TRISK ANNOUNCES THEIR 2024 SPRING PERFORMANCE SEASON

For Immediate Release
January 16, 2024
BROOKLYN, NY -- Triskelion Arts is honored to present the 2024 Spring Season of performances! Triskelion Arts, lovingly referred to as Trisk, is a nonprofit organization, live performance venue, and rehearsal space in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, offering NYC-based dance and movement artists high-quality, sustainable opportunities to create and present work. Trisk partners with artists creating trailblazing work that broadens the cultural dialogue and elevates its community’s many voices and perspectives. Trisk is a home for artists and audiences to connect, to make art happen, to make magic. Trisk presents artists practicing, crafting, mining, experimenting, speaking up, and speaking out. 

The upcoming Spring Season at Trisk is filled with performances that speak to this mission. The season comprises of evening-length premieres, including the culminating performances of the four Resident Artist Programs: The Production Residency, Research Residency, Trisk Fellowship, and the Trisk Artist-in-Residence. Each residency provides extensive assistance and tailored resources, designed to meet the unique creative processes and individual needs of the artists. The seasons programming also includes the Split Bill Series, a pairing of early-career artists to share an evening of work, as well as the Guest Curation program, in which curators design a multi-bill event highlighting a variety of perspectives and visions. As Trisk embarks on this exciting season, it remains committed to fostering creativity and offering a diverse array of performances that resonate with the audience, embodying its dedication to artistic innovation and collaboration.

2023 SPRING PERFORMANCES

SHA CREATIVE OUTLET
FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 3, 2024
8PM

Wild Future represents the unknown yet powerful future that is rooted in the current moment. The rapport that stretches through time breaks dimensions. A point of a finger shatters an ancient pyramid. Consequences come with every decision being made at every moment. This performance consists of two pieces, “\\\” (reads as Three Slashes) and ”Dis-placement 誤置”.

Exploration of rapport is the core of the work. In “\\\”, the string is a materialization of connection between two. With the understanding that the link between us never ceases to exist, active negotiation is taking place every second. Energy flows through and morphs physical structures of bodies and strings, keeping all entangled.

”Dis-placement 誤置” is a body and mind process of role playing dreamer, shapeshifter, and monarch separately and collectively. Placement of intentions alters the quality of communication between the seeing and the seen. “A hand reaching out from my back, gently grabbing your collar, asking you to come with me.”

SHA Creative Outlet is a company that is rooted in dance and showcases in many mediums including film, photography, design, animation, and live performances. With dance styles such as Contemporary, Breaking, Wing Tsun Martial Arts at its core, SHA Creative Outlet is dedicated to innovation, collaboration, and connection. Formed in November 2021 in Brooklyn, New York, the company has performed in Triskelion Arts Theater(NY), Abrons Arts Center(NY), Prospect Park(NY), the Center at West Park(NY), Judson Church(NY), Firehouse Theater(VA), and the Rady Shell(CA).

Founded by Shannon Yu 余香儒, 2023 Asian American Arts Alliance’s Jadin Wong Fellow for Dance. Sha holds an MFA in Performance and Performance Studies from Pratt Institute, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from National Taiwan University. Shannon identifies as a multi-disciplinary artist, dancer-choreographer, queer creator.
@shacreativeoutlet @hsiangru.yu shannonyu.com

SPLIT BILL #42
KASHIA KANCEY & REBECCA MARGOLICK
MARCH 14 & 15, 2024
8PM

KASHIA KANCEY
I Believed It Too, a work that asks "When the curtain closes, who are you?" It is a solo about a woman trapped inside of a destructive false reality she is desperate to escape from. She’s experienced it so long that it seems real to her. During the solo she sheds a multitude of performative layers while facing several battles and illustrating numerous realities and characters that represent the world she’s trapped inside of. We see her go on an unraveling journey that begins to strip away at the act she’s been trying so hard to keep up with. As she struggles to maintain her mask of illusion, her perception of reality becomes distorted in many ways. Tackling topics of imposter syndrome, heartbreak, and deep self reflection - Is any of this even real?

Kashia Kancey is a Miami-born performer and choreographer, who earned her BFA in Dance from New World School of the Arts. Some of her choreographic history includes having work presented in The Carnival Studio Theater at the Adrienne Arsht Center through commissions by Peter London Global Dance Company, Movement Research at Judson Church, Dixon Place and CreateART Performance. Kashia has performed in spaces like Perez Art Museum Miami, South-Miami Dade Cultural Arts Center, Dance Place DC, the American Dance Festival, The Yard, and New York Live Arts. Kashia has had the pleasure of working with Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre, Adele Myers and Dancers, and Abby Z and the New Utility. Kashia is most recently an apprentice with Urban Bush Women and is a company member with David Dorfman Dance. She is also a 2023 Gallim Moving Artist in Residence. Kashia is based in Brooklyn, NY, and continues to pursue her career as a performer and choreographer.
@kashiakancey kashiakancey.com

REBECCA MARGOLICK
In the solo piece, Reservoir, the performer embodies the spirit of an unnamed woman, evoking imagery of the iconic Dybbuk. Drawing inspiration from Yiddish folk dance and contemporary movement, the dybbuk begins to find solace and expression through dance, channeling her rage and grief over the life she was denied. The performance is an exploration of the dreams we construct for ourselves and the uncertainty we must embrace. Through navigating grief and the changing futures we previously imagined for ourselves, the boundary between the performer's identity and that of the dybbuk gradually fades.

Rebecca's work has been presented in Turkey, Bulgaria, Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Mexico, France, Germany, Poland, Israel, across the U.S and Canada. She has received residencies from Ailey’s New Directions Choreography Lab, Banff Centre, Derida Stage, Centro de las Artes San Luis Potosí, and many others. She has created works at Universidad Nacional Costa Rica, LITVAK, Ballet B.C. Annex, Ailey School, Michiyaya, and more. She is creating a new work for Oregon Ballet Theater in 2024.
@margolick rebeccamargolick.com

SYNTHESIS
GUEST CURATION BY MIZ JADE
MARCH 22 & 23, 2024
8PM

Synthesis is a theatrical variety show presenting nightlife performers in the queer community and celebrating an array of disciplines and identities. This incredible evening of music, drag, and burlesque carves out space for artists to nurture and grow their craft. Synthesis aims to allow artists to present their work in an elevated environment with more technical support, enabling a grander vision to come to life. This years line up includes, DiDi Opulence, Ginger Von Snap, Klondyke, Show Ponii and more artists to be announced soon!

Miz Jade, a Black-Trans drag performer and professional dancer based in NYC, is celebrated for her teaching, activism, and quick wit. Trained at SUNY Purchase, she seamlessly blends her dance background with her nightlife career. Miz Jade has graced high-profile stages, collaborated with drag luminaries, and earned titles in competitions like So You Think You Can Drag and MX BK. A versatile artist, she's known for performances in Nightgowns, Ke$ha's cruise, and in the drag opera, Chimera. Miz Jade is a proud member of Drag Story Hour NYC, fostering imagination and diversity for children. Recently, she became the face of 'The Real Ms Information,' a national campaign promoting COVID vaccination awareness. Nominated for Glam Awards and Brooklyn Nightlife Awards, Miz Jade continues to captivate audiences with her fierce and inclusive presence.
@MizJade_Davon MizJade.com

AUGUST & CO.
TRISK PRODUCTION RESIDENT ARTIST
MARCH 28-30, 2024
8PM

TRANSVERBERATION; the act of beating, striking, or piercing through.

Interchangeably known as Religious Ecstasy, this tradition within Judeo-Christian mysticism recounts the experience of a subject receiving “the love of God”. It is described as an innate act of violence, penetrating its entrants through their heart in a fiery display. Though traumatic in nature, recipients of this endeavor also delight in its gratification…

It is ecstasy in the presence of agony, the behavioral motivations of pain and pleasure becoming one.

TRANSVERBERATION by August & Company is a movement-based rendering of this consecrated hedonism; anguish held with reverence, arousal begotten by torment.

“The pain was so great, that it made me moan; and yet so surpassing was the sweetness of this excessive pain, that I could not wish to be rid of it.” - St. Teresa de Ávila (c. 1559)

AUGUST & CO. is a community of multi-hyphenate artists curated by August Henderson. The intention of its creation is to serve as an addition to collective consciousness, relaying personal and communal narratives that incite inquisition, deliberation, and disturbance at its core.

Past presentations/ commissions include; “All That I Know” for the digital publication “The Knowledge Within Us” commissioned by Quill Christie-Peters of The Indigenous Curatorial Collective (AUG 2020), “Acts Of Love” presented by 7mpr Dance Theatre (OCT 2019)/ Movement Research (SEP 2019), and “Visions Of You”, a prologue to the aforementioned work presented by 7mpr Dance Theatre curated by Jiali Wang (APR 2019).

JULIA ANTINOZZI
TRISK FELLOW
APRIL 11-13, 2024
8PM

Julia Antinozzi is a choreographer and dance artist. Her work has been presented at Triskelion Arts, Movement Research at the Judson Church, Center for Performance Research, PAGEANT, Jack Crystal Theater, Spoke the Hub (Director’s Choice) in NYC, nationally in Seattle (CHOP SHOP: Bodies of Work) and Salt Lake City (Queer Spectra Arts), and featured in various online publications. Julia has held artist residencies at The Floor on Atlantic, New Dance Alliance and Motive Brooklyn. Most recently, she received the 2023-2024 Trisk Fellowship from Triskelion Arts, and was selected to be a 2023-2024 New York Live Arts Fresh Tracks Performance & Residency artist.

As a performer and collaborator, Julia has worked with Phoebe Berglund, Boy Friday, Juli Brandano, The Creature, Barbie Diewald, Ayano Elson, Amelia Koper Heintzelman, Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Anna Sperber, and performed in repertory by Merce Cunningham and Bebe Miller.

Julia graduated from Smith College cum laude with a BA in Dance and a minor in Astronomy.
@juliadance__ juliaantinozzi.com

DOMINICA GREENE
TRISK RESEARCH RESIDENT ARTIST
APRIL18-20, 2024
8PM

Dominica Greene is a bi-racial Black woman who cherishes and channels her Caribbean heritage and Queerness into an art-based existence. A dance artist, she has collaborated and performed nationally and internationally with many notable choreographers and companies. Based on the unceded lands of the Munsee Lenape people, Greene creates conceptual, body-based art rooted in her belief that dance is not something to be learned, but an innate entity that we all have access to and are perpetually engaging with. Weaving her core research practices of duration, somatics, raving, and ancestral channeling, her work aims to reflect nature, human and otherwise, as a way of highlighting humanity and the stark sameness and differences and sameness in the differences within all of us.
@draminica dominicagreene.com

CHRISTIAN WARNER
TRISK ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
JUNE 6-8, 2024
8PM

Christian A. Warner is a multidisciplinary performing artist, choreographer, and director. His company credits include Ponybox Dance Theatre, Boca Tuya, TU Dance, Owen/Cox Dance Group, Deeply Rooted Dance Theatre, and guest artist with Sidra Bell Dance New York. He has performed repertoire from creators Bryan Arias, Alan Lucien, Alvin Ailey, Aszure Barton, Darius Barnes, and Stefanie Batten-Bland. He was a founding dancer and collaborator for Come Through, a collaboration between TU Dance and the grammy award winning band Bon Iver in addition to providing backup vocals for "Naeem" for their album "i,i." Musical theatre credits include Disney’s The Lion King (Broadway; Nat. Tours), Oliver! The Musical (Nat. Tour), and Hairspray (Regional). His choreography and direction has been commissioned by Ballet CoLaboratory, Owen/Cox, Jeremy McQueen's Black Iris Project, and McKoy Dance Project as well as educational institutions such as James Madison University, Texas State, and HSPVA.
Christianawarner.com

TICKETS
EARLY BIRD:
$30 SUPERFAN / $22 / $17 HEARTS for Queer Trans BIPOC
AT-THE-DOOR:
$30 SUPERFAN / $26

All ticket tiers contribute to supporting the artist financially. The SUPERFAN ticket goes even further, providing additional financial support to the artist and subsidizing $17 tickets for Queer Trans BIPOC individuals. Please note that all seating is general admission.

Trisk Presents is made possible with generous support from the Howard Gilman Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the Harkness Foundation For Dance, Emma Sheafer Charitable Trust, NYC City Council Discretionary Funding, and NYS State Assembly Discretionary Funding.

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