of care-taking we’re actually on? Select audience members are invited to follow Perel’s pattern of scar tissue in a delicate choreography where dance becomes the body’s unfurling. Pain Threshold examines the mutuality between one who gives care, and one who receives it, pulling apart the problematic nature of power within these roles. Is it possible to witness another person’s pain, be it physical or emotional, without the impulse to either save, solve, turn away, or reject? If we can release the shame about our pain, we can release the narratives we’ve been given that tell us otherwise. Perel is willing to surrender for the cause.
The development and research for Pain Threshold has been supported by Movement Research where Perel is the 2018-2020 Mertz-Gilmore Artist-in-Residence, Gibney where Perel is a 2018 Dance In Process artist, and Sophiensaele, Berlin where Perel is the International Artist in Residence. The world premiere of Pain Threshold is co-presented with Tanztage Berlin 2019.
Photo by Eric McNatt.
ACCESSIBILITY
The accessible entrance for The Lab at 280 Broadway is located at 53A Chambers Street. This entrance provides access to the first floor only.
The accessible entrance for the second floor (The Theater, The Black Box, and all other studio spaces) is located at 280 Broadway. Please note that this is a shared entrance with the New York City Department of Buildings. To access the elevator, attendees may be asked to provide a valid photo ID and go through building security, including a metal detector.
Requests for reasonable accommodation or for access to the 280 Broadway entrance after 5:00 pm or on the weekend should be made three days in advance by contacting Elyse Desmond at 646.837.6809 (Voice only), or by e-mailing elyse@gibneydance.org.