DOUBLE EXPOSURE

with

David Wampach and Milka Djordjevich 

Saturday, September 5, 7:30PM

$10

photo: david wampach, milka djordjevich

BATTERIE - David Wampach and Anders Griffen

BATTERIE is a meeting, a duet between a drummer and a dancer.
BATTERIE is an event, 20-25 minutes long, during which the drummer and the dancer are allocated exactly the same space.
BATTERIE is an instrument - or rather, a kit of instruments - of music, or of cooking.
BATTERIE is a series of movements, mostly jumps -- in which the legs and feet beat in the air.
BATTERIE is a fight, a battle, a quarrel.
BATTERIE is what we recharge, or what goes flat.
BATTERIE is the origin of these words BÂbord and TRIbord, which are the French equivalents of port and starboard on a boat; Bâbord equals left and TRIbord equals right, perhaps as tennis players might play ball.
BATTERIE defines this (even if the last origin is false) because the word Bâbord is much older than BATTERIE: it is actually not French, but Dutch.

study  no.1 (light) & (kris kross) - Milka Djordjevich

A diptych for the female body in the dark and in light.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
David Wampach first studied medicine at the University of Montpellier (96-97), then theatre at the University of Aix-en-Provence (98) and at the conservatory in Marseille.  His dance training began at the Compagnie Coline in Istres (99), the Centre Chorégraphique National of Montpellier (00) and finally at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels (01). He studied dance history and theory with Laurence Louppe (04-05-06).

He has worked with Thierry Baë, Christian Bourigault, Mathilde Monnier, Julie Brochen, Odile Duboc, João Fiadeiro, Alain Michard, Catherine Contour and Christian Rizzo.

He began choreographing his own work under the production company name Association Achles with the piece lambda if I include myself, kappa the piece itself created in Brussels (01).  He continued with D ES R A, a duo created with Pierre Mourles (03), circonscrit (04), a laureate of the Solo Mio competition and laureate of the Biennale Festival of young creators from Europe and the Mediterranean, BASCULE (05), QUATORZE (07), AUTO (08), BATTERIE (08) et BATTEMENT (09).

www.davidwampach.eu

Once cited by legendary BBC announcer John Peel as "the most in-demand drummer in New York," Brooklyn native Anders Griffen is best known as a versatile accompanist, playing drums, and occasionally trumpet, in contexts ranging from folk to rock, jazz to modern dance. He has performed and recorded with Diane Cluck, Regina Spektor, Kimya Dawson, Jeffrey Lewis, The Walkmen, and visionary saxophonist Frank Lowe, and has worked with choreographers Kraig Patterson, Ryan Kellie, Kathleen Cruz, Kayvon Pourazar, Sue Hogan and John Morris. He received his BFA in music composition from Purchase College Conservatory of Music, and will appear this year on a number of record releases from artists including Diane Cluck, The Bundles, Linda Draper, John Ludington, and a band called Dufus. 

Milka Djordjevich (pronounced GEORGR-uh-vitch) is a Brooklyn-based dance artist. Raised by Serbian parents in Long Beach, California, she recieved a B.A in World Arts and Cultures from the University of California, Los Angeles and an M.F.A. in Choreography from Sarah Lawrence College with further training at Movement Research, the Trisha Brown studio and Impulstanz. Milka's choreography has been shown at several New York City venues including Dance Theater Workshop, Danspace Project, Movement Research at Judson Church and Dixon Place, and internationally at the Solo on Azione Festival in Milan, Italy. As a dancer, she has performed for many choreographers, including Elizabeth Ward, Natalie Green, Sam Kim, and Jennifer Monson. Milka was a 2006-2007 Movement Research Artist in Residence, a visiting student at P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels at the end of 2007, and a 2008 danceWEB Europe Scholar. Curatorial orijects include co-curating the Movemenr Research Spring Festival 2008: Roll Call. She also was a guest editor for the Movement Research Performance Journal #34. She is currrently collaborating with composer Chris Peck on an evening of sound/movement works, which premieres at the Chocolate Factory in LIC September 9-12. Her blog, milkadj.wordpress.com, has recieved as many as 26 hits in a single day. She is a member of Embassy of WTF.