AIR 2020

Join the 2020 Artists-In-Residence of Chez Bushwick for a virtual presentation and panel discussion!

Our 2020 cohort of AIRs have been faced with challenges like no other. Originally awarded with a 15-week residency in January, that has since been extended to last through December 31st, 2020, this resilient group has persevered through the challenges and uncertainty of studio closures, limited re-openings, and a continually changing artistic landscape.

Presented over Zoom Webinar, this event will spotlight these talented artists, their past and ongoing work, as well as how they have persevered and navigated their art-making through quarantine and the ongoing pandemic.

Please join us in supporting these artists and attending this virtual discussion panel on Tuesday, December 22nd!
Registrants will receive an emailed Zoom link prior to the event.

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2020 Artists-In-Residence:

Rourou Ye

Rourou Ye is a dancer, choreographer and educator. Her early training was in Chinese dance, followed by studies in American and European dance and theater practices. Five years ago she left her position as an instructor and choreographer in the Musical Theater department at one of China’s top conservatories and came to the US to make work. Choosing to live as a freelance dance artist is completely against her Chinese values and her family’s expectations, and she’s struggling as an outsider in both countries.

Rourou holds a BFA in Choreography from Shanghai Theater Academy and MFA in Dance from Sarah Lawrence College. Her work has been presented by GIBNEY, Danspace Project, Movement Research, CPR, The Field, Dixon Place, Bronx Academy of Art and Dance, LMCC, Austin Dance Festival, and in China by Shanghai International Dance Festival, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Beijing Dance Festival, and China Dance Forward (Hong Kong).

Portrait of Rourou by Mar Anhelo Escalante

Kate Watson-Wallace

Kate Watson-Wallace is a choreographer/visual artist hailed for creating work where “wild imagination ruled,” by the New York Times. Recent Projects: choreographing Grammy winner St. Vincent’s performance on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Alex Da Corte’s Rubber Pencil Devil at the Venice Biennale, and The Sustainability Project, a collaboration with David Thomson. She has choreographed videos for St. Vincent, Panda Bear, Animal Collective & Black Dice. She has been funded by Map Fund, Doris Duke Foundation/Creative Capital, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and is a Pew Fellow in Choreography. She has toured internationally, with a recent premiere at Redcat and residency at Movement Research. She holds an MFA in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Marielis Garcia

Marielis Garcia (Choreographer, Dancer, Educator) was born in NYC. She received her BFA in Dance from Marymount Manhattan College. Along with performing in the work of Brian Brooks, Marielis currently dances with Peter Kyle Dance and Helen Simoneau Danse. Her teaching and commissions have been requested by Appalachian State University, Salem College, Howard Community College and University of North Carolina Greensboro. Marielis has taught at Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts and in New York City public schools.

Marielis is honored to be the recipient of a Kaatsbaan Residency, a Dance Initiative Residency, and to be a UNCSA Choreographic Development Resident. Her work has been presented at Aaron Davis Hall, and Judson Memorial Church among others. Marielis will receive her MFA in Digital and Interdisciplinary Art Practice in spring of 2020. Marielis Garcia is co-director of STUFFED Arts a free dinner and dance performance series hosted at Judson Memorial Church. www.MarielisGarcia.com

Portrait of Marielis by JJ Sulin

Hans

Artist Statement: I am a dancer and graphic/tattoo artist originally from Miami, FL, who has developed an artistic practice that creates a circular dialogue between my creative modalities. Necessity, survival, and rage are what dictates my practice and is reflected in my approach to making: “anything you want to do, you gotta do it yourself.” I’ve shared work with audiences during Art Basel in Miami, Dixon Place, and performed in works by Katy Pyle's Ballez, the Bill T.Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Pavel Zustiak’s Palissimo Company, and with Luciana Achugar and Mariangela Lopez. I have been an AiR at Otion Front Studios, and most recently as part of the Helix Network’s “Needing It” AiR program at Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX). My artwork investigates Sailor Moon, femme mythology, Latiné identity, flamenco, queerness, sex, mental health, and addiction.

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