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NEW TALENT

By Sasha Vasilyuk
The Brooklyn Paper

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When Christopher Eaves of Park Slope’s eavesdrop theater collective heard that he was one of the six recipients for the highly coveted Space Grant from the Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX), he was jumping up and down with joy. The rehearsal space he got at BAX Annex, located in the Old American Can Factory in Gowanus, "couldn’t have been more perfect," the 39-year-old theater director told GO Brooklyn.

The Space Grant, awarded annually since BAX’s opening in 1991, gives Brooklyn dancers, playwrights and multimedia artists space and time to rehearse their work as well as an opportunity to present it at the annual showcase at BAX’s Park Slope theater.

"We look for an authentic, original voice, which often means that their work is multi-disciplinary," said BAX spokeswoman Colleen Hooper. "[The grant] assists them in moving to the next phase of their artistic career."

Given that one of this year’s Bessie awards went to Wally Cardona, a Space Grant recipient from 1997, the showcase can be a great chance to discover local talent. This year’s two-part show of 20-minute works by all six artists takes place tonight and Oct. 27-28.

On next weekend’s bill are Eaves’s play, Natalie Green’s multimedia dance performance, and Nellie Tinder’s dance-theater piece.

Eaves is presenting "The Myth of Not to Be," the first module of a three-module play, "Self at Hand," which was selected for this year’s "Plays and Playwrights" anthology. Set in the future, when funerals are held to recreate the dead instead of burying them, the play portrays a man at his father’s funeral who is overcome with the memory of their incestuous relationship.

"Record Time" (pictured), by Park Slope choreographer Green, explores the rapid passing of time and our human need to record our history for posterity. The five dancers will be projected on a screen as they perform live onstage, and the accompanying score will mix music and interviews conducted by Green.

"School Days," the dance-theater work of Williamsburg-based Julia Jonas and her group, Nellie Tinder, is a detailed look at the dynamics of friendship between two women and how guilt plays into their life. The work features three dancers and a live guitarist.

The first half of the Space Grant Showcase, which takes place Oct. 21, presents choreography by Michael Helland, a dance-theater piece by Andrew Dinwiddie, and part of a play by Aya Ogawa/knife inc.

"Space Grant Showcase" is held at Brooklyn Arts Exchange, 421 Fifth Ave. at Eighth Street in Park Slope on Oct. 27-28 at 8 pm. Admission is $15, $10 for members, $8 for low-income. The Oct. 21 show is sold out. For more information, call (718) 832-0018 or visit www.bax.org.

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