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The 2015 Young Choreographers for NM's Dance at Socrates
This year young choreographers ages 14-19 will present dances alongside the professional choreographers at Norte Maar's Dance at Socrates Sculpture Park.
Bedford + Bowery: Bushwick Art Scene Champion Norte Maar Has a New Home in East New York
On the occasion of Norte Maar's relocation to Cypress Hills / East New York, Co-Founders Jason Andrew and Julia K. Gleich sat down with Bedford + Bowery reporter Nichole Disser to discuss their move from Bushwick and the opportunities to facilitate more art in Cypress Hills / East New York.
NM's Dance at Socrates artists announced
Returning for its third summer season, Norte Maar's Dance at Socrates announces its 2015 choreographer residencies and free public performance schedule.
Fern Dog the grand dame of the Buswhick art scene has died.
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our dear friend Fern Dog.
The L Magazine: Spreading the Love: Norte Maar's new 'Hoods and Horizons
L Magazine's lead arts critic Paul D'Agostino talks to Jason Andrew and Julia K. Gleich on Norte Maar's new home in Cypress Hills / East New York and the bright future for the organization that had previously positioned Bushwick as one of the most important artistic neighborhoods in New York.
NM moves to Cypress Hills!
Norte Maar, the innovative arts organization that played an integral role in creating the vibrant Bushwick arts scene, is relocating to the Cypress Hills area of East New York.
Navigating BOS2015: Mimosas, Godzilla, Water-down Zen Philosophies, Reservoir Dogs and Painting in Trees
Bushwick Open Studios returns! The 9th installment of Arts in Bushwick's annual weekend featuring open studios, exhibitions and performance. At press time there were over 500 online registered events. We worked over the very user friendly Arts in Bushwick website and compiled Norte Maar’s 2015 list of not to miss events, studios, artist curated exhibitions, alternative spaces and performances… or at least those that we don't wanna miss!!!! Here are our 2015 must sees!!
CounterPointe Shorts: London Edition - Meet the Choreographers
London, UK – Norte Maar's co-founder Julia Gleich, together with Briar Adams and the Conway Collective bring CounterPointe Shorts to London, England on Thursday 7 of May 2015 in London’s Conway Hall, Camden. CounterPointe Shorts will present works by series curator Julia K. Gleich (Gleich Dances), and Briar Adams (Hack Ballet) as well as new works by Sophie Adams and Aisling Cook (Ballet Ensemble London), Genevieve Grady, Deborah Kate Norris from Manchester and Elisabeth Schilling from Germany. There will be a post-performance discussion led by Antonia Franceschi who is well known for her master teaching, choreography and her career as a dancer with New York City Ballet and other companies, as well as her role in the movie "Fame."
Composer/Pianist Elizabeth Myers: A CounterPointe Collaboration Interview
On April 9, 2015, Journalist David Levesley interviewed composer/pianist Elizabeth Myers in advance of the premiere of her new music/dance collaboration with choreographer Julia K. Gleich. Their collaboration a featured performance in Norte Maar's CounterPointe3.
NM's CounterPointe returns: new choreography by women for pointe
Coming this April, Norte Maar in collaboration with Brooklyn Ballet presents CounterPointe, the annual curated performance series featuring women choreographers making new work on pointe. CounterPointe is an annual performance series dedicated to presenting the latest experimental, innovative, risk-taking choreography that shows a depth of investment in ballet by women dance makers working with the pointe shoe. Investigating new and old territory the series highlights new work, opening up discussion, and creating a forum for women, young or old, emerging or established, to take risks.
Light installations by Julia Sinelnikova headlines NM's Beat Nite after party!
Headlining Norte Maar's big Beat Nite after party will be light installation by Brooklyn based artist Julia Sinelnikova. Say hello to Heath at the door grab a beer from Brooklyn Brewery then enjoy Julia's elaborate light installations inspired by supernatural imagery while you dance the night away to the tunes of DJ jojoSOUL Julia's installation will remain on view at the Vazquez (93 Forrest Street) for Armory Weekend, Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8, 2-7pm.
NM's Beat Nite Returns! March 6!
Bushwick’s premiere non-profit arts organization, Norte Maar, presents its 12th installment of Beat Nite, Friday, March 6. Heralded as the most underground, exciting, and fiercely independent, Beat Nite is a late night Bushwick-wide gallery night. This edition is curated by critic Ben Sutton and features a range of the alternative and established. Don’t miss the art and the after party hosted by The Vazquez.
NM Announces Call for Young Choreographers for Dance at Socrates 2015
Norte Maar, in collaboration with Socrates Sculpture Park, invites young choreographers ages 13-18 to apply for one week of mentorship in August, as together, they make new choreography for performance during Dance at Socrates: a residency and performance program that invites New York-based choreographers and their dancers to a develop a site-specific dancework in a unique waterfront environment.
NM announces call for CounterPointe3!
Norte Maar in collaboration with Brooklyn Ballet opens a call for CounterPointe3 the returning performing series featuring emerging and established women choreographers making new work for pointe.
NM’s Brooklyn Combine feeds a firestorm opinion and a call for the Brooklyn Museum to do more for local artists.
A month after Norte Maar's hugely successful Brooklyn Performance Combine at the Brooklyn Museum, the event is being recognized for its celebration of Brooklyn based artists and performers. Critic, James Panero in his monthly column in The New Criterion, juxtaposed the inclusive nature of the event with the seemingly exclusive even divisive omission of artists in the Brooklyn Museum's current exhibition Crossing Brooklyn.
NM featured in December Issue of Sculpture Magazine!
In the December issue of Sculpture Magazine, writer / critic Susan Canning offers a survey of the current New York art scene featuring Norte Maar among a selected mix of non-profits and galleries that continue to make New York the cultural capital of the world.
NM opens historic print exhibition Jennifer Melby Editions at Schema Projects.
Jennifer Melby Editions: 18 Years of Intaglio Prints, is the first exhibition offering a cohesive look at the collaborative exchange between artists and master printer Jennifer Melby. The exhibition offers a glimpse at the publishing history of Melby featuring stunning prints by artists Tom Burckhardt, Joanne Greenbaum, Red Grooms, Paul Mogensen, Robert Moskowitz, Andrew Spence, Craig Taylor, and Nicola Tyson. It also features a selection of commissioned work, including editions Melby has produced with the artists Donald Baechler, Julia Jacquette, Sol LeWitt, Brice Marden, Dorothea Tanning, and others.
It was EPIC !!! NM's Brooklyn Performance Combine storms the Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Performance Combine will easily go down as Norte Maar's most ambitious event to date. We know we use the word a lot, but this time we can certainly call the event E P I C as the two-hour durational event at the Brooklyn Museum included 2 DJ's, 5 poets, 10 visual artists, 11 performing artists and William Powhida! The Brooklyn Performance Combine was “certainly one of our most successful programs ever in that Beaux-Arts Court," said the Brooklyn Museum.
Are you ready? NM's most ambitious project to date!
Norte Maar announces its most ambitious performance event to date! The Brooklyn Performance Combine brings 5 poets, 11 visual artists, and 10 performing artists into one two hour durational event at the Brooklyn Museum on November 1, 7-9pm. The event is free.
NM's venerable director leads studio tour during Gowanus Open Studios
Art Gowanus invites Norte Maar's venerable director Jason Andrew to lead a curated tour of artist studios during Gowanus Open Studios.