atch series co-creator and BAX Dance Artist in Residence Andrew Dinwiddie presents a work in progress showing of “The Accursed Items,” June 13-14 at 8 p.m. at the Brooklyn Arts Exchange (BAX).
In “The Accursed Items,” Dinwiddie and his cast reanimate the work of other dance and theater artists as discovered in a particular kind of accursed item: deleted scenes and rehearsal videos from never-used and drastically reworked dances.
Alternately austere and rambunctious, “The Accursed Items” draws from material that was not quite good enough for The Wooster Group, Big Dance Theater, Metallica and others.
Anchored by text from J. Robert Lennon exposing the lingering psychic life of objects, “The Accursed Items” is a sympathy card for everything that was never good enough.
There will be a pre-performance reception with the artists and beer-and-cheese pairing hosted by Chris Munsey, June 13 at 7 p.m. Suggested donation for the pre-performance reception is $50.
Author J. Robert Lennon will read his own work in progress as part of the performance evening. There will also be a post-performance discussion with Andrew Dinwiddie.
“The Accursed Items” evening will include performances by Karinne Keithley, Daniel Linehan and Neal Medlyn, June 14. The performances will be followed by an after party at 9:30 p.m. at Jackie’s Fifth Amendment, 404 Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Suggested donation for the after party is $10.
BAX is at 421 Fifth Avenue at Eighth Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Admission is $15; $8 for low-income individuals. For information, call 718-832-0018 or www.bax.org.
