cath y weis p r oj e c t s

press kit www.cathyweis.org selected works

t h e b o t t o m f e l l o u t o f t h e t u b WeisAcres, Sundays on , , NY (2014) WeisAcres Salon Series, New York, NY (2013, 2011) EMPAC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (2009)

i l i v e i n t h e m e a n e s t c o - o p i n n e w y o r k c i t y WeisAcres, Sundays on Broadway, New York, NY (2014)

e l e c t r i c h a i k u : c a l m a s c u s t a r d VSA North Fourth Art Center, Albuquerque, NM (2014) WeisAcres Salon Series, New York, NY (2014) EMPAC, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (2009) The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (2007) VSA North Fourth Art Center, Albuquerque, NM (2006) Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY (2005) Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT (2005) The Flynn Theater, Burlington, VT (2005)

a b a d s p o t h u r t s l i k e m a d The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA (2007) VSA North Fourth Art Center, Albuquerque, NM (2006) The Flynn Theater, Burlington, VT (2005) Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT (2005) Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY (2005) The Kitchen, New York, NY (2001) Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (2001) Scripps College, Claremont, CA (2001) The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA (1999) Dixon Place, New York, NY (1999)

e l e c t r i c h a i k u “ Simply stated, Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY (2002) Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York, NY (2002)

Weis’formula a n a b o n d a n z a i n t h e a i r —a collaboration with Lisa Nelson results in Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY (2002) Bennington College, Bennington, VT (1997) unaffected magic.” European Media Art Festival, Osnabruck, Germany (1992) Performance Space 122, New York, NY (1991) European Dance Development Center, Arnheim, Netherlands (1991) — g i a k o u r l a s , t i m e o u t School for New Dance Development in Amsterdam, Netherlands (1991) Ethnic Arts Center, New York, NY (1990) Jerusalem, Israel (1990) Tel-Aviv, Israel (1990) Twinning Gallery (1989) s e l e c t e d w o r k s c o n t i n u e d

d u m m y Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (2001) Scripps College, Claremont, CA (2001) Franklin Furnace/Parsons School of Design, New York, NY (2000) The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA (1999) Dixon Place, New York, NY (1999)

m o n i t o r l i z a r d s Scripps College, Claremont, CA (2001) Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO (2001) Temple University, Philadelphia, PA (2001) Reed College, Portland, OR (2000) The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA (1999) MOT International Festival, Skopje, Macedonia (1999) Dixon Place, New York, NY (1999)

l i p s ( l i v e i n t e r n e t performance s t r u c t u r e ) Skopje, Macedonia/The Kitchen, New York, NY (2001) Franklin Furnace/Parsons School of Design, New York, NY (2000) Skopje, Macedonia/Bennington College, Bennington, VT (2000) Bennington College/Harvestworks, New York, NY (1999) Bennington College/The Knitting Factory, New York, NY (1999) Bennington College/The Terminal Bar, Prague, Czech Republic (1998) Soros Center, Budapest, Hungary/The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY (1996) “ Dividing her The Art Institute, Prague, Czech Republic/The Kitchen, New York, NY (1995) attention g r a v i t y t w i n s between camera The Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA (1999) The Kitchen, New York, NY (1998) and audience, she Bennington College, Bennington, VT (1997) was brilliant, f r a c t u r e d , j u s t t h e f r a c t s m a ’ a m Dance Theater Workshop, New York, NY (1996) listening, Movement Research at the Judson Church, New York, NY (1996) watching, and a s t r i n g o f l i e s Performance Space 122, New York, NY (1995) dancing, crafting Bennington College, Bennington, VT (1995) City Arts television broadcast (1995) articulate Dia Foundation, New York, NY (1994) projections of Movement Research at Judson Church, New York, NY (1994) her body.”

— c o l l e e n l e o n a r d i , v i l l a g e v o i c e “ Weis is a cartoonist of a choreographer, and the prankish play between her dancers and their live- video twins prompts as much joy as a Road Runner cartoon — and disregards as many laws of physics.”

— appollanaire s c h e r r , t h e n e w y o r k e r biography

Cathy Weis is a dancer, choreographer and She also began performing with Circus Amok and videographer. In 2005, she purchased what was has been a regular participant throughout the years. once the Forti studio in one of the last AIR buildings Weis received an MFA from Bennington College in in Soho, . This became WeisAcres: 1996. That same year, she received a Bessie Award a small, meeting and performance space where for her piece Fractured: Just the Fracts, Ma’am. anything can happen—the kind of place that once flourished in the city. In 2002, Weis received a Guggenheim Fellowship for her choreography, which led to the creation of Electric Weis began her dance career performing with the Haiku and the subsequent “Haiku” series. Louisville Ballet from 1961 to 1966 before leaving to study at Bennington College. After graduating, Weis She has toured her own work both nationally and played in a cello quartet in Europe, tap-danced on internationally. Her class, When Technology and the the streets of San Francisco and did a stint as a disco Human Body become Partners, Who Leads?, has queen. been taught at universities here and abroad including Carnegie Mellon University, Colorado College, New She moved to NYC in 1983 and began working as Hampshire University, New York University, Sarah a videographer for dance and performance artists. Lawrence College, Temple University, Wesleyan She captured rare performances of artists such as University and others. Eric Bogosian, Remy Charlip, Spalding Gray, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Bill Irwin, Bill T. Jones, Elvin Jones, For the past 15 years, Weis has worked with a number Blue Lips, Jennifer Miller, Meredith Monk, Jennifer of archivists to organize and digitize her video library, Monson, Mark Morris, Lisa Nelson, Steve Paxton, and and to develop a specialized database format for Elizabeth Streb. Her library consists of hundreds of cataloging dance on film. Having spent years on both hours of footage, documenting the spirit on the streets sides of the camera, Weis is in a unique position to and stages of New York City over a 20-year period. be able to articulate the needs of both videographers and choreographers. The process continues as Weis Over those years, Weis developed a signature blend develops ways to share these rare videos with a of live performance with video and in 1993, she broader dance and arts community. presented A String of Lies, her first New York show. “ Cathy Weis has a wild imagination and a belief in using simple materials. In her Electric Haiku, she communicated the pleasure of following that imagination through multimedia adventures that were food for the eye, mind and heart.”

— j e n n i f e r d u n n i n g , t h e n e w y o r k t i m e s