New York City and New Orleans-based nonprofit dance organization gaudanse is pleased to announce that collaborating artist, Christian Warner, was selected for the APAP Works in Progress Pitch Session that will be held at the Hilton Hotel, 1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019. Pitch sessions are open for all APAP members and conference attendees.
Christian Warner will present a contemporary dance theatre piece titled, WHITE HOT ROOM. Drawing inspiration from Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, WHITE HOT ROOM explores the dissociative effects of long-held traumas within a body. Originally conceived in 2019 utilizing Warner’s personal experiences with addiction, loss, and mental wellness as source material, WHITE HOT ROOM belongs to a larger collection of movement-based work entitled “Letters To Bunney.” Utilizing themes recognizable in the themes of Afrofuturism, the room serves as a cocoon in which he reconciles with the traumatic binds of his past to move into an audacious unknown future. Most recently, this work has garnered creative development support from the Heinz Endowment. christianawarner.com
GAUDANSE APAP SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: #APAPNYC2025
Sashay by to say ‘hi’ @ GAUDANSE BOOTH # 315 – LEVEL A1
EXPO HALL – AMERICAS HALL 1, 2ND FLOOR – HILTON MIDTOWN
Date/Time: Friday, Jan 10, 2025 – 12:30-2:00pm
Event: APAP Showcase presented by Pepatián: Bronx Arts ColLABorative
Artist Showcase: Imani Gaudin presents nanibu (work in progress)
Location: Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
450 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10451
For more information visit, https://apap365.org/meet-the-apapnyc-2025-works-in-progress-pitch-session-artists/
