Through this project, choreographer Thierry Thieû Niang brings together people from different walks of life: children, adolescents, elderlies, women, and men to question the meaning of “the first time.” Using words, gestures, sounds, images, and stories, the diverse group of participants will explore the themes of welcoming, listening, being present, understanding, and taking care of each other in ways that are intimate, supportive, and encouraging. In this precarious time, it is necessary to keep our sense of community and remain connected, and we can do so by sharing our stories and commonalities.
Schedule of the workshop:
From July 18 to 29, 2022 Monday to Friday from 2 to 6pm
at The Invisible Dog, 51 Bergen Street, Brooklyn
The workshop is free. Snack and refreshment are offered every day.
To apply to the workshop, please email lucien@theinvisibledog.org
Tell us a little about you: your gender, your age, where you live, and the "the first time" story you want to share with us.
The workshop is for 10 people only. The earliest you apply, the more chance you have to be selected. Any question, please email lucien@theinvisibledog.org
Thierry Thieu Niang’s residency is possible)with the support of FUSED (French US Exchange in Dance), a program of Villa Albertine and FACE Foundation, in partnership with the French Embassy in the United States, with support from The Ford Foundation, Institut français, the French Ministry of Culture, and private donors.
About Thierry Thieû Niang
Thierry Thieû Niang is a dancer and a choreographer. Alongside his creative work, he offers choreographic-research workshops with professionals and amateurs, children, adolescents, adults, seniors, people with autism, and prisoners in France and abroad. Additionally, his work involves collaborating with various directors, choreographers, actors, and musicians.
An Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters, a laureate of la Villa Médicis in Vietnam, a winner of the UNESCO-Aschberg Foundation in Kenya and the SACD Choreography Prize in 2019, he works with art schools, dramatic and choreographic art conservatories, neighborhood associations, and hospitals and prisons in various cities.
For the 2021-2022 season, he is a guest artist at multiple institutions such as the Avicenne Hospital and the MC93 in Bobigny, the Théâtre National Populaire in Villeurbanne, the University of Poitiers in Poitiers, the TNS school in Strasbourg, la Alianza de Francesa in Quito, Ecuador, and the Invisible Dog Art Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Website: www.thierry-niang.fr
Dates
July 18–August 10, 2022
Location
51 Bergen St.