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Clocktower Gallery
 The Dangerous Book Four Boys, the first solo exhibition of James Franco, is now on view at AIR's Clocktower Gallery at 108 Leonard St. in downtown Manhattan, Tuesday-Friday from 12pm-5pm, through September.
AIR and the Clocktower Gallery will be closed Monday, September 6th. Click here for more information. |
| Johari Mayfield, the Venus Hottentot |
| PERFORMANCE AND SPOKEN WORD - HERE Arts Center | |
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First broadcast October 23, 2009 Johari Mayfield is a choreographer and dancer based in New York. But she didn't arrive at her calling through the traditional route. It was all because of a jump rope; Mayfield was a double dutch competitor in school, and just happened to follow a friend to a dance class one day. She discusses her multi-disciplined training and background, the pressures she feels to conform to contemporary orthodoxy as a black woman, and why she works with kids and not adults. She also talks about the show she's developing at the HERE Arts Center; it's about Saartjie Baartman, the Venus Hottentot. Baartman, a South African woman, was exhibited around Europe as part of a freak show during the 19th century because of her exaggerated nether regions. Excepts from Mayfield's piece can be seen at HERE's Culturemart presentations in January 2010 (29 minutes). |
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| Last Updated ( Friday, 04 December 2009 ) | |
