Since thou wast precious in my sight is a highly rigorous duel for 2 men confronting the paradox and the stamina of the seen body. With a flexible format, this repertory is available for either the stage or an exhibition setting. Moreover, it exists most minimally; the brute and virtuosic strength each man brings to the stage is matched against the incidental sound of their labor. Their interests remain in dissolving the body, the pious, the precious, the irreverent and its reveal. 

Sheffield Global Arts Management will be representing DRPP in an informal studio showing on Sunday evening, as well as providing company press materials at the Expo Hall throughout the conference. To retrieve a press kit and full-length video sample, please e-mail info@drpp.nyc. 

SUNDAY JANUARY 11. The showcase will from from 9 - 10:30pm. The duet will be presented at 9:30pm.

FREE ADMISSION.

BACKGROUND:

Danielle Russo (NYC) has been presented nationally at the American Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow and The Yard; and internationally in Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Mexico, Panama, South Korea, Spain and Sweden. She crafts sensoriums; stages that extend their arms and hug the audience in such a way that the dance contains them. Her productions deliberately fluctuate between the proscenium and public space in an effort to connect with an evolving, indiscriminate audience. She has installed intimate performances in surreal environmental conditions either amplified or augmented by her own doing: parlors flooded by 450,000 white roses, cement pillars suspending bodies with industrial cellophane, foyers re-carpeted in inexhaustible bubble wrap, the occupation of immense water concourses, the spoon-feeding of German chocolate cake to a string of strangers, so on and so forth. Her objective is to create a safe space that reinforces and respects audience agency, mobility and consent in the hope of establishing an honest exchange of vulnerable time and space. For more information about Danielle Russo Performance Project and how to engage in the upcoming 2015 - 16 seasons (non-profit, for-profit, educational and commercial collaborations/bookings), please visit www.daniellerussoperformanceproject.com.