2023 RESIDENT ARTIST: HILARY BROWN-ISTREFI

JUNE 9 & 10, 2023
8PM

2023 RESIDENT ARTIST: HILARY BROWN-ISTREFI

JUNE 9-10, 2023
8PM

Horses full of steam deconstructs to reimagine visual and topical elements from the almost forgotten 1932 ballet-symphony, H.P. (Horse Power), with music by Carlos Chávez, designs by Diego Rivera, and choreography by Catherine Littlefield. Adopting the ballet's original 4-episode structure, the performance explores the hybridity of Pan-American culture through a magical realist lens.

The performance is a collaboration between:
Director & Choreographer Hilary Brown-Istrefi
Dancers Sabrina Canas, Maira Duarte & marco farroni leonardo*
Composer Mahsa Matin
Visual Artist Heather Weston
Lighting Designer Connor Sale
Art Historian & Narrator Savona Bailey-McClain
*Replacement for dancer Joey Kipp who sadly could not perform his roles due to the passing of a family member.

Hilary Brown-Istrefi (Choreographer) is a Canadian-American director, choreographer, performer, educator, curator, and cultural organizer. Originally from Toronto, now living in Far Rockaway, she is a graduate of École de danse contemporaine de Montréal, and over the last decade has performed in the works of Melissa Riker, Bouchra Ouizguen, Jillian Peña, Doug Elkins, Linda Tegg, and Candice Breitz. In 2013 she co-founded the award-winning performance collective, Same As Sister (S.A.S.), with her twin Briana Brown-Tipley. Their interdisciplinary commissions have been presented internationally at The Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance (Toronto); Base: Experimental Arts + Space (Seattle); Marmo - Libreria d’Arte Contemporanea (Italy); Archaeological Museum of Messenia (Greece); Danspace Project (NYC); Centre d'Art Marnay Art Centre (France); BRIC Arts | Media House (NYC); and New York Live Arts (NYC), among other venues. S.A.S. is currently a 2023 HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP) artist. Hilary initiated HB² PROJECTS in 2017 as a choreographic platform to expand her collaborations in performance. HB² has presented work throughout NYC as a resident artist at West Harlem Art Fund’s 2020 Visual Muze Residency on Governors Island; Norte Maar’s 2018 Dance at Socrates Residency at Socrates Sculpture Park; and Exploring the Metropolis’ 2017-18 Choreographer + Composer Residency at Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning.

www.sameassister.com @sameassister || www.hbsquaredprojects.com @hbsquared_projects 

​Photo by © YN/OT